Sampler
Maker's Name
Wright, S. A.
Location
Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky
Date Made
1851
Maker's Age
13 years old, born June 30, 1838
Dimensions
unknown
Medium
Wool on cotton canvas with Algerian Eye, cross four-sided, and smyrna cross stitches.
Provenance
Made by Susan Alina Wright in 1851. It is currently owned by Private Collector #32. A prominent Warren County, Kentucky historian suggests that it descended from Susan Alina to her son Lynn Wright Hendricks (1880-1952), who married Alice Maud Depue (1886-1954) and ultimately descended in the family to a great-great grandchild of the sampler maker. However, this suggested descent of the sampler is conjecture.
Description
The sampler has six rows of alphabets and numbers separated by family simple crossbands. The signature reads:
S. A. Wright age 13
July the 25 1851
The verse, of unknown origin to AKS, reads:
Remember me when this you
see though many miles we
dista
nt be
Below the verse is a red house flanked on both sides by a fence line, trees and decorative motifs. The house is still standing today on US Hwy 68 near Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky and is referred to as "Smokey Row”.
Susan Alina Wright was born June 30, 1838 to William Wright (1794-1845) and Mary Lair (1799-1872) in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky. Her siblings included George W. (1818-1884), Elizabeth (1822-1914), Mathias (1824-1824), Helen (1825-1826), James Fountain (1827-1847), William Whitman (1829-1918), Joseph Lair (1832-1913), Mary Catherine (1834-1908), Francis Marion (1836-1926) and Darilla S. (1843-1880).
Susan Alina Wright married John Crittendon Hendricks (1833-1909) on November 20, 1860 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. Her children included Mary A (or S) (1861-1942), George C. (1864-1941), William H. (1866-1947), Alpha “Alphie” (1868-1940), Cordelia H. (1871-1958), Elizabeth “Bessie” (1875-1956) and Lynn Wright (1880-1952). According to census records, she lived in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky until at least 1880 but by 1900 she had removed to Kansas City, Ward 11, Jackson County, Missouri.
Susan Alina Wright died on March 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband, John Crittendon Hendricks, and at least five of her seven children (see the headstones in the ancillary images).
S. A. Wright age 13
July the 25 1851
The verse, of unknown origin to AKS, reads:
Remember me when this you
see though many miles we
dista
nt be
Below the verse is a red house flanked on both sides by a fence line, trees and decorative motifs. The house is still standing today on US Hwy 68 near Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky and is referred to as "Smokey Row”.
Susan Alina Wright was born June 30, 1838 to William Wright (1794-1845) and Mary Lair (1799-1872) in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky. Her siblings included George W. (1818-1884), Elizabeth (1822-1914), Mathias (1824-1824), Helen (1825-1826), James Fountain (1827-1847), William Whitman (1829-1918), Joseph Lair (1832-1913), Mary Catherine (1834-1908), Francis Marion (1836-1926) and Darilla S. (1843-1880).
Susan Alina Wright married John Crittendon Hendricks (1833-1909) on November 20, 1860 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. Her children included Mary A (or S) (1861-1942), George C. (1864-1941), William H. (1866-1947), Alpha “Alphie” (1868-1940), Cordelia H. (1871-1958), Elizabeth “Bessie” (1875-1956) and Lynn Wright (1880-1952). According to census records, she lived in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky until at least 1880 but by 1900 she had removed to Kansas City, Ward 11, Jackson County, Missouri.
Susan Alina Wright died on March 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband, John Crittendon Hendricks, and at least five of her seven children (see the headstones in the ancillary images).
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
Private Collector #32
AKS Catalog Number
2020-081
Sources
Extensive historical data accumulated by Private Collector #27, a scholar of Warren County, Kentucky history.
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