Volume II
Introduction to Volume II:
Volume II examines stonecutters who:
lived and worked between about 1750 and 1850, that is,
about a generation earlier than those examined in Volume I;
Part I: (chapters 1-4) Boston-Area: Introduction
in Boston/Charlestown & Newton: the Geyers (George Ludwig, Henry Christian, John Just Sr.),
the 3rd & 4th generation Lamsons (Joseph II, John, Caleb II, Samuel), John Homer,
Robert Fowle and Daniel Hastings;
Part II: (chapters 5-9) North of Boston: Introduction
in Salem: Levi Maxcy, Ebenezer Soule III, Richard Adams, Benjamin Day, Andrew & Daniel Lord;
in Newburyport: Robert Fowle, the Noyes shop (Paul, Enoch, Robert), Shubael Treat,
Eliphalet Dame, Ebenezer Soule III, the Davis shop (Abel, Nathaniel, Ira L.);
in Haverhill/Bradford: the Marble shop (David, John, Herodian), Benjamin Hodgdon,
Abel Davis, Francis A. Brown, Calvin H. Weeks;
in Lowell: Benjamin Day, Theodore Warren, David Nichols;
Part III: (chapters 10-18) South of Boston: Introduction
in Plympton/Middleborough & west: the Soule family (all 21 members over 5 generations),
Noah Cushman, Abel Moore and Joseph Brown. This includes a discussion of Soule carvers who
worked in central and western Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York;
in Bristol Co., Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Silvanus & Samuel Tingley Jr., Coomer Soule I
and David Allen Burt in Taunton.