06-07-200906-07-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2460Boston
June 7, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Two Booklets with Watercolor Illustrations, Poetry, and Hairwork Keepsakes

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Two Booklets with Watercolor Illustrations, Poetry, and Hairwork Keepsakes,Celia White Pearsall, Washington Township, New York, 1840 and 1844,handmade booklets, the first, dated 1840, is cloth bound with fifty-six pages, ten of which have full-page watercolor illustrations including a scene with a house, a landscape, one with a mother and child, one showing a boy, reportedly Dwight E. Pearsall, the first child of the artist, one depicting two children and a dog in a landscape, and five depicting flower blossoms; many pages are inscribed with Celia Pearsall's poetry, poems by other authors, and small watercolor illustrations, 6 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; the second booklet signed and dated "Celia Pearsall 1844" features a watercolor illustration of a pine tree on the front cover, and a rose blossom on the back, containing fourteen pages applied with braided hairwork keepsakes inscribed with the names and dates of the donors, 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.

Provenance: Family descent.

Note: Celia (White) Pearsall was born September 1, 1817 in Cayuga County, New York. She married Ira S. Pearsall (1810-1894),in Cayuga County, on October 19, 1836. They resided in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and together had three children. Celia died May 20, 1868. Her husband was married for the second time in 1869 to Augusta V. Larkin of Macomb County, Michigan. Celia and Ira are buried in the Curtis Cemetery, Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan.



Estimate $4,000-6,000

Additional genealogy: Children of first marriage:—
1. Dwight Emmet Pearsall, born July 15, 1837; died February 12, 1902;
married first May 6, 1860, Mary S. Smith. She was born December 26,
1839; died November 22, 1879. He married second, Martha Jane Grover.
She was born in New York. Children of first marriage:—*1. Ira Sheldon
Pearsall, born May 22,1861 ; married April 16,1886, Etta Elizabeth Parrott who was born July 26, 1865. Children:—1. Mary Pearsall, born April 23,
1887; married June 23, 1907, Frank Cooley. 2. Albert Dwight Pearsall,
born October 12, 1888; married October 18, 1909, Edith May St. Clair.
3. Alice May Pearsall, born March 1,1890; married Owen Dailey. 4. Ellen
Frank Pearsall, born March 3, 1900. 5. Enos Daniel Pearsall, born Jan-
uary 10, 1902. *2. Fannie Elizabeth Pearsall, born January 25, 1863;
married James Bromley. *3. Allen Dwight Pearsall, born March 3, 1872;
died aged 22 years. Child of second marriage:—*4. Ralph Dwight Pearsall,
born January 29, 1894.
2. Adelia White Pearsall, born April 10, 1839; married February 9, 1859,
John Morris Snook.
3. Celia Amanda Pearsall, born December 30, 1847; died May 24, 1862

Keywords

Celia Amanda Pearsall, Celia (White) Pearsall, Macomb County, Dwight E. Pearsall, Washington Township, Ira Sheldon, Cayuga County, Celia Pearsall, Ira S. Pearsall, Augusta V. Larkin, Shelby Township, Curtis Cemetery, Dwight Emmet Pearsall, Mary S. Smith, Martha Jane Grover, Etta Elizabeth Parrott, Mary Pearsall, Frank Cooley, Albert Dwight Pearsall, Edith May St. Clair, Alice May Pearsall, Owen Dailey, Frank Pearsall, Enos Daniel Pearsall, Fannie Elizabeth Pearsall, James Bromley, Allen Dwight Pearsall, Ralph Dwight Pearsall, Adelia White Pearsall, John Morris Snook