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<p>[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 1361510, member: 3335"]In the late 1800s, it was not uncommon to find companies listed as Undertaker/Furniture Maker. I assume that undertakers made their own caskets as well as cabinetry to be sold to the general public.</p><p>Possibly Mr. King Robinson was a local merchant operating as the Peoples Burial Company and donated the facade of the organ to a church and the plaque would be to acknowledge this gift.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 1361510, member: 3335"]In the late 1800s, it was not uncommon to find companies listed as Undertaker/Furniture Maker. I assume that undertakers made their own caskets as well as cabinetry to be sold to the general public. Possibly Mr. King Robinson was a local merchant operating as the Peoples Burial Company and donated the facade of the organ to a church and the plaque would be to acknowledge this gift.[/QUOTE]
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