The Wormeley Horse Trough
THE WORMELEY HORSE TROUGH
THIS GRANITE HORSE TROUGH, ORIGINALLY SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF THORN HILL ROAD IN 1911, WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE PRESCOTT WORMELEY BY HER FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, MRS. BRADBURY BEDELL, MISS W0RMELEY, MINDFUL OF THE STEEP Δ°NCLINE, HAD DECLARED THAT HORSES SHOULD BE OFFERED WATER BEFORE UNDERTAKING THE ASCENT OF THORN HILL ROAD. WHERE SHE OWNED SUMMER AND WINTER HOUSES. DURING THE 1890'S
ONE OF JACKSON'S MORE NOTABLE RESIDENTS, MISS WORMELEY (1830-1908) SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION AS A VOLUNTEER NURSE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. NURSING THE SICK AND WOUNDED ON THE YORK RIVER DURING THE SUMMER OF 1862, SHE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TO FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO SERVE ON HOSPITAL SHIPS IN AN AMERICAN WAR.
FLUENT IN FRENCH , AND WITH A CHILDHOOD SPENT IN EUROPE AMONG INTELLECTUALS, KATHERINE WORMELEY WAS INSPIRED IN HER LATER YEARS TO UNDERTAKE THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OR HONORE DE BALZAC FOR AMERICAN READERS
AFTER MOVING TO JACKSON, MISS WORMELEY BUILT HER SUMMER HOME IN 1891 THIS HOUSE STILL STANDS
THIS TABLET PLACED BY THE JACKSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 2009
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THIS GRANITE HORSE TROUGH, ORIGINALLY SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF THORN HILL ROAD IN 1911, WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE PRESCOTT WORMELEY BY HER FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, MRS. BRADBURY BEDELL, MISS W0RMELEY, MINDFUL OF THE STEEP Δ°NCLINE, HAD DECLARED THAT HORSES SHOULD BE OFFERED WATER BEFORE UNDERTAKING THE ASCENT OF THORN HILL ROAD. WHERE SHE OWNED SUMMER AND WINTER HOUSES. DURING THE 1890'S
ONE OF JACKSON'S MORE NOTABLE RESIDENTS, MISS WORMELEY (1830-1908) SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION AS A VOLUNTEER NURSE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. NURSING THE SICK AND WOUNDED ON THE YORK RIVER DURING THE SUMMER OF 1862, SHE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TO FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO SERVE ON HOSPITAL SHIPS IN AN AMERICAN WAR.
FLUENT IN FRENCH , AND WITH A CHILDHOOD SPENT IN EUROPE AMONG INTELLECTUALS, KATHERINE WORMELEY WAS INSPIRED IN HER LATER YEARS TO UNDERTAKE THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OR HONORE DE BALZAC FOR AMERICAN READERS
AFTER MOVING TO JACKSON, MISS WORMELEY BUILT HER SUMMER HOME IN 1891 THIS HOUSE STILL STANDS
THIS TABLET PLACED BY THE JACKSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 2009
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Submitted by @SamPenkacik
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