Lemuel Swift Punderson (October 20, 1824 – October 11, 1910) was an engraver and printer in the United States.
Lemuel Punderson | |
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| Born | Lemuel Swift Punderson October 20, 1824 |
| Died | October 11, 1910 (aged 85) |
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| Spouse |
Mary Fuller (died 1904) |
| Children | 2 |
Family
editMembers of the Punderson family were among New Haven's earliest settlers. John Punderson was recorded as the last living in the city in 1904.[1]
Career
editPunderson worked in New York City and then New Haven, Connecticut.[2] Yale University has a collection of his papers.[2] He did engravings from daguerrotype photographs.
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The book on the history and antiquities of New Haven he and John Warner Barber published in 1856 included an engraving of John Davenport.[3] He also made an engraving of Yale College campus in New Haven showing trees and buildings on the campus. Punderson made an 1855 engraving of Matthew Fontaine Maury.[4]
Personal life
editPunderson married Mary L. Fuller, daughter of Benjamin Fuller, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. They had two sons, Samuel F. and Henry F. His wife died in 1904.[5][6][7]
Punderson died in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.[citation needed]
Bibliography
edit- History and antiquities of New Haven, Conn., from its earliest settlement to the present time. With biographical sketches and statistical information of the public institutions, &c., &c. by L.S. Punderson and John Warner Barber, New Haven (1856)
References
edit- ^ "New Haven Colony Historical Society, Manuscripts: MSS 135" (PDF). New Haven Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ a b "Collection: Lemuel Swift Punderson papers | Archives at Yale".
- ^ "Portrait of John Davenport · My cms". www.bethanyconnecticuthistory.com.
- ^ "Matthew Fontaine Maury". NYPL Digital Collections.
- ^ "Mrs. Lemuel S. Punderson". New Haven Morning Journal. 1904-06-14. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dolliver, Louise Pearsons (1897). Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. XVIII. p. 324. Retrieved 2024-09-20 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Samuel F. Punderson". The Springfield Union. 1938-01-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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Media related to L. S. Punderson at Wikimedia Commons- Lemuel Punderson at Find a Grave
