Her full name was Submit (Purchase) Marvin Adams; Mr. Marvin being her 1st husband.
Wife of James Adams, first settler of St Johnsbury and later pioneered in Newport then in Canada.
The original stone, reportedly an oblong of fine dark slate; was smashed into dozens of pieces by a falling limb in 1982, a new replica of fine grain black stone copying this pattern was errected in 1984 at a cost of $710 [news.article]; it is retangular with incised lines on it and a double circle with a face - eyes connected to the nose, and an oval mouth; 2-1/2 feet tall.
Edward T. Fairbanks wrote in his 1914 "History of St Johnsbury": "Mrs. Submit Adams died Nov. 18, A.D. 1790, aged 67, as we read on her grave stone"; this was a transcription error.
Wife of James Adams, first settler of St Johnsbury and later pioneered in Newport then in Canada.
The original stone, reportedly an oblong of fine dark slate; was smashed into dozens of pieces by a falling limb in 1982, a new replica of fine grain black stone copying this pattern was errected in 1984 at a cost of $710 [news.article]; it is retangular with incised lines on it and a double circle with a face - eyes connected to the nose, and an oval mouth; 2-1/2 feet tall.
Edward T. Fairbanks wrote in his 1914 "History of St Johnsbury": "Mrs. Submit Adams died Nov. 18, A.D. 1790, aged 67, as we read on her grave stone"; this was a transcription error.
Her full name was Submit (Purchase) Marvin Adams; Mr. Marvin being her 1st husband.
Wife of James Adams, first settler of St Johnsbury and later pioneered in Newport then in Canada.
The original stone, reportedly an oblong of fine dark slate; was smashed into dozens of pieces by a falling limb in 1982, a new replica of fine grain black stone copying this pattern was errected in 1984 at a cost of $710 [news.article]; it is retangular with incised lines on it and a double circle with a face - eyes connected to the nose, and an oval mouth; 2-1/2 feet tall.
Edward T. Fairbanks wrote in his 1914 "History of St Johnsbury": "Mrs. Submit Adams died Nov. 18, A.D. 1790, aged 67, as we read on her grave stone"; this was a transcription error.
Wife of James Adams, first settler of St Johnsbury and later pioneered in Newport then in Canada.
The original stone, reportedly an oblong of fine dark slate; was smashed into dozens of pieces by a falling limb in 1982, a new replica of fine grain black stone copying this pattern was errected in 1984 at a cost of $710 [news.article]; it is retangular with incised lines on it and a double circle with a face - eyes connected to the nose, and an oval mouth; 2-1/2 feet tall.
Edward T. Fairbanks wrote in his 1914 "History of St Johnsbury": "Mrs. Submit Adams died Nov. 18, A.D. 1790, aged 67, as we read on her grave stone"; this was a transcription error.
Inscription
"Mrs Submit Adams / Who Departed this / Life November 13'th / AD 1797 Age 61."
Gravesite Details
Replica is larger than original, standing 30" tall vs. the 18" tall original.
Family Members
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