Daughter of Walter Hamilton Witsell and Mary Ann Burbidge of Walterboro.
"In 1908, Washington Roebling married Cornelia Witsell Farrow, a widow from Charleston, South Carolina. She was about the same age as his son John and played a key role in improving his otherwise melancholy outlook. Cornelia sustained Roebling in his later years, as did John, with whom he corresponded voluminously." from a biography of Washington Roebling by Frank Caso published June 8, 2011.
http://immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=52
This book provides a social register of NY which includes mention of Cornelia and her son John B(urbidge) Farrow:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ek5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=cornelia+witsell+farrow+roebling&source=bl&ots=Fei3ZcPmDY&sig=LMYiYQlqu2JG-x7bf0ydrooADvA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ldz6UqnHL4a_kQeO-oHIDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=cornelia%20witsell%20farrow%20roebling&f=false
This article discusses her landscaping of the William Gibbes House in Charleston:
http://tclf.org/landscapes/william-gibbes-house-and-garden
"In 1908, Washington Roebling married Cornelia Witsell Farrow, a widow from Charleston, South Carolina. She was about the same age as his son John and played a key role in improving his otherwise melancholy outlook. Cornelia sustained Roebling in his later years, as did John, with whom he corresponded voluminously." from a biography of Washington Roebling by Frank Caso published June 8, 2011.
http://immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=52
This book provides a social register of NY which includes mention of Cornelia and her son John B(urbidge) Farrow:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ek5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=cornelia+witsell+farrow+roebling&source=bl&ots=Fei3ZcPmDY&sig=LMYiYQlqu2JG-x7bf0ydrooADvA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ldz6UqnHL4a_kQeO-oHIDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=cornelia%20witsell%20farrow%20roebling&f=false
This article discusses her landscaping of the William Gibbes House in Charleston:
http://tclf.org/landscapes/william-gibbes-house-and-garden
Daughter of Walter Hamilton Witsell and Mary Ann Burbidge of Walterboro.
"In 1908, Washington Roebling married Cornelia Witsell Farrow, a widow from Charleston, South Carolina. She was about the same age as his son John and played a key role in improving his otherwise melancholy outlook. Cornelia sustained Roebling in his later years, as did John, with whom he corresponded voluminously." from a biography of Washington Roebling by Frank Caso published June 8, 2011.
http://immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=52
This book provides a social register of NY which includes mention of Cornelia and her son John B(urbidge) Farrow:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ek5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=cornelia+witsell+farrow+roebling&source=bl&ots=Fei3ZcPmDY&sig=LMYiYQlqu2JG-x7bf0ydrooADvA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ldz6UqnHL4a_kQeO-oHIDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=cornelia%20witsell%20farrow%20roebling&f=false
This article discusses her landscaping of the William Gibbes House in Charleston:
http://tclf.org/landscapes/william-gibbes-house-and-garden
"In 1908, Washington Roebling married Cornelia Witsell Farrow, a widow from Charleston, South Carolina. She was about the same age as his son John and played a key role in improving his otherwise melancholy outlook. Cornelia sustained Roebling in his later years, as did John, with whom he corresponded voluminously." from a biography of Washington Roebling by Frank Caso published June 8, 2011.
http://immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=52
This book provides a social register of NY which includes mention of Cornelia and her son John B(urbidge) Farrow:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ek5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=cornelia+witsell+farrow+roebling&source=bl&ots=Fei3ZcPmDY&sig=LMYiYQlqu2JG-x7bf0ydrooADvA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ldz6UqnHL4a_kQeO-oHIDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=cornelia%20witsell%20farrow%20roebling&f=false
This article discusses her landscaping of the William Gibbes House in Charleston:
http://tclf.org/landscapes/william-gibbes-house-and-garden
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Born Walterboro, S.C.
March 18, 1866
Died In
Charleston, S.C.
May 2nd, 1912
Married August 12th 1830
To Ashby Stark Farrow
Who Died January 22nd 1896
Married April 21st 1908
Washington A. Roebling
Who Died July 21st 1926
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Based on 1870 and 1900 Censuses, Cornelia was born in 1869. Her death certificate has 1870 and this memorial was created with 1866. As the photos do not show it, trying to verify whether the gravestone actually has 1866 or 1869.
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