George Hough headstone, undated

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

George Hough headstone, undated

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.28.025

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Undated photographic print of the George Hough's headstone at the Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "George Hough 1830 In Memory of George Hough who died Feb, 8, 1830 Age 72 years This is the inscription on the marble horizontal tablet, supported upon a firm sub-structure of bricks, marks the grave of 'George Hough, Esq.' the purpose of mutual aid and improvement in their respective vocations, and Mr. Houg[h] from his age and long devotion to the typographic art, was selected as the first pre[sident.] To this office he was reelected about a month prior to his decease. He was remarkably moderate, exact and precise in every thing. He had become so accustomed to correct pr that in his ordinary reading of a newspaper or book, he would stop to punctuate acco[rding] to his own notion. He made excessive use of the comma, always placing one before the conjunction and. Mr. Hough's first wife was the widow of Dr. Fay, of Windsor, Vt., by whom he had one child George H., afterwards a Baptist missionary in India. His second wife was Lucinda Jones who died before her husband, September 26, 1826, aged 64 leaving no children."

Subjects:

Cemeteries , Gravestones

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Hough, George, 1767-1830

Organizations:

Old North Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6