1874 - 1924; parents:Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker; married, 1919, Charles Wendell Townsend (Harvard College, 1881); lived at Carlton St., Walnut St. and later, 35 Allerton St.

Sarah is the sister of John and Gertrude Flint who also appear in this album. She was an artist, pyrographer, and Assistant in Charge of the Textile Collection of the MFA where she worked from 1905 - 1923. She lived with Gertrude and Gertrude's husband, Charles Wendell Townsend, on Marlborough St. in the Back Bay and was the maid of honor at their 1891 wedding (First Parish Church, Walnut St.) at which Roger Tileston and Henry Ware, also included in this album, were ushers. When Gertrude died in 1917, Sarah and Dr. Townsend married. The Flint’s grandfather was a prominent physician in Boston. Their father started as a second lieutenant in the civil war with the First Massachusetts Cavalry and was a major when he mustered out. He was a civil engineer who worked on projects around the world. Both John and Sarah were born in Peru, Gertrude in Oregon when he was working for the Northern Pacific Raliroad. He died of pneumonia in 1886 when his children were young.