Sarah Christina Elizabeth Cassell

Brief Life History of Sarah Christina Elizabeth

When Sarah Christina Elizabeth Cassell was born on 6 May 1856, in Nebo, Smyth, Virginia, United States, her father, William Cassell Jr., II, was 35 and her mother, Mariah Rachel Hubble, was 31. She married Pleasant Daily Cooper on 28 August 1873, in Smyth, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1856 and Rich Valley District, Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 20 January 1928, in Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Nebo, Smyth, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pleasant Daily Cooper
1848–1922
Sarah Christina Elizabeth Cassell
1856–1928
Marriage: 28 August 1873
Rosa Belle "Belle" Cooper
1874–1907
Minnie L. Cooper
1876–1927
Charles W. Cooper
1878–1881
Maria D. Cooper
1879–1879
Geneva “Jennie” D. Cooper
1880–1880
Eva Cordelia Cooper
1881–1942
Lake Erie Cooper
1884–1931
Bessie V. Cooper
1886–1886
Margaret T. Cooper
1887–1888
William D. Cooper
1889–1890
Adam Hugh Cooper
1891–1969
Zelda Mae Cooper Jarrett
1893–1968
Luther Glenn Cooper
1895–1896
Basel B. Cooper
1897–1905

Sources (89)

  • Sarah C Castle in household of William Castle, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah E. C. Cooper, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • S E C Cooper, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: habitational name of Norman origin, from Cassel in the Nord department, Flanders, France.

English: sometimes a variant of Castle .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Caisile, which is probably in origin a variant of Ó Caiside, see Cassidy .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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