Individual Details

Sarah Cable

(December, 1855 - 1912)

Sarah Cable was the youngest child of Jonathan and Charlotte Knapp Cable. Sarah lived in Wisconsin, Pleasant Grove, Iowa, St.Paul, Chicago and Seattle, always with a brother, sister, nephew or one of each. Sarah married Horace Towslee (an uncle of her brother William's ex-wife) they had a daughter, Ethel. Sarah was a widow in 1893 supporting herself and Ethel as a dressmaker. She was in Seattle in 1910 when her brother Chancey died there, he left his possessions to Sarah. At her death in 1912, Sarah lived with her daughter Ethel and family in Skagit, Washington.

Events

BirthDecember, 1855Wisconsin, United States
Census1870Pleasant Grove, Floyd, Iowa, United States
Marriage1876Iowa, United States - Horace Towslee
Census1880Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States
Widow1893
Census1900Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Civil1910Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Death1912Washington, United States
BurialMount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, United States
OccupationDressmaker

Families

SpouseHorace Towslee (1835 - 1892)
ChildEthel Blanche Towslee (1878 - 1945)
FatherJonathan Cable (1807 - 1895)
MotherEliza Frey (1823 - 1857)
SiblingJohn Cable (1847 - 1924)
SiblingChancey J. Cable (1850 - 1910)
SiblingWilliam Smythe Cable (1852 - 1926)
SiblingViolletta Cable (1857 - 1942)

Notes

Census

Widow, head of house, living with Violet, and Clancy Chauncey, nephew. Address is 384 Paulina street west town Chicago, right by the ‘L’.

Civil

Sarah inherits all in brother Chancey's will.

Death

Not living in 1924, brother John's obituary

Burial

This Find a Grave memorial is most likely Sarah Cable's. She was living in Washington with her daughter Ethel and son in law in 1880. Sarah's son in law is buried in this cemetery, haven't located Ethel's burial place yet.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com 1870 United States Federal Census; NARA Microfilm . Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, 1870 United States Federal Census Record.

2. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 database: Reference ID Book C page 199 FHL 001481686 Digital Folder 004320570 Image 00656 view at Family History Center; FamilySearch.org, , .

3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1419; Family History Film: 1255419; Page: 336D; Enumeration District: 186.

4. United States Census 1900 database, FamilySearch.org accessed 2016. NARA microfilm publication M432, Washington D.C., FHL 1240258 Digital Folder 004113717 Image 00127 (17 of 29).

5. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .