Mary Agnes (Cooper) Sansom (1829 - 1908)

Born 19 Jul 1829 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

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Died 12 Mar 1908 at age 78 in Williamson, Texas, United States

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Biography

Mary was born on July 19, 1829^[1] in Maury county, Tennessee.^[2][3]She was the daughter of Matthew Delamere Cooper and Mary Agnes Frierson. She married Richard Sansom on July 29, 1847 in Maury, Tennessee.^[4] Their known children are;^[5][6][7][8]

1. Stella Jennett Sansom, (1848-before 1860)
2. Savantha Swenson Sansom, (1849-1926)
3. Loyola Delamere Sansom, (1853-1855)
4. Richard Henry Sansom (1854-1923)^[9]
5. Duncan Brown Sansom, (1855 - died in infancy)
6. Mary Caroline Sansom, (1855-1860)
7. William Edmund Sansom, (1856-1876)
8. Mary Agnes Sansom, (1861-1907)^[1]
9. Cooper Sansom, (1862-1928)^[10]
10. Matthew Dorrell Sansom, (1867-1901)

Mary passed away in 1908 and is buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.^[3]

March 19, 1908

Williamson County Sun, Georgetown, TX.

Mrs. Mary A. Sansom

Mrs. Mary Agnes Sansom, the venerable mother of Messrs. S.S., R.A. and Cooper Sansom and of the late Mrs. Mary Cooper, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. J.E. Cooper, last Thursday afternoon, after a protracted illness, due chiefly to the infirmities incident to old age. The funeral was held from her late home at 4 p.m. Friday and was largely attended. Rev. M.C. Hutton conducted the services and read from the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians, stating it was the Scripture lesson selected by Mrs. Sansom to be read at her funeral, and basing his remarks thereon. He read a brief biographical sketch of the deceased and paid high tribute to her Christian character and to her virtues as wife and mother. Preceding the sermon the choir sang "Asleep in Jesus" and at its close "Jesus Lover of my Soul." At the grave where the services were concluded, "Abide with Me" was sung.

Mary Agnes Cooper was born in Maury county, Tenn., July 19, 1829, and was married to Richard Sansom July 29, 1847. At an early age she united with the Zion Presbyterian church near Columbia, Tenn. In the fall of 1850 she removed with her husband to Williamson county, Texas, where she continuously resided to the day of her death. She was a charter member of the Georgetown Presbyterian church, which was organized at her home near Round Rock in 1854. Two years later she removed to Georgetown, the church organization having also moved here about the same time.

After a userful and self-sarcificing life she passed into rest at 6 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, March 12, 1908, aged 78 years, 7 months and 22 days. She left surviving her three sons, S.S. and Copper Sansom of Georgetown, and R.H. Sansom of Knoxville, Tenn; ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Two aged brothers, Judge Wm. Cooper of New York City and Judge Ed Copper of Shelbyville, Tenn, are yet living.

Hers was a long and useful life, devoted to her God, her home and her family and friends. She had many sorrows and was more than willing to leave this world and be with her loved ones on "the other shore." Her husband, Col. Richard Sansom, died in June 1890, her youngest son, M.D. Sansom, in June 1901, and her only daughter, Mrs. J.E. Cooper, in November 1907. A singular coincidence was that all three died on Saturday.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch Mary A Sansom in household of Jessie E Cooper, Justice Precinct 1 Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,679.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Williamson County Sun, Georgetown, TX., 19 March, 1908. Obituary; Mary A. Sansom
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 July 2020), memorial page for Mary Agnes Cooper Sansom (12 Jul 1829–17 Mar 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #8292197, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by John Christeson (contributor 46562435).
4. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch Richard Lanson and Mary A Cooper, 29 Jul 1847; citing Maury, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 549,201.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch M A Sansom in household of Richard Sansom, Maury county, part of, Maury, Tennessee, United States; citing family 393, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch Mary Sansom in entry for Richard Sansom, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch Mary Sonsom in entry for Richard Sonsom, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch Mary A Sansom in household of R Sansom, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 156, sheet 436D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,332.
9. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch Mary Cooper in entry for Judge Richard H. Sansom, 16 Feb 1923; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
10. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch Mary A Cooper in entry for Cooper Sansom, 23 Aug 1928; citing certificate number 37773, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,622.

See also:

• Frierson, Meade. America's Friersons Ancestry Book. Birmingham, AL: A.F.A.B., 1996.