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Village:Hancock, MA Source:census:2279Search: Full Last First
id 2279 firstname Cassandana lastname Brewster fullname Cassandana Brewster eventdate MA-Census 1855-24:31 birthdate 1792 cenurl https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4K-FCV
Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:129Search: Full Last First
id 129 lastname Brewster firstname Cassandana sex f birth_date 1792.04.26 birth_place Pittsford, VT date_admitted 3/9/1807 covenant_signed 1830.12.25 shaker_residences Hancock 1807, 1829-1831, 1843, 1850, 1852, 1854-1856, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1883. health A bad Scroffulous sore under each arm, 1852.10.22. Her usual health, at best, was below par, 1854.06.05. Illness 1856.04.14. Taken sick at Enfield & confined to her room for nearly 3 weeks, 1856.02.24, NOC.TDM. Released from office due to ill health 1856.03.25, NOC.TDM. In nurse shop 1856.07.03, OClWHi.V:B-19. occupation Ministry Eldress, 1829-1856. Tailoress, 1870 & 1880 censuses. departure_apostasy Daughter of Joanna & Justus Brewster Sr.; their conversion experience, DeWint.762. Adm 3/9/1807, DeWint.1059 (Brewer index). Took name Cassandana c1819-29, DeWint.1059 (Brewer index). Formerly called Sarah or Sally, Names, Ages & Birth Places, OClWHi.III:A-8. 2d Eldress in Hancock Chh Family 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant (2d sister) 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting, sisters' row 1, #2, Hancock Chh Family, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. 2d Eldress, Hancock Chh 1831.12.19, DeWint 1064. 2d Eldress in Hancock Bishopric Ministry 1843.04.20, OClWHi.II:B-126. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 58, born VT. Sweet letter to Eldress Sally at Harvard, 1852.03.18, OClWHi. IV:A-20. 'Much afflicted with a bad Scroffulous sore under each arm,' Hancock Ministry letter to Harvard Ministry 1852.10.22, OClWHi.IV:A-10. Her usual health, at best, has been below par, Grove Wright letter to Ministry, 1854.06.05, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Was 'josteled out of a wagon by which she was a good deal bruised, but is getting some better,' Thomas Damon letter to Ministry, 1854.08.01, OClWHi.IV:A-20. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24 (Chh Family): age 63, born MA. Illness, asked to be released from Ministry, & was on Mar 25, Grove Wright letter to Ministry 1856.04.14, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Ministry Eldress Asenath Clark & Sr Betsey stayed after the announcement to 'see Sister Dana properly removed with her effects into the Family,'1856.03.25, NOC.TDM. Visitors saw her downstairs in nurse shop, 1856.07.02, OClWHi.V:B-19. 'Started for the Salt Water at West Haven Conn,' 1856.08.12, NOC.TDM. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee Chh family 2215: age 68, born VT. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 73, born VT. 1870 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 96: 1st sister listed, age 78, tailoress, $400 real estate, born VT. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 88, tailoress, born VT. 'A person of great tact and talent in business as well as a leader,' MPH.8000 p207. Died age 97 in 1883, MPH.8000 p207. Born Pittsford, VT, daughter of Justus & Joanna Brewster; seamstress; died of old age on Oct 10, 1883, age 97y 5m 24d, Hancock MVR. notes 1883.10.10 death_date Hancock death_location Old age, MVR. death_cause MVR. MPH.8000 p207.
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