Sally Newsum CARY^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1909  (87 years)

• Name	Sally Newsum CARY
  Birth	2 Aug 1821	Virginia   [1]
  	an Ancestry.com tree: born Oak Hill, Fluvanna Co, VA
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1870	Mississippi Co, Arkansas   [3]
  	The 1870 census notes that Sally was working as a "school teacher".
  Death	1 Aug 1909	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Sally died at her Polk Street home in Memphis, Tennessee on 1 August 1909. She was 1 day shy of her 88th birthday at the time of her death.
  Burial	2 Aug 1909	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee on 2 August 1909.
  Person ID	I1366	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Col. [county militia] Miles CARY,   b. 22 Jun 1789, Virginia d. 8 Nov 1827, Tuscumbia, Colbert Co, AL (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Scarsbrooke Wilson CURLE,   b. After 25 May 1771   d. c. 1831 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1810  [4, 5]
  	Elizabeth and Miles were 4th cousins, their common ancestors being their 3Great-Grandparents Col. William Wilson and his wife Jane.
  Notes	This entire branch of the Cary family moved West, to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. However, following the 1845 death of Lucius Cary, his widow and their children returned to Virginia.
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. Stephen COOKE,   b. c.1818, Virginia d. prior to Jun 1870
  Marriage	1841  [5]
  Notes	According to the 1900 census, the couple had twelve children; of whom, five survived to adulthood.
  Children	1. Lucy Beale COOKE,   b. 14 Jan 1846, Kentucky d. 1 Jul 1925, Blytheville, Mississippi Co, AR (Age 79 years)   2. Nancy COOKE,   b. c.1851, Kentucky d. Before Jun 1870   3. Emma Dorsey COOKE,   b. 14 Feb 1852, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY d. 11 Jul 1942, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 90 years)   4. Minnie H. COOKE,   b. c.1854, Kentucky   5. William Beale COOKE,   b. c.1855, Kentucky d. 29 Nov 1901, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX   6. Alice Cary COOKE,   b. c.1857, Kentucky   7. Elizabeth Speard COOKE,   b. 17 Oct 1861, Kentucky d. 11 Feb 1926, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 64 years)   8. Steven COOKE,   b. c.1864, Arkansas d. Before Jun 1880
  Family ID	F5922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1177] Sally C. Cooke, Memphis, TN burial permit no. 16367 (1909). [S2924] Clayton Torrence, editor, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, ((1927, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1979) Four Volumes), Vol. 1, p. 294. Miles Cary will. [S1187] 1870 US Census / Cooke, Sallie C. [S2924] Clayton Torrence, editor, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, ((1927, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1979) Four Volumes), Vol. 1, pp. 294-295. Miles Cary will & Elizabeth S. W. Cary will. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382.