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Judge Levi Trewhitt of Cleveland, Tennessee, was married to Harriett Lavender from 1819 through 1855, when she died. She is buried next to him in Fort Hill Cemetery. The 1860 census show him married to 54 year-old Nancy Trewhitt. Within two years, Judge Trewhitt was unjustly arrested by the Confederate authorities in East Tennessee, and sent to the Confederate military prison in Mobile, Alabama, where he soon died. Nancy is also buried next to Judge Trewhitt in Fort Hill Cemetery, with a large marker that gives the name "Nancy Trewhitt", with the inscription "Wife of Levi Trewhitt". (The tombstone gives her birth and death dates as 18 May 1806 - 19 Jun 1885)
I tried for several years to find out who this "Nancy" was. I did find a "Nancy Trewhitt" living in Cleveland with James A Hassell and his wife Mary in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. In 1880, she is recorded as James Hassell's mother, but I couldn't figure out a way that Nancy could have been married to James Hassell's father, W.D Hassell.
I ultimately decided that Nancy Trewhitt was probably not the mother of James, but rather, of his wife, Mary, but I was still stumped, because I couldn't find any information about Mary's origins.
That string of names could suggest that Mary was married to a Brackney, then to a Womble, and then to a Bower, but I just don't think that's the case. Mary's daughter Lucretia Bower was born to Mary and Isaac Bower in 1841 or 1842, when Mary was only 16, so Mary just didn't have time for a marriage to a Womble. I believe that Mary was born Mary Brackney Womble, and that she married Issac Bower in about 1841, and then married James Hassell some time between before 1860.
I'm guessing that Mary's middle name was her mother's maiden name, thought I don't have any evidence for grandparents named Brackney, or of a "Nancy Brackney".
Robin Richmond
Cleveland, Ohio
April, 2018. All Rights Reserved
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