Countess Sarah Rumford headstone, undated

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Countess Sarah Rumford headstone, undated

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.28.006

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Undated photographic print of Sarah Rumford's gravestone at Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "Old North Cemetery Countess Sarah Rumford 1852 She was the only daughter of Count Rumford, born October 18, 1774 in the family mansion, her father was but twenty-two years of age. Her mother Lady Sarah Thompson died in 1792. This modest obelish of Italian marble near the northern entrance to the cemetery marks her grave, who, after long and repeated sojourns in Europe, returned in the early forties to her native town, and resided upon her maternal estate until her death in 1852, at the age of seventy-eight years. She founded the Rolfe and Rumford Asylum, was a liberal patron of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, of the Concord Female Charitable Society, and other sundry benevolent institutions in Massachusetts."

Subjects:

Cemeteries , Gravestones

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Rumford, Sarah Thompson, 1774-1852

Organizations:

Old North Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6