Sarah Emily York

York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was published by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Psalms & Hymns, 1847.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)