Ann (Mrs.) Essex

ID Number: T00151

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: female Ethnicity: European American Immigration: Attributed Race: white Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: 1767/08/00 Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia Mother: unknown Father: unknown 1st Spouse: Mr. Simpson 2nd Spouse: Rev. Mr. Essex

Age Details

Age: 68 Age Group: elder adult (60+)

Life Details

Occupation(s): milliner and mantua maker; said to be physician/obstetrician/midwife (see Cabell) Last Church: Methodist Military Service: none Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1835/12/24 Death Note: none Place of Death: unknown Cause of Death: unknown

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1835/12/26 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes Section: 101.V Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker

Obituary and Biographical Detials

According to Sketches and Recollections by Cabell, she was “the Baudelocque of upper Virginia” [he was a French obstetrician and author of a popular book on midwivery]