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Meet Martha Coston, international celebrity and developer of life-saving flare for sailors
Michael Morgan | Special to Salisbury Daily Times
“Almost everybody in Washington recognizes the noticeable figure and face of Mrs.
Martha (Jane) Coston whenever she appears in public places,” the Portland (Maine) Daily Press noted on April 8, 1892.
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“She has had a remarkable career, and her name is known in many countries.”
The surfmen of the Life-Saving Service in Delaware certainly knew the name “Coston,” but they may not have recognized Mrs. Coston if she had visited one of their stations.
Born in the 1830s, Martha was a tall, attractive teenager when she married Capt. Benjamin Franklin Coston, a young scientist and inventor who was in charge of the laboratory in the Washington Navy Yard. Benjamin’s work gave the young couple an entrance into Washington’s elite, where they hobnobbed with the likes of Dolly Madison, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay.
In 1848, Benjamin was