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Title
Maple
Bed
Subject
Daily Life
Beds
Furniture
Place
Strongsville (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
Malinda
Millar
Webster
brought
this
maple
bed
to her
marriage
to
Joseph
Webster
. The
bed
was her
pay
for
keeping
house
for
Moses
Bennett
, the
first
settler
in the
extreme
southeastern
part
of the
township
.
It
was
originally
a
rope
bed
;
it
has
turn
posts
and
acorn
finials
.
It
is
77
inches
(195.58
cm)
in
length
,
50
inches
(127
cm)
wide
, and
49
inches
(124.46
cm)
high
.
It
was
made
circa
1830-1850
.
Joseph
Webster
(1822-1912)
was
born
in
Fort
Ann
,
New
York
and
moved
to
Strongsville
with his
family
in
1836
. As a
young
man
he was
renowned
as a
hunter
. At that
time
Strongsville
was
still
densely
forested
;
wild
turkeys
,
deer
,
bear
, and
other
game
abounded
. In
1856
he
married
Malinda
Clark
Millar
(born
1836)
in
Strongsville
; they
became
parents
of
six
children
.
Webster
apprenticed
as a
wagon
maker
and
opened
his
own
shop
in
1851
and
operated
it
for
67
years
. He was also a
noted
violinist
and
served
as a
fifer
and
member
of the
Welsh
Guards
.
Date of Original
1830
-
1850s
circa
Collection
Joseph
Webster
Collection
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Strongsville Historical Society
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1239_1038883_003.tif
Image Height
1354
Image Width
1992
File Size
659.257 KB
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