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Ellen Isham Schutt (1873–1955) was an early 20th-century American botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her work now forms part of the USDA National Agricultural Library's Pomological Watercolor Collection. ==Early life and family== Ellen Isham Schutt was born on April 15, 1873, in Oak Grove, Virginia, to Francis Granger Schutt (a merchant of Dutch descent) and Emily Elizabeth Thomas Schutt née Wallis. She was one of seven children, with two brothers (Francis and Wallis) and four sisters (Blanch, Elizabeth, Stella, and Mary).〔 They were raised in what is now Cherrydale, Virginia, where her father had bought land after the Civil War.〔 Ellen's father eventually acquired nearly 300 acres in the area and is now considered one of the fathers of modern Cherrydale.〔 In 1906, Ellen built a substantial neoclassical house in Cherrydale that was known as "Ellenwood." It was built entirely of concrete as protection against fire, and it is said to have been the first home in the area to get electricity.〔 Ellen and her mother were interested in genealogy and together created numerous unpublished family trees and other records relating to the Wallis family that were later archived at the Maryland Historical Society.〔 In 1914, Ellen served as the state recording secretary of the Virginia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.〔 In 1914, the year her father died, she married Walter David Blackburn in Florida. This marriage did not last, and in 1917 she married her first cousin, Thomas Smythe Wallis (1876–1949), in Virginia. Ellen died on December 5, 1955, at Falls Church, Virginia, and is buried in Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Isham Schutt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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