Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph
“Nee Nina Wempe”
English
| Nancy Bissell Tuck Drive Graveyard – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States October 28th, 2017 |
Informant Data
Nancy Bissell, wife of Isaac Bissell, was born October 22, 1778 and died June 8, 1855. She was mother of George Bissell, which the Bissell dormitory is named after. George Bissell is known as the “father of the American oil industry.”
Contextual Data
The meaning of this epitaph is unknown.
Text
“Nee Nina Wempe”
| Jack Forrest, 19 350 East Main Street, Purcellville, VA Hinman Box 1355, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Dartmouth College Russian 13 Fall of 2017 |
