I don’t know who this man is, where or when the drawing was made, or why my mother kept it for many years. My sister found the sketch when she was going through Mother’s papers after she died in January 2011. It must have meant something to her, since she brought it with her to Florida after she discarded most things when she moved from Vermont in the early 90s. I vaguely remember her showing it...
Gramsey’s Rocking Chair
The chair is a Lincoln Rocker. It was made from mahogany wood in the 1860s. President Lincoln has a similar rocking chair in his office. That is where the name originated. My dad, Eugene Doherty, found this rocking chair on the street. It had been discarded, waiting for the garbageman. He told me he put the chair on his back and carried it home to his mother, Edna Nason Doherty. That would have...