Person:Eunice Cone (1)

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m. 1778
  1. Eunice Cone1783 - 1871
m. 10 Mar 1799
  1. Edward Sylvester Rowley1808 - 1886
Facts and Events
Name Eunice Cone
Gender Female
Birth? 24 Sep 1783 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 10 Mar 1799 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Col. Erastus Rowley
Other[3] 9 Oct 1823 She won, at the Berkshire Agricultural Faire, second prize for her white flannel and a premium of $2 for a rose blanket
Other[4] Bef 6 Oct 1825 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Stateswon, at the Berkshire Agricultural Fair, the first prize of $8 for the colored flannel she made
Death[1] 28 Sep 1871 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Burial? Aft 28 Sep 1871 Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesCone Hill Cemetery
Other[2] Eunice C. Rowley Born Sep 24 1783 Died 28 Sep 1871 (Gravestone)
References
  1. NOTE: A book called Some Account of the Cone Family said she died in 1871 but another source said 1876 - she presumably lived with one of her children but which one or where is unknown
  2. Her marker is a shared one with her husband -- his information is first; beneath her name is a space and then a line "Gone Home"
  3. The New England Farmer, Vol 2 (Google eBook), Thomas Greene Fessenden, Thomas W. Shepard, 1824, p 102 NOTE: I'm pretty sure this is the right fair but there was no mention in this source of the flannels for which she won
  4. To Mrs. Eunice Rowley, of Richmond, for the best piece of Colored Flannel, $8 - An Address delivered before the Berkshire [U.S.] Association for the promotion of Agriculture and Manufactures; together with the reports of the Committees of Departments (Google eBook), Samuel M. Mackay, 1825, p 42