Caroline "Cassie" Bratton (Braxton?) Melvin Cabell

ID Number: T03540
Biographical Data
Basic Identification
Gender: female Ethnicity: mulatto Immigration: Attributed Race: black Free or Enslaved: enslaved
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1840/10/00 Birthplace: Montgomery County, Virginia Mother: Elsie Jane Melvin Father: Silas or Peter Melvin 1st Spouse: Patrick Henry Cabell 2nd Spouse: none
Age Details
Age: 79 Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): domestic servant for Dr. Daniel A. & Virginia Langhorne Last Church: Military Service: Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address: 806 Harrison Street
Death
Death Date: 1919/02/08 Death Note: none Place of Death: home Cause of Death: cancer of stomach
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1919/02/11 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes Section: 103.X Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker Grave Marker Erector(s): Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
Obituary and Biographical Detials

Born on plantation of Capt. Jacob Kent in Montgomery County, Virginia, and came to Lynchburg as the maid of Virginia Preston Kent Langhorne

Lived with the Langhornes in the 1870 census

Married 1875

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