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On
March 22, 1909, Sanford Witherell was born in Cornwall. He graduated
from Middlebury College, and became a well-known apple orchardist
in Shoreham.
Witherell
also loved history, and worked diligently for the benefit of the
Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. The oldest, chartered, community-based
museum in the U.S., the Henry Sheldon Museum has historical artifacts
and exhibits for the public to enjoy. Witherell bequeathed the musuem
two prized Sheldon Peck paintings.
Witherell
was the recipient of a Vermont Public Service Award, acknowledging
his work in Vermont agriculture and his devotion to Vermont history.
The
Vermont Book Of Days image with special thanks to the Sheldon
Museum of Vermont History. Go visit them in Middlebury!
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Above
are the two Sheldon Peck paintings bequeathed to the Sheldon
Museum of Vermont History by Sanford Witherell. They are of
Peck's brother and sister-in-law painted on rounded panels of
wood.
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