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and almost identical to his
Franklin statue in New York City, it was carved by Jouvenal. Jouvenal founded a stoneyard and sold funeral monuments from a shop at 10th and D Streets NW in the city. In the 1860s and 1870s, he was the pre-eminent sculptor of funeral monuments in the city. In the years
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Jouvenal emigrated to the United States in June 1853, and married Mary Hauser on August 17, 1853, in New York City. The
Jouvenals moved to Washington, D.C., in July 1855, where Jouvenal helped to sculpt the
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Jouvenal established himself as a sculptor in the city, and was well known as a portraitist. When the
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Jouvenal also sculpted many funeral memorials and monuments. These include the Force
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Jouvenal was born in March 1829 in to
Francois and Susanna (Giraud) Jouvenal. His parents were
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511:"Mrs. Clara J. Steinle Dies at Silver Spring".
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