KILLIKELLY, SARAH HUTCHINS: 1840-1912.
Sarah Hutchins Killikelly , daughter of the Rev. B. B. and Mary Meech Killikelly, was born in Vincennes, Ind., on Jan. 1, 1840, and graduated from Eden Hall Seminary in Pennsylvania . She also studied piano and organ.
Moving with her family to Pittsburgh , she there conducted classes, chiefly of women, in literature, history, foreign travel, and Bible study. Out of these classes she developed her book, Curious Questions.
Miss Killikelly was made a Foundation Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Art in London and received from that society the gold crown prize for papers on the Victorian era. She also contributed to magazines.
Information from Who Was Who in America and Dunn–Indiana and Indianans, Vol. III.
- Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social
Life; Designed as a Manual of General Information.
Philadelphia, 1886-1900. 3 vols.
- The History of Pittsburgh, Its Rise and Progress.
Pittsburgh, 1906.
