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Identifier
2006a-304
Title
Embroidered sampler: 'Family Record' of the Starkweather family
Subject
Historic Artifact
Description
This sampler is a framed needlework piece recording the 'Family Record' of the Starkweather family. On the back: "Made by Nancy Starkweather Daniels from her granddaughter, Miss Emma S. Hubbard." "This 'Family Register,' worked by Nancy Starkweather in 1822, was bequested by her to her 'youngest granddaughter.' The latter, Mary Bryant Daniels, took it to Japan in 1896 to decorate her missionary house in Osaka; upn her death in 1909, it was returned to another granddaughter, Emma L. Hubbard of Holyoke, Mass." "Restored by Iona Lincoln, Deerfield, Mass. Framed by Artists Technical Service, Williamstown, Mass., 1999." Marcia Feakes paid for the restoration and preservation and it had been in the library. However, there was no appropriate display area so it came to us to be on display, with a cloth cover to protect it from light. The cover was made by Pat Kennedy. It is hanging in the south vestibule.
Charles Starkweather b. March 6, 1767; Deborah Brown, b. Nov. 22, 1764, m. November 23,1785. James Starkweather, b. Preston, Con. May 9, 1787, d. January 23, 1821. Rodman Starkweather, b. Feb. 7, 1790. Mary Starkweather, b. Dec. 28, 1790. Nancy Starkweather, b. March 13, 1793 (Worthington). Deborah Starkweather, b. December 24, 1794 (Worthington) d. Sept. 1795. Deborah B. Starkweather (Starkwather sic), b. Nov. 2, 1796 (Worthington). Charles Starkweather, b. May 4, 1798, (Worthington) d. March 10, 1813. John Starkweather, b. Oct. 27, 1800 (Worthington), d. 1830. Nathaniel B. Starkweather, b. Aug. 16, 1802 (Worthington). Emma Starkweather, b. April 25, 1805 (Worthington). "Surely to foreign climes we need not range, Nor search the ancient records of our race, To learn the dire effects of time and change, Which in ourselves, alas, we daily trace." "Oh, what is life.. let wisdom meek, Return the slow reply: Say - what is life? To move, to speak. To look around - and die!" "A little mound of turf alone, Soon shades the sensless (sic) breast. The clay-cold sod, the burial stone, But marks our place of rest." Colors are beige, black, turquoise and cream.
Charles Starkweather b. March 6, 1767; Deborah Brown, b. Nov. 22, 1764, m. November 23,1785. James Starkweather, b. Preston, Con. May 9, 1787, d. January 23, 1821. Rodman Starkweather, b. Feb. 7, 1790. Mary Starkweather, b. Dec. 28, 1790. Nancy Starkweather, b. March 13, 1793 (Worthington). Deborah Starkweather, b. December 24, 1794 (Worthington) d. Sept. 1795. Deborah B. Starkweather (Starkwather sic), b. Nov. 2, 1796 (Worthington). Charles Starkweather, b. May 4, 1798, (Worthington) d. March 10, 1813. John Starkweather, b. Oct. 27, 1800 (Worthington), d. 1830. Nathaniel B. Starkweather, b. Aug. 16, 1802 (Worthington). Emma Starkweather, b. April 25, 1805 (Worthington). "Surely to foreign climes we need not range, Nor search the ancient records of our race, To learn the dire effects of time and change, Which in ourselves, alas, we daily trace." "Oh, what is life.. let wisdom meek, Return the slow reply: Say - what is life? To move, to speak. To look around - and die!" "A little mound of turf alone, Soon shades the sensless (sic) breast. The clay-cold sod, the burial stone, But marks our place of rest." Colors are beige, black, turquoise and cream.
Type
Physical Object
Format
48.3 x 49.5 cm (19 x 19.5 in)
Creator
Nancy Starkweather Daniels
Date
1822
Publisher
Worthington Historical Society
Date Available
2006-11-15
Is Part Of
framed, displayed
Medium
Paper
Coverage
Worthington - Worthington Center
Mediator
swu (updated 8/11/2010, ddb), ddb updated 12/20/2018
Source
Frederick Sargent Huntington Library
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