- Maker
- Tarr, Susan Margaret (age 14)
- Date made
- 1840
- Origin
- Georgetown, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: #1 the J is backwards #4 the J is missing. Two with ampersands. Inner saw tooth border with an arcaded carnation middle border and a single row of cross stitch outer border.
- Inscription
- (Note: three deaths in the 1850s were added on at a later time) / (On R): Benjamin Tarr Was born March 29 1786 / Margaret Tarr Was born April 20 1794 / they Were / joined in Marriage / July 16 1814 / Maria tarr died Mar 19 1815 / Byance Tarr died mar 17 1815 / Benjamin Tarr died oct 8 1850 / Joel Tarr died Feb 10 1852 / Elizabeth M. M Higgins died APrl8 1852 (On L): Children of Benjamin & Margaret Tarr Maria Tarr born Jan 17 1815 / Byance Tarr born dec 26 1816 / Warren Tarr born Mar 17 1817 / Julia Ann Tarr born Jun 12 1819 / Mary Elizabeth Tarr born Jan 23 1822 / Joel Tarr Born May 2 1824 / Susan Margaret Tarr born Aug 29 1826 / Benjamin Tarr born Mar 21 1828 / Loulea Tarr born May 4 1832 / Nancy F Tarr born Oct 2 1834 / Calvin Morris Tarr born Jan 26 1837 / Written by Susan Margaret tarr of georgetown Aged 14 1840 //
- Historical Owner
- A86-561
- Owner
- Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
- Owner Private
- Maine Historical Society
