Personal Biography
My person of interest for this paper is a white woman named Sarah Matilda Griswold, also known as Mattie like how it is engraved on her tombstone. Sarah is born in 1834 in the state of Florida to Daniel S. Griswold from Connecticut and Mary Anne Dunham from New York, according to 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Census record. The information in regards to where she spent her childhood is limited but, as evidence indicated on a Connecticut official town marriage record, her place of residence is registered as Hartford, which is now the capital city of Connecticut. On February 7, 1848, at an age of fourteen, Sarah marries to a man named Lycurgus T. Zander from New York City who is eighteen years older. Three year after her marriage, Sarah gives birth to her first child named Henry Zander in 1851 then, eight years after, she gives birth to her second child named William Zander in 1859. It is unclear when Lycurgus and Sarah moved to San Francisco from the east coast. It is, however, reasonable to believe they moved between 1851 and 1859 because, according to the 1870 Federal Census for San Francisco County, …show more content…
Zander”, her death date, and the word “Mother” on the top. The stone shape is rectangular die on base. Die on base is a popular stone shape around the beginning of the 1900s and the period from 1907-1911. During my trip to the cemetery, I recorded six die on base tombstone out of ten with three different designs for the top: segmental arch, pointed arch, and rectangular. Rectangular top is the only one out of the three forms that has engraved writing on it. For Sarah, her family carves the word “Mother” on the top to show Sarah’s role and contribution to the family and the world. In addition to the inscription on the top, the family added the phrase “Wife of L.T. Zander” to show the identity Sarah carried throughout the majority of her