Name/Title
samplerEntry/Object ID
1991.060.002Description
Sampler. A: sampler, silk thread on linen, block and script alphabets, numbers and verse, pair of birds, floral motifs above: Eliza Jane Devilbiss's Sampler Worked in the 12th year of her age / 1848 Sam's Creek Frederick County Maryland / Finished October the 6th", saying at bottom of sampler reads, "Forget me not when far away / And o'er this toilsome world you stray / Remember me forever true / To love to friendship and to you / And should you in your hour of bliss / E'er find a friend more true than this / what ere may be they happy lot / I still must say forget me not.", strawberry border, 17.75" x 17". B: frame, wood, painted dark; still has backing board, covered with linen, on which sampler had been mounted.Acquisition
Accession
1991.060Source or Donor
Foresman, Ethel E.Acquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Eliza Jane Devilbiss (b.1831 - d. 24 Sept 1917) married John D. Switzer (b. 15 Feb 1839 - d. 12 Dec 1868); they had one son, Thomas Devilbiss Switzer, who died at 8 months of age. She married her second husband, William Smith (b.1832 - d.1891), on 9 May 1877. Her third husband, George L. Stockdale, died in 1896. The Stocksdales lived on Church St., New Windsor. Eliza is buried in Bethel United Methodist Church cemetery, New Windsor. Previously loaned by donor for "Sampling the ABCs" exhibition in 1982. Frame stored in K/12.