Name/Title
SlateEntry/Object ID
2010.005.001Description
School slate originally owned by E A Eames. Black slate framed in 1" wood. Four pieces of wood framing, grooved to hold the slate, are pegged at each corner. Slate is smooth and usuable on both sides. Overall size 9.75" x 13.75". "E A Eames" is incised with minor embellishments in the wood of one long side. Genealogy: Elisha Eames(1762-1843) m Anna Mann (d1835), son Capt Calvin Eames (1806-1886) m Mary Ann Harlow (1811-1891), son Edwin A Eames (1846-1935) & daughter Lucy Ann Eames (1837-1916), Lucy m Wm P Farnsworth (b1831), daughter Mirabella (1862-1944) m Lincoln Gilkey, dtr Gladys (1892-1967) m Cecil Pendleton (1890-1957), son Leland Pendleton & his dtr Dianne gave the slate to IHS. Dianne says Edwin Eames' sister Lucy "snagged her little brother's slate."