... Holcombe died young, in his twenties: he drowned when attempting to ford a stream during a trip to Ohio. Traditionally, scholars have assumed that this event left Eunice a young widow, but recent research has revealed that the marriage was an abusive one and that before Holcombe died, the couple had already been divorced. [7]
[7] American Folk Art Museum (2014). Eunice Pinney: Masonic Mourning Piece for Reverend Ambrose Todd (1981.12.7). In Collections: Early Works on Paper. New York: American Folk Art Museum. Retrieved September 2014.
