Name/Title
Pair of Hand Wool CardersEntry/Object ID
1973.07.01Description
Wood paddles with fine wire teeth on one side to card wool.
Label: Brought from Maryland by covered wagon by Margaret Johnson (age 12) and her parents in the 1800's. Pencilled on the back of one" Grate [great] grandmother Rhodes, F[unintelligible] cards more than 100 years old"
margaret johnson 1819-1869 m. john pringle 1799-1885
daughter of joseph and nancy rhodes johnson.
great-great granddaughter: Madeline Crum
Margaret was born in WV but Nancy Rhodes was born in Maryland in 1798. she is likely the one who crossed the mountains in a covered wagon, circa 1810.Acquisition
Accession
1973.07Source or Donor
Madeline McMaster Crum