Sampler
Maker's Name
Logan, Mary Ann
Location
Mercer County, Kentucky
Date Made
~1813
Maker's Age
~7 years old, born 1806
Dimensions
11 x 11 ½ inches
Medium
Silk on linen with cross stitches; thread count: 25/inch horizontal, 25/inch vertical
Provenance
The sampler is attributed to Mary Ann Logan and was made in approximately 1813. It was donated to The Filson Historical Society in 2021 with several family documents supporting the maker being Mary Ann Logan. The provenance from Mary Ann’s hand to The Filson Historical Society is based on family documents and is as follows.
AKS submits that in 1813, the sampler was made when Mary Ann’s family, including her parents, Sarah Denton Logan (b. in Virginia, 1780-1849) and Thomas (James) Logan (1780-1819), were in Shakertown, Mercer County, Kentucky. After circa 1820/1823, Sarah was in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana as a widow with her three children, Mary Ann (1806-1884), Nancy Jane (1809-1895), and James D. (1812-?).
Based on genealogy and family records, AKS suggests that the sampler passed from the sampler maker to her son James L. Smith, (married to Mary Maria Hooper in 1867). One of their children was Annabella Smith Hartley (Mrs. Charles), who was born in 1869 and died on August 24, 1932. It is suggested that the sampler, owned by Annabelle Hartley was given to Martha Stacy Craig Anshutz, either by Mr. Hartley after his wife's death, or by Mr. Hartley's estate representative, since he died soon after his wife (she in August and he in September of 1932), and the Hartleys had no children.
Martha Stacy Craig Anshutz (b c.1874) married on 11/11/1896 to Frank Hudson Anshutz (1875-1963), is the niece of the sampler maker and the daughter of Nancy Jane Logan (sister of the the sampler maker).
Martha S. Craig Anshutz and Frank Hudson Anshutz had at least three children, Helen (1898-?), Garnette H. (female, unmarried),(1899-1968), and Hudson Craig Anshutz (1912-2001).
The sampler was found in a box in the attic of 106 Flower Avenue in New Albany, Indiana, home of Garnette H. Anshutz and Helen Anshutz Gibbs, along with other family items. The sampler was a gift to the donor from Helen Craig Anshutz (Gibbs), c. 1980, when she lived at Parkview Tower, New Albany, Indiana.
The sampler was donated to the Filson Historical Society in 2021 by the great, great, nephew of the sampler maker.
AKS submits that in 1813, the sampler was made when Mary Ann’s family, including her parents, Sarah Denton Logan (b. in Virginia, 1780-1849) and Thomas (James) Logan (1780-1819), were in Shakertown, Mercer County, Kentucky. After circa 1820/1823, Sarah was in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana as a widow with her three children, Mary Ann (1806-1884), Nancy Jane (1809-1895), and James D. (1812-?).
Based on genealogy and family records, AKS suggests that the sampler passed from the sampler maker to her son James L. Smith, (married to Mary Maria Hooper in 1867). One of their children was Annabella Smith Hartley (Mrs. Charles), who was born in 1869 and died on August 24, 1932. It is suggested that the sampler, owned by Annabelle Hartley was given to Martha Stacy Craig Anshutz, either by Mr. Hartley after his wife's death, or by Mr. Hartley's estate representative, since he died soon after his wife (she in August and he in September of 1932), and the Hartleys had no children.
Martha Stacy Craig Anshutz (b c.1874) married on 11/11/1896 to Frank Hudson Anshutz (1875-1963), is the niece of the sampler maker and the daughter of Nancy Jane Logan (sister of the the sampler maker).
Martha S. Craig Anshutz and Frank Hudson Anshutz had at least three children, Helen (1898-?), Garnette H. (female, unmarried),(1899-1968), and Hudson Craig Anshutz (1912-2001).
The sampler was found in a box in the attic of 106 Flower Avenue in New Albany, Indiana, home of Garnette H. Anshutz and Helen Anshutz Gibbs, along with other family items. The sampler was a gift to the donor from Helen Craig Anshutz (Gibbs), c. 1980, when she lived at Parkview Tower, New Albany, Indiana.
The sampler was donated to the Filson Historical Society in 2021 by the great, great, nephew of the sampler maker.
Description
In the upper field of this unsigned, undated sampler the verse reads:
The LOSS OF A FATHER
IS MUCH BUT The LOSS
OF A MOThER IS MORE
BUT THE LOSS OF ChRIST
IS SUCh A LOSS AS NO
ONE CAN RESTORE
In the mid to lower fields are a centrally located bird and tree flanked on both sides by fairly symmetric motifs including flower pots, stars, cherubs, and trees.
Mary Ann Logan, born 1806 or 1808, in Mercer County, Kentucky and died 1884 in New Albany, Indiana. She first married John Wesley Ellis on 12/29/1825 in New Albany, Indiana and they had a son Thomas (1827-?). They were divorced on 10/9/1829.
Mary Ann Logan Ellis married a second time on January 2, 1830 to a wagon maker named Ashbel Smith. They had seven children and lived on E. Spring St. between Fourth and Fifth Street in New Albany, Indiana. Their children included Sarah (1831-?), James L. (1832-1909), Mary Jane (1836-1909), Margaret E. (Maggie)(1838-1918), William H (?-?), Charles L. (1848-1921), and Samuel (?-?).
(James L. Smith was married to Mary Maria Hooper in 1867 and one of their children was Annabella Smith Hartley (Mrs.Charles) who was born in 1869 and died on August 24, 1932. Please see the Provenance for further details.)
Mary Ann Logan Ellis Smith died in New Albany, Indiana in 1884.
There is no date stitched into the sampler. It was accompanied by a note written by Annabelle Hartley in 1913 and affixed to the back of the sampler which reads: “Made by Mary Ann Logan, 1813, grandmother of Annabelle Hartley”. AKS cannot verify the exact date the sampler was made; however,
“If the penned label on the back of the sampler is in fact in Annabelle Hartley's hand, 1913 was New Albany, Indiana's centennial year, and with all the displays of a residence heirlooms that no doubt were part of it, there may have been a temptation for the socially prominent Mrs. Hartley to come forth with something that happened to be exactly 100 years old.” (from family records)
In the ancillary images, AKS has included the Mercer County, (Kentucky) Will Book, Vol. 9, p. 237 describing the estate and heirs of Thomas Logan, the father of the sampler maker upon the death of the Guardian of the estate, Bernard Noll. AKS includes this to demonstrate the legal prowess of early 19th century Kentucky, the value of the items within the will, and the relative importance of such items (for inclusion in one’s will) as compared to today’s society.
The LOSS OF A FATHER
IS MUCH BUT The LOSS
OF A MOThER IS MORE
BUT THE LOSS OF ChRIST
IS SUCh A LOSS AS NO
ONE CAN RESTORE
In the mid to lower fields are a centrally located bird and tree flanked on both sides by fairly symmetric motifs including flower pots, stars, cherubs, and trees.
Mary Ann Logan, born 1806 or 1808, in Mercer County, Kentucky and died 1884 in New Albany, Indiana. She first married John Wesley Ellis on 12/29/1825 in New Albany, Indiana and they had a son Thomas (1827-?). They were divorced on 10/9/1829.
Mary Ann Logan Ellis married a second time on January 2, 1830 to a wagon maker named Ashbel Smith. They had seven children and lived on E. Spring St. between Fourth and Fifth Street in New Albany, Indiana. Their children included Sarah (1831-?), James L. (1832-1909), Mary Jane (1836-1909), Margaret E. (Maggie)(1838-1918), William H (?-?), Charles L. (1848-1921), and Samuel (?-?).
(James L. Smith was married to Mary Maria Hooper in 1867 and one of their children was Annabella Smith Hartley (Mrs.Charles) who was born in 1869 and died on August 24, 1932. Please see the Provenance for further details.)
Mary Ann Logan Ellis Smith died in New Albany, Indiana in 1884.
There is no date stitched into the sampler. It was accompanied by a note written by Annabelle Hartley in 1913 and affixed to the back of the sampler which reads: “Made by Mary Ann Logan, 1813, grandmother of Annabelle Hartley”. AKS cannot verify the exact date the sampler was made; however,
“If the penned label on the back of the sampler is in fact in Annabelle Hartley's hand, 1913 was New Albany, Indiana's centennial year, and with all the displays of a residence heirlooms that no doubt were part of it, there may have been a temptation for the socially prominent Mrs. Hartley to come forth with something that happened to be exactly 100 years old.” (from family records)
In the ancillary images, AKS has included the Mercer County, (Kentucky) Will Book, Vol. 9, p. 237 describing the estate and heirs of Thomas Logan, the father of the sampler maker upon the death of the Guardian of the estate, Bernard Noll. AKS includes this to demonstrate the legal prowess of early 19th century Kentucky, the value of the items within the will, and the relative importance of such items (for inclusion in one’s will) as compared to today’s society.
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
The Filson Historical Society
AKS Catalog Number
2021-108
Sources
Family correspondence supplied to The Filson Historical Society
Ancestry.com
Findagrave.com
FamilySearch.org
Ancestry.com
Findagrave.com
FamilySearch.org
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