Funeral Notice of Intrepid C. Pinney

This document is a funeral notice for Intrepid Chester Pinney, who died November 7, 1855. The notice is printed on what was known as "mourning stationery", which is identifiable by a black border around the page. The practice originated in the seventeenth century but became popular in the Victorian era. The notice indicates that friends and relations are invited to a funeral at the Town Street home of Pinney's mother, in Columbus. It then continues, stating "the body will be taken to St. John's Church, Worthington, where religious services will be held previous to internment." The back of this notice has a note that reads "Preserved in a scrapbook of Lenora Griswold Gilbert and given to Abner Pinney by her daughter Grace Gilbert. August 31, 1940."

Intrepid Pinney (b. 1827, d. 1855) was the son of Chester and Cynthia Andrews Pinney. He was born in Worthington. His father Chester came to Worthington at the age of 19 when the Scioto Company settled in 1803. Intrepid's mother Cynthia Andrews was married to Chester Pinney after her first husband, Eliphat Barker died. Intrepid was the first of three children born to Chester and Cynthia, who divorced in 1839. Upon his death at age 28, Intrepid Pinney was buried at St. John's Cemetery in Worthington. His will lists that he left to his father Chester Pinney his Bible and Prayer Book, to brother Horace money in the sume of $25, to brother Samuel Seabury Pinney his light colored violin already in his possession, to brother Cyrus Barker his library, Bureau and clothes and all the remaining estate was to go to his mother, Cynthia Pinney.