About Lemuel Swift Punderson
Lived 1824 – 1910 (aged 85). Lemuel Swift Punderson was a scientific illustrator.
Lemuel Swift Punderson (October 20, 1824 – October 11, 1910) was an engraver and printer in the United States.
Family Members of the Punderson family were among New Haven's earliest settlers. John Punderson was recorded as the last living in the city in 1904.
Career Punderson worked in New York City and then New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University has a collection of his papers. He also made an engraving of Yale College campus in New Haven showing trees and buildings on the campus. Punderson made an 1855 engraving of Matthew Fontaine Maury.
Personal life Punderson married Mary L. Fuller, daughter of Benjamin Fuller, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. They had two sons, Samuel F. and Henry F. His wife died in 1904.
Punderson died in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.
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Who was Lemuel Swift Punderson?
American illustrator
When was Lemuel Swift Punderson born?
Lemuel Swift Punderson was born on 20 October 1824.
When did Lemuel Swift Punderson die?
Lemuel Swift Punderson died on 11 October 1910.
What was Lemuel Swift Punderson's occupation?
Lemuel Swift Punderson was a scientific illustrator.
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