Created By: Catharine M. Pearson
Artifact Type: Sampler
Artifact Date: 1829
Origin/Region: United States
Material/Medium: Silk thread on linen ground
Museum Database Number: OBA 1957.004.0002
Artifact Condition: Good
Artifact Location: Old Barracks Association Collection
Ownership History: Gift of Elizabeth B. Case
A simple marking sampler with three alphabets, verse, and blue border.
Catharine M. Pearson remains a mystery. It is possible she is Catharine Montgomery Pearson, born in 1819 to Moody and Ann Pearson in Newton, MA. She attended the Bradford Academy for Young Ladies (founded in 1803 and eventually turned into Bradford College until it closed in 2000) until 1835.
In 1840 she married Samuel J. Brockway (1813-1858) and had at least two children. She passed away in 1905 at age 86 from heart disease.
“Remember thy Creator God, for him thy powers employ
Make him thy fear thy love, thy hope, thy confidence and joy”
Catherine M. Pearson wrought this sampler in the year 1829 aged 10
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