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Region: Middle Tennessee
1831 Katharine Christian Conell (Connell)
White's Creek, Davidson Co.

18"V x 17"H © TSS 093
fibers: silk
ground: 36 V/28 H ct. linen
Biography:
Katharine Christian Conell (Connell) (1818-1897) lived in the Gallatin/White’s Creek area. The daughter of Enoch Prince Conell and Nancy Ann Walton, she married John Hunter Cartwright and had six children.
Description:
Although Katharine included the word "Age" in her cartouche, she did not leave enough room for the numerals. She would have been 12 or 13 when she completed her sampler.