Mary Ann Agassiz
1799–1850 (age 51)
Biography
Mary Ann Agassiz (1799–1850) lived through the changing social tides of early Victorian England, sustaining her family and community with quiet constancy. While few records survive of her daily life, those who remembered her spoke of a gentle presence who met life's difficulties with steady grace.
She now rests at Nunhead Cemetery, where visitors can reflect on a life lived with humble devotion to loved ones and the steadfast rhythms of ordinary days.