FOUND.....QUILT FROM 1885 WITH SHAPARD CONNECTIONS!

This beautiful quilt was made in Tennessee by the hands of Hadassa (Neely) Hall (1821-1907), mother of Jennie Hall who married Rev. Edwin R. Shapard. Hadassa was also the mother of Emily Hall who married Rev. William Shapard (Edwin's brother). The year 1885 is stitched in the fabric on the right side. Hadassa spent her final years living with her daughter Jennie Shapard in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Jennie acquired the quilt after her mother's death in 1907. After Jennie's death in 1910, it came under the stewardship of family line of Edwin R. Shapard, Jr., where it remains today.

This is only  known image of Hadassa Hall, taken in Fort Smith Arkansas circa 1906. This image of Mrs. Hadassa Hall was discovered and identified just a few months ago.