Jemima Adeline Casteel

Brief Life History of Jemima Adeline

When Jemima Adeline Casteel was born on 9 January 1815, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, her father, John James Casteel, was 25 and her mother, Elisabeth Creekmur, was 26. She married Banks A Burrow in 1837, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 daughters. She lived in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 10 March 1891, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fall Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Banks A Burrow
1814–1879
Jemima Adeline Casteel
1815–1891
Marriage: 1837
Nancy Caroline Burrow
1838–1910
Mary Evaline Burrow
1852–
Rebecca Adeline Burrow
1842–1918
Eleanor Caldonia Burrow
1843–1895
Malinda Angelina Burrow
1846–1903
Parthenia Burrow
1848–1932
Elizabeth Burrow
1850–1850
Matilda A Burrow
1855–1926
Mary A Burrow
1856–1943

Sources (6)

  • Minnie Burrow in household of Banks A Burrow, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jemima Casteel Burrow, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Unknown in entry for Patrthenia Mullins, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

Altered form of mainly northern French Ducastel: topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, from Picard castel, Old French chastel ‘castle’ (see Castel 5, compare 2 below); or a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Le Castel. Compare Castile .

Dutch: from kasteel ‘castle’, hence a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked in a castle.

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

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