Design size 10.5" wide X 11" high on 24 hole paper. Stitched with wool thread.

This sampler was stitched in 1851 by Catherine Bartholomew King to commemorate her 25th wedding anniversary. She was 47 years old when she stitched this sampler. Catherine was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She was raised as a Mennonite. She married a widower with 3 kids and then had 9 more of her own.

Design size 10.25" wide X 4.5" high on 18 hole paper. Stitched with cotton thread.

Catherine Bartholomew King stitched this sampler for her first grand child - George Emory King born in 1856. She was 53 years old when she stitched this sampler. Catherine was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She was raised as a Mennonite. She married a widower with 3 kids and then had 9 more of her own.