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Property from the Collection of Jodi White Wenzl and Daniel Wenzl

The Stokely-Cubbison-Morrison Family Miniature Classical Inlaid Chest with Drawers, Mercer, Pennsylvania, Circa 1830

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

walnut inlaid with curly maple

height 13 ⅝ in. by width 14 ¾ in. by depth 9 ¾ in.


the back of drawer inscribed on all sides, most notably the back Alan Edgar Morrisson Jany 21 1933/ Made by Tecumseh Benzona Stokely about 1830. My Uncle E.W.C. Dec. 21, 1937, and the bottom This little bureau was my mother’s when she was a little girl. Then my sister, Eva, became owner when she was a little girl. After the death of my sister and parents, it came to me, then to Mildred our baby. Now it’s going to her son, Alan Edgar Morrison. I am the grandfather Edgar W. Cubbison / Given on Jany 21st 1933

Mildred Cubbison

buraeau is somewhere between 125 years old and made by my mother’s brother Tecumseh Benzona Stokely

Benjamin Stokely (1766-1845), m. Elizabeth Stevenson (1793-1868), Mercer, Pennsylvania;

to their son, Tecumseh Benzona Stokely (1821-1883);

then to their daughter, Elizabeth N Stokely (1829-1899) m. William Cubbison (1827-1906);


then to Elizabeth and William's daughter, Eva F. Cubbison (1852–1873);

then to Elizabeth and William's son, Edgar W. Cubbison (1855-1940) m. Rebecca Mills


then to Edgar and Rebecca's daughter, Mildred A. Cubbison (1897-1988) m. Louis T Morrison (1897–1966), Akron, Summit, Ohio


then to their son, Alan Edgar Morrison (1931–1976) July 21 1953.

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