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Region: Middle Tennessee
c.1854 Martha E. Cator
Grassland, Williamson Co.

1614"V x 1534"H © TSS 109
fibers: wool
ground: 28 ct. linen
Biography:
Martha E. Cator (1842–1866) was the second daughter of Moses E. Cator and Mary J. Porter. She grew up in a log cabin on a farm in Grassland, Williamson County. After her father died, the family moved to District 1 in Williamson County. Martha married Robert Hulme Pearre in 1861. They had three children. Martha may have died in from complications of the birth of her daughter Martha. Sadly her sister Sallie also died in c. 1866, possibly from complications of childbirth.
Description:
Both Martha and her older sister Sallie (TSS 108) must have attended the same unidentified female academy in Franklin as they made similar samplers. Both of their samplers feature fine brick houses. Sallie’s has a two story brick house while Martha’s, the latter of the two, has a brick two-story house with two wings. Sallie and Martha used turkey work, an unusual technique, for the oversized flowers in the borders.
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