Born in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Butler Widener
and Mary (Osborne) Widener
Sister of
Henry Widener, Sarah E. (Widener) Williams, Elijah Thomas Widener, Andrew Jackson Widener and John Lincoln Widener
Wife of
Richard Henry Lee Lightfoot
— married
12 Sep 1872 in Clark, Arkansas, United States
Wife of
William David Jackson Sr
— married
8 Feb 1891 in Taylor, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Richard Lee Lightfoot, John T. Lightfoot, Arthur Etsal Lightfoot, Elbert Ward Lightfoot, Charles W. Jackson, Jacob Jackson and Mary Alice (Jackson) Haney
Died
at age 73
in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States
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Biography
Cassandra Susanna Widener (daughter of William Butler Widener and Mary "Polly" Osborne) was born Abt. 1852 in Georgia,
Cansada Widener was married to Richard Henry Lightfoot Jr. until his death in 1890. In 1891 she married William David Jackson Sr.., unto this marriage were born three children, two boys and one girl, Charles, Jacob and Mary. The following obituary was kindly submitted by Find A Grave member Sue - Gainesville Daily register, Gainesville, Texas, 20 August 1925: Mrs. C. E. Jackson Dies At Home Here 0 0 Mrs. Cansada E. Jackson, 73 died at home 701 Lawrence Street Wednesday evening at 11:10 o'clock, following an illness of some time. She is survived by seven grown children: E. W. Lightfoot, Floydada, Texas; R. L. Lightfoot, Flavonia, Texas; J. F. and E. A. Lightfoot of Phoenix, Arizona; A. O. Lightfoot, Bishop, Texas; Mrs. Alice Haney and Jack Jackson of Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at Dexter some time Friday, the time not being set until advised is received from sons of the deceased in Phoenix - S. W. Gibson has charge of arrangements.
She was buried in Dexter Texas
Sources
- Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
- Name: Wm D. Jackson
- Marriage Date: 8 Feb 1891
- Marriage Place: Taylor, Texas, USA
- Spouse: Mrs. C. E. Lightfoot
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
- 1920 United States Federal Census
- Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1836-2011
- rootsweb.ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Consada by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Consada:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Consada by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Consada:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Marc Britt 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Kaylin Brownlee :
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~0.78%
Rick Couch :
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Widener-373 and Widener-66 appear to represent the same person because: In addition to other matching facts, both profiles agree that Consada/Cassandra married Richard Henry Lightfoot (see Biographies).
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