Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
C12.554.1-8 |
Title |
Wendell Family Coffin Plates |
Object Name |
Plate, Coffin |
Description |
Eight Wendell family coffin plates. Seven have been identified, while one is tin fragments. Plates are in various conditions; some are well preserved, while others are very fragile. All are made of various kinds of metal. .1 was for John Samuel Wendell. .2 was for Susan Gardner Wendell, daughter of Abraham Wendell. .3 was for Gardner McHaver Wendell. .4 was for Dorothy Sherburne Wendell, daughter of John S. Wendell. .5 was for Martha J. Perkins Wendell, wife of John Samuel Wendell. .6 was for Sukey G. Wendell, wife of Abraham Wendell. .7 was for Elizabeth Wendell Berry, wife of John Wendell. .8 is unidentifiable. .8 is in pieces. |
Year Range from |
1836 |
Year Range to |
1908 |
Material |
Metal - pewter, silver plate |
Place of Origin |
New England |
Provenance |
These coffin plates came from the Wendell tomb in the Pleasant Street Cemetery. The plates were removed while work was being done on the tomb. .8 might have been Abraham Wendell's plate. |
People |
Wendell, John Samuel, 1822-1908 Wendell, Susan Gardner, 1809-1903 Wendell, Gardner McHaver, d. 1860 Wendell, Dorothy Sherburne, 1845-1887 Wendell, Martha Perkins, 1823-1864 Wendell, Susan Gardner, 1786-1850 Berry, Elizabeth Wendell Wendell, Abraham |
Search Terms |
Wendell Family Pleasant Street Cemetery |
Subjects |
Coffins Coffin Plates Death & burial Tomb Tombs & sepulchral monuments |