SAMPLER
1841
Nancy Ellis Ault
Knox County, Tennessee
Cotton and linen
HOA: 18", WIA: 17"
From the collection of Namuni Hale Young (acc. 5473.2)
Nancy Ellis Ault was born in rural Knox County, Tennessee, and educated at the school operated by Mary Ann Hutsell, the wife of a Methodist circuit rider. Four years after completing her sampler, Nancy married Samuel T. Atkin, a sucessful merchant and alderman of Knoxville.
