Individual Details
Larkin Goldsmith Mead Jr.
(3 Jan 1835 - 15 Oct 1910)
"Larkin, the snow-statue artist and sculptor of the Ethan Allen statue for the monument at Burlington, is a quiet, silent youngster said to be engaged (so don't set your cap for him) to a pretty damsel of St. Albans."
RBH to Laura Platt, Sept. 20, 1858
"Larkin arrived in the County a short time since, with his beautiful Venetian wife. They were married on the 26th of February. We are very much pleased with her. Larkin is now in New York preparing for an exhibition of some of the statuary he brought home with him" Larkin G. Mead, Brattleboro, VT to RBH, April 18, 1866
"The most distinguished member of the family is Larkin G. Mead, a sculptor of wide reputation. You may have heard of him as the boy who made the snow statue in Brattleboro twelve or fifteen years ago. He is the sculptor and architect of the great Lincoln Monument at Springfield, Illinois, and his studio in Florence probably receives as many orders as that of any artist."
RBH to Albert Dickerman, Feb. 22, 1870
RBH to Laura Platt, Sept. 20, 1858
"Larkin arrived in the County a short time since, with his beautiful Venetian wife. They were married on the 26th of February. We are very much pleased with her. Larkin is now in New York preparing for an exhibition of some of the statuary he brought home with him" Larkin G. Mead, Brattleboro, VT to RBH, April 18, 1866
"The most distinguished member of the family is Larkin G. Mead, a sculptor of wide reputation. You may have heard of him as the boy who made the snow statue in Brattleboro twelve or fifteen years ago. He is the sculptor and architect of the great Lincoln Monument at Springfield, Illinois, and his studio in Florence probably receives as many orders as that of any artist."
RBH to Albert Dickerman, Feb. 22, 1870
Events
| Birth | 3 Jan 1835 | Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH | |||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1866 | Florence, Italy - Marietta Di Benvenuti | |||
| Residence | 1870 | Florence, Italy | |||
| Death | 15 Oct 1910 | Florence, Italy | |||
| Burial | English and American Cemetery outside Florence | ||||
| Biography | Ohio State Journal, Aug. 24, 1867 - sketch by R.H. Mather for the NY Evening Gazette |
Families
| Spouse | Marietta Di Benvenuti |
| Father | Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1795 - 1869) |
| Mother | Mary Jane Noyes (1805 - 1876) |
| Sibling | John Noyes Mead (1831 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Charles Levi Mead (1833 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Elinor Gertrude Mead (1837 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Albert Mead (1840 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Joanna Elizabeth Mead (1841 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Mary Noyes Mead (1844 - 1910) |
| Sibling | William Rutherford Mead (1846 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Frederick Goodhue Mead (1848 - 1890) |