Sarah Boone was born Sarah Marshall in Craven County, North
Carolina near a town called New Vern in February 1832. In November of 25, 1847
she a freed African slave named James Boone (or Boon); they had eight children
together.
The Boon family move from North Carolina to New Haven, Connecticut
before the American Civil War took place; the Boon family settled down in a
house on 30 Winter Street. Sarah’s Husband James worked as a brick mason up to
his death in 1874. Sarah worked as a dressmaker in the New Haven directories.
In April 26, 1892 she obtained the United States patent rights for her
improvements to the ironing board. Sarah designed for the ironing board had improved
the quality of ironing sleeves and the bodies of women’s garments. She made the
out of wood, with a narrow curve, so the structure allowed the sleeve to fit
and reversible so both side could be iron. Sarah Marshall Boone died in 1904;
she was laid to rest in a family plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.
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