Mary Jane Mapes Lake County, Ohio 1841 Mary Jane stitched this large graphic sampler with mirror images of two center hall houses bracketing a cartouche inscribed: Remember thy Creator in the/ days of thy youth -- Mary Jane Mapes . Nov 1841. Mary, (born in Willoughby, OH Jan. 17,1833), was the 6th or 7 children born to Samuel Mapes and Hannah Holblock. About 2 months before her 9th birthday she completed this sampler. She married Van Rensselaer Brott and they had 2 children. She at age 32 and her two children ages 6 and 3 all died the same year, 1865. Silk on linen: 17” x 17” sight. Sold STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER (860) 388-6809 Hubers@AntiqueSamplers.com View Other Samplers