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" Orleans, where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, SC Here he learned the stucco business, which he followed until 1835, when he discovered a new method of taking a cast from the living face, which enabled him to make busts so cheaply that he... "
Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. - Page 200
by Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1922
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Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also ...

Alaric Alexander Watts - Biography - 1856 - 1032 pages
...Musical,' Composer, was born at Casenet, in the deportment of Vaucluse, on the 8th of March, 1H10. He was left an orphan at the age of five years, and was brought up by one of his sisters. His love for music manifested itself at a very early age, and...
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A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors ...

Samuel Redgrave - Artists - 1878 - 524 pages
...near Norwich, in which neighbourhood his father was kmd-steward to the proprietors of several estates. He was left an orphan at the age of five years, and was brought up by an aunt, who dissuaded him from an early desire to go to sea. After trying several...
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Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Lodge-Pickens

James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 836 pages
...(1856). M ILLS, Clark, sculptor, b. in Onondaga county, NY, 1 Dec., 1815; d. in Washington, DC, i2 Jan., 1883. He was left an orphan at the age of five years,...where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, 8. C. Here 'he learned the stucco business, which he followed until 1835, when he discovered a new...
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Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Lodge-Pickens

James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 834 pages
...county, NY. 1 Dec.. 1815; d. in Washington, Ü. C., Í2 Jan., 1883. He was left an orphan at the ago of five years, and then lived with a maternal uncle,...experience working on a farm, cutting cedar posts in a swamp,.and learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, La., where he stayed a year and...
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Descendants of Nicholas Cady of Watertown, Mass. 1645-1910

Orrin Peer Allen - Reference - 1910 - 682 pages
...14, 1850, Abigail Robinson, b. May 25, 1827, d. Nov. 4, 1887. He d. Brimfield, 111., June 27, 1896. He was left an orphan at the age of five years, and was placed in the care of an uncle and aunt and taken to Otsego, NY, where be remained till the age...
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Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: S-Z

Michael Bryan - Engravers - 1910 - 696 pages
...resemblance. SAY, WILLIAM, an eminent engraver in mezzotint, was born at Lakenham, near Norwich, in 1768. No.l ]Y W; v l0 ԥH |mO qOSO C !&V t y was brought up by a maternal aunt. Although he showed an early inclination for art, he did not practise...
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The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Volume 3

John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart - Louisiana - 1920 - 652 pages
...December 1st, 1815, and died in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on January 12th, 1883. Ke was left an orphan at the age of five years, and then...learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, where he stayed a year and then wer.t to Charleston, SC Here he learned the stucco business, which...
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The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Volume 3

John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart - Louisiana - 1920 - 650 pages
...in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on January 12th, 1883. He was left an orphan at tbe age of five years, and then lived with a maternal...learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, SC Here he learned the stucco business, which he>...
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Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Volume 3

1922 - 652 pages
...York, on December 1st, 1815, and died in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on January 12th, 1883. He was left an orphan at the age of five years,...learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, SC Here he learned the stucco business, which he...
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The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Volume 3, Issues 2-4

John Dymond, Henry Plauché Dart - Louisiana - 1920 - 674 pages
...York, on December 1st, 1815, and died in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on January 12th, 1883. He was left an orphan at the age of five years,...learning the millwright's trade, he reached New Orleans, where he stayed a year and then went to Charleston, SC Here he learned the stucco business, which he...
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