http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR7174&chapterID=GR7174-681&path=books/greenwood
A President in the Family
Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
Byron W. Woodson, Sr.
“...In 1869, Rachel Hill Cassel, mother-in-law of Frances Woodson Cassel (the fifth child of Thomas and Jemima), donated nearly two acres of land for the construction of a school for the African American community of Berlin Crossroads, Ohio.
Although not the first school in the settlement, it was built to last. The original trustees were James Woodson (the seventh child of Thomas and Jemima), James W. Stewart, and Major Shepherd, the latter two being Rachel’s sons-in-law.
The Rachel Cassel Educational Center, as it was known, served its original purpose until about 1930. It was demolished in 1970 when the Appalachian Highway was widened....”
Frances Woodson Cassels appears to have lived all of her adult life in Jackson County, Ohio.
Her burial location is unknown to me at this time. It could be in Woodson Cemetery with her Woodson family and some children and grandchildren.
http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR7174&chapterID=GR7174-681&path=books/greenwood
A President in the Family
Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
Byron W. Woodson, Sr.
“...In 1869, Rachel Hill Cassel, mother-in-law of Frances Woodson Cassel (the fifth child of Thomas and Jemima), donated nearly two acres of land for the construction of a school for the African American community of Berlin Crossroads, Ohio.
Although not the first school in the settlement, it was built to last. The original trustees were James Woodson (the seventh child of Thomas and Jemima), James W. Stewart, and Major Shepherd, the latter two being Rachel’s sons-in-law.
The Rachel Cassel Educational Center, as it was known, served its original purpose until about 1930. It was demolished in 1970 when the Appalachian Highway was widened....”
Frances Woodson Cassels appears to have lived all of her adult life in Jackson County, Ohio.
Her burial location is unknown to me at this time. It could be in Woodson Cemetery with her Woodson family and some children and grandchildren.
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Lewis Woodson
1806–1878
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George Woodson
1808–1866
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Delilah Woodson Lucas
1810 – unknown
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Rev Thomas Woodson II
1812–1846
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Jemima Woodson Nukes
1813–1904
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James Woodson
1817–1881
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Rev John P Woodson
1819–1853
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William Woodson Sr
1822–1869
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Hannah Woodson Lett
1823 – unknown
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Sarah Jane Woodson Early
1825–1907
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