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Region: Middle Tennessee
1851 Eliza Jane Scott
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville

1212"V x 1334"H © TSS 216
fibers: silk and wool
ground: 20 ct. penelope canvas
Biography:
Eliza Jane Scott (1842-1892) was the first born child of William T. Scott and Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann Leonard. Her father was a farmer in Dist. 4 of Marshall County. Shortly after Eliza finished her sampler in Sep. 1851, the family crossed the Mississippi River at Memphis to settle on a farm in South Fork, Montgomery Co., AR. Eliza married Lt. Jeremiah (Jerry) G. Gray in 1865. Her husband was a stone mason. The couple had ten children. Eliza died in 1892 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Pope Co., AR.
Description:
Eliza's bright and cheerful sampler is typical of the work of a young girl; she was nine when she completed it. Her ground fabric is penelope canvas, a cotton block weave often used by beginning stitchers.