Box 29e is on the shelves in the basement of the WHS Building.]]> Box 29e is on the shelves in the basement of the WHS Building.]]> Box 29e is on the shelves in the basement of the WHS Building.]]> This object was in a glass case in the Rice Room at the library.]]> 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.]]>
]]> The Pallettes and Trowels were a club of painters and gardeners which included members not only from Worthington but from some of the local towns as well. See Papers on the History of Worthington for a further explanation. Some of the paintings in the Historical Society were painted by its members (Lyder Frederickson and Anne Rausch among them), This certificate was found by Michele and Jim Dodge among Lyder Frederickson's effects.
N.B. This artifact was the first accession to be recorded on our new form.]]>