MISS SARAH JANE HALE ROOM

All the items in this room were donated to the Museum in the Will of Miss Sara Jane Hale, with the exception of:

Fireplace--Cliff Cowherd
Hanging Lamp--Pearl E. Lowrance
Pictures on either side of Fireplace are the Grandparents of Sarah Jane Hale and are on loan to the Museum from Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

 

Four Pictures on South Wall Mirror
Oblong Table
Lamp
Figurines
Secretary
West Wall--Two Table Lamps
Clock on Fireplace
Candleholders on Fireplace
Fireplace accessories
Rocker
Chair
Table in Center with Marble top
Chicken in Basket
Hat Tree on North Wall
Umbrella
Secretary
Rug
Oak glass end Table with Medical Instruments

 

1890 Kitchen

Table--Jim Dick Chandler
Chairs--Mrs. & Mrs. Tom Duvall
Pie Safe--Mr. & Mrs. Henry Valbracht--was her parents (Mr. & Mrs. Henry Vogelsmeier--1868)
Flour & Sugar Bin--Effie & Katie M. Adkins--was their parents (Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Adkins before 1901)
Stove--100 years old--Riske Family
Sewing Machine--used about 1880--Riske Family
Wooden Cabinet--Mr. & Mrs. Bert Stewart--was her grandparents (Webster Denhams-over 100 years ago)
Mirror, Comb Case, Bone Handled Forks--Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Vogelsmeier--were her grandparents (Wm. Plummers-1878)
Tablecloth & Dishes--Katie M. Adkins & Pearl E. Lowrance
Glasses & Silver--Lena Herren & Paul Rupe
Mother Hubbard on Lady--Made by Mrs. J. E. Adkins, mother of Effie & Katie Marie Adkins before 1901
Rug on Floor--Jim Rice
Charcoal Iron & Egg Case--Benson Riley & Bettie Baker--were their great grandmother's (Mary E. Benson 1880 & 1910)
Eggs--Mrs. Herman Reimer
Sugar Bucket--Mrs. Elsie Willis
Churn & Spoon--Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Vogelsmeier--were his parents (Mr. & Mrs. Henry Vogelsmeier-1895)
Child's Dress--Mrs. Harry Woolston
Child's Dishes & Dress on Doll--Mrs. Paul Griffith
Doll--Inalee Vogelsmeier
High Chair--1878--Gladys Warner Pemberton
Toy Wagon--Mrs. Edith Benson Frizzell, from her grandfather 70 years ago
Ball in Wagon--Mrs. Addie Benson Riley--Made by her grandmother for Dr. R. M. Benson in 1881.
Doll Buggy--Mrs. Alma Boschert-- Hat Rack & Bonnet--cover made by her mother 1880, Bonnet hers in early 1900's.
Dutch Oven--Mrs. Mollie Wiggins White
Teakettle and Cedar Water Bucket--Pearl Edwin Lowrance
Items on Shelf--Paul Rupe, Olga Lueders, Sally Griffith
Lemon Squeezer--Lena Herren
Items on Cabinet--Mabel Singleton, Paul Rupe, Katie M. Adkins, Mollie Wiggins White and Lola Plummer
Coffee Mill--Mrs. Grace Dickson
Lamp on Wall--Elmer Daniels
Scene Behind Window painted by Sally Griffith
Other items purchased or given anonymously--Wash Stand w/Towel Bar, Lamp for Wall, Carved letter holder on Wall, & Sewing holder on wall.

THE HALL

Square Victorian Chair--Belonged to General Shields
Stairway--Was a gift from Charles Belcher
Carpet on the Stairway--Mrs. Fred Engelking
Lamp--Pearl Edwin Lowrance
Large Rug--Hugh Robinson
Small Rug--Mollie Wiggins White
All the remaining articles in this room were donated to the Carroll County Museum in the Will of Mrs. Mary Austin and were in the home of Harold and Mary Austin until the death of Mrs. Austin

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