Bedspread.

[hosman321]

I'm trying to find some more info on this man, Adam Wolf. I have found this link so far but I am hoping to find out more about him. I'd love to see what he looked like. I realize photographs were still brand new back then so the chance is slim to none. I just got this bedspread today and I just love it. I'm sure Sapphire will be able to dig up more than I have!
_County,_Ohio.djvu/870" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:History_of_Richland _County,_Ohio.djvu/870
I have no idea why that link won't work properly. But if you copy and paste starting at the end and back to "http" then it will work.
Scroll down a bit for Adam Wolf.

[hosman321]

Bingo.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohsmh/ShelbyMuseum5a.html
But I'm a bit confused about who Adam Wolf was. Was he the same Adam wolf in the first link that served in the revolutionary war?
The name of the coverlet buyer was usually woven in, or the name of the weaver. Was my coverlet made for Adam Wolf by William Wolf? They were both alive at this time.
Wait, wait. Adam's son was William. I'm totally confused. I think I'll find a way to contact that museum.
It seems there were 2 Adam Wolfs in richland County at that time. One that served in the revolutionary war and one younger (born in 1816). Maybe that's why I am so confused.

[talesofthesevenseas]

How cool! Where did you find that?!

[hosman321]

My favorite little antique shop. They have tons of primitives from the 1700's and 1800's. I spend so much there that now they let me take stuff home and pay later with just a handshake. Great place. I'll take pics tomorrow, it's a really beautiful wool coverlet. Super smelly and dirty though. Trying to find the safest way to clean it without damage or shrinkage.

[sapphire]

OK, this is without pepsi or a smoke, still in my housecoat and about to leave for work (once I exchange the h/c for something more suitable) 

http://books.google.com/books?id=0WTYF82o5RgC&pg=PA231&lpg=PA231&dq=adam+wolf+blooming+grove+richland&source=bl&ots=9Oezh2Ahpp&sig=iz-detYrR-LtYXRtckNbBXrOcG8&hl=en&ei=n_tTTKaNBZKenQfL1vDmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=adam%20wolf%20blooming%20grove%20richland&f=false

[sapphire]

Gotta love going in to work on my days off  

Back again with this....

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohsmh/ShelbyMuseum5a.html

One quarter of the way down the page.....

"We believe that Daniel and Catherine Wolf's oldest son was Adam, born in 1816. In 1838, Adam married Mary Ann Zeiters here in Richland County. In 1840, Adam and Mary Ann were living in Blooming Grove Twp., with no family. In 1850 they are still living in the Blooming Grove Twp., area and Adam lists his occupation as coverlet weaver. Adam's known coverlets are dated from 1833 to 1852. (2)
 
Adam Wolf Jr. was born c. 1852 in Michigan so the family probably moved from the Blooming Grove Twp. area to Maple Grove Twp., Barry County, Michigan sometime between 1850 and 1852. The 1860 census lists Adam's occupation as a farmer. Adam and Mary Ann as well as many of their children lived out their lives in Barry Co., Michigan.
 
We believe there must be examples of Adam Wolf's coverlets in the Shelby area and will continue to search them out and hopefully add them to this article in the future."

Edited to add......now that I'm more awake, I came back and realized you had already posted this link, duh 

[sapphire]

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwcl/OberlinTribune/ohioscenes.htm

taken from Ohio Scenes and Citizens

"The last of their children, "Aunt Mary,’’ has kept her mother’s possessions, even the blue and white hand-woven bedspread, with her named worked boldly into it, the date, 1844, the name of the weaver, Adam Wolf, Bloomingrove, Richland County. It was the first thing in her hope chest, the wool cut from her father’s sheep, spun and carded with her own hands, she herself paying for the weaving by husking corn for 4 cents a bushel.

It was a long trip to the weaver, the spread’s creation a real undertaking, and it as been treasured always, as bright and sturdy under her daughter’s care as when it first was thrown over that bed in the upstairs room where it reposes this moment. It assumed proportions beyond those of a bedspread, that day when I handled it, for it is symbol of a bit of Ohio’s past, an era as hardy as the spread, a vigorous pioneering epoch that made Ohio what it is today."

[regularjoe2]

Super-duper research there , sapphire .

Nice work !!!

[hosman321]

Thank you Sapphire! I wish mine had belonged to that Mary, that would be really cool. But there isn't a name on this one like there was in that article. What do you make of the Adam Wolf in the first link? Was that a different Adam Wolf? Going to post pics of my coverlet in a few minutes. I can't find anywhere to lay it out and it's super dirty so I didn't want to put it on the bed. But I think I will have to.

[hosman321]

Pictures show both sides, which are different. And different lighting.

[sapphire]

Beautiful spread hosman!  That's quite a find and a treasure.  I'm thinking there was more than one Adam Wolf.  Going to see what more I can find. 

Really odd how that link won't 'transfer' without getting all screwed up, tried it twice and still comes out the same.

[hosman321]

I emailed that museum a few days back and haven't heard anything yet. Still would like to know if they have info on these 2 different Adam Wolfs and if they were related. 

[waywardangler]

_County,_Ohio.djvu/870" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:History_of_Richland _County,_Ohio.djvu/870
This is your first link hosman.  If you continue down and read under some of the other Wolfs, you will find that the Adam Wolf(sic) they are talking about should be spelled "Wolfe".  Your coverlet weaver was "Adam Wolf".  I think there were two different people...Adam Wolf and Adam Wolfe.  Your weaver would not have mispelled his name of "Wolf" on his own coverlet so the info sapphire supplied should be your weaver.

What a nice piece of history!  I was totally confused on the two Wolfs in this thread until I read the first link.  Imagine a coverlet wove in 1843 surviving all these years of use and then try and imagine a bedspread bought at WalMart surviving even one generation.

This is really wierd...in the message post page the link shows correctly but after saving the message post to the forum it morphs to hosman's link as shown in her first post.  I am having the same results on this link as sapphire.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Wanted to comment that again now that we are seeing the whole thing. Wow- it looks really beautiful! Looks great on the iron bed!

[hosman321]

Thanks tales! I just loved the patriotic red, white and blue. It's in remarkably good shape. The only damage is one pea-sized hole and a couple loose strands. Items back then were made so well! The iron bed is new, only a couple years old. I have 2 victorian iron beds I'm not even using yet. I have a thing for iron beds. If they are cheap, I'll buy them. Even if I don't use them. This coverlet would look great on either of them. That link is funky, isn't it? It morphs after you post the post. Very frustrating! I am a bit confused though wayward. I do see a John Wolfe (with an E) but I only see Adam Wolf (without an E).