Ella Moseley Husson

1852-1911

Ella Moseley Husson
Painting of Ella, aged 9

Her application for a US passport at age 20 describes her as: 5 feet 3 inches tall, high forehead, hazel eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, round chin, brown hair, brunette complexion, oval face.[1]

She was educated at Madame Mear's French School in New York and in Paris.[2]

More information about Ella will be added in time. This website is a work-in-progress.

Father: Joseph N. Husson (ca1816-1896)
Mother: Susan Hill Moseley (1830-1915)

Spouse: Harry Lander Cable (1856-1932)

Children: 

Timeline

  1. 1852

    December 20 - Born in Brooklyn, New York. The first of seven children of Joseph and Susan (nee Moseley) Husson. [3]

  2. 1878

    October 9 - Marries Harry Lander Cable at San Souci, the Husson Estate, Westchester County, NY.[4]

  3. 1879

    July 15 - Daughter Josephine born.[5]

  4. 1911

    January 4 - Dies in New York, aged 58 years.[6]


This marriage announcement appeared in the Friday October 11, 1878, editions of The New York Times and the New York Daily Herald:
harry cable and ella husson wedding announcement

Ella's death notice in The New York Times, Friday January 6, 1911:
ella moseley husson cable death notice

Ella Moseley Husson as a young girl
Ella aged about 11 or 12 years old[7]

clay bust of Ella Moseley Husson aged 20
Bust made of Ella, aged 20, by Sculptor E.V. Pardessus, dated "Paris 1873"

The above photo of was taken in the late 1990s in the Newbury, New Hampshire, home of Ella's great-grandson, Hiram Ely, Jr. When Hiram was growing up in Rutherford, New Jersey, this bust was in the window going up the stairs in his home.

Hiram believed that the bust was made by Ella's French artist husband whom she later left. Ernest V. Pardessus was of French descent—his paternal grandfather was born in France and his obituary says that he was of Huguenot descent—but he was born and lived most of his life in Brooklyn, New York. He appears to have lived abroad on and off for maybe about 4 years.

Pardessus is known for having sculptured a bust of American lawyer and politician, Elihu B. Washburne, who was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877. It doesn't, however, appear that Pardessus had a successful career as an artist. In the 1880s, he became a reporter. I am unable to find any evidence that he and Ella married, but perhaps he was Ella's 'beau' for awhile.[8]


painting of Ella Moseley Husson, aged 9
Painting of Ella, aged 9
This photo was taken in the 1980s in the Tampa, Florida, home of Ella's great-granddaughter, Hope Ely Cochran.

Footnotes and Sources

  1. [1] Robert Murphy Williams, Williams and Murphy Records and Related Families, Edwards & Broughton Company, Raleigh NC, 1949; p243. See: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89088767959&seq=5
  2. [2] Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 193; Volume #: Roll 193 - 25 Apr 1873-08 May 1873; No. 30313, 3 May 1873.
  3. [3] Sources:
    • Ancestry.com, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970. Original source: Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, PA, USA; US, Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: 1837-1877.
    • Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 193; Volume #: Roll 193 - 25 Apr 1873-08 May 1873; No. 30313, 3 May 1873.
    • Robert Murphy Williams, Williams and Murphy Records and Related Families, p243.
  4. [4] Sources:
    • Robert Murphy Williams, Williams and Murphy Records and Related Families, p243.
    • Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 138 : 1918, p103, #137315 Mrs Josephine FB Cable Cook, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.
    • "Married," The New York Times (New York, NY), Friday 11 Oct 1878, p5. Newspapers.com
    • "Married," New York Daily Herald (New York, NY), Friday 11 Oct 1878, p9. Newspapers.com
  5. [5] Sources:
    • "Certificate of Death for Josephine P. Cook," 3 Jan 1942, County of Riverside, Riverside, California. Informant of all the non-medical information was her daughter, Mrs. Zelie D.L. Ely. Certificate of Death dated 5 Jan 1942.
    • "Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 138 : 1918", p103, #137315 Mrs Josephine FB Cable Cook, Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.
    • Robert Murphy Williams, Williams and Murphy Records and Related Families, p243.
  6. [6] Death notice for Ella Moseley Cable, The New York Times (New York NY), Friday 6 Jan 1911, p9.
  7. [7] "H. Glosser, Photographer, 827 Broadway" is stamped on the back of the photograph. Henry Glosser was a New York City photographer. His studio moved frequent over the years 1858-1872, but was located at 827 Broadway in the years 1867-1869. See Photographers' Identities Catalog, The New York Public Library, https://pic.nypl.org/constituents/278777 (accessed 11 June 2026).
  8. [8] Sources:
    • "Ernest V. Pardessus", New-York Daily Tribune (New York NY), Wednesday 29 March 1905, p9
    • 1880 US Census, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 856; Page: 427d; Enumeration District: 239
    • Ancestry.com. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 1867-1873, Roll 189-01, Nov 1872 - 31 Jan 1873, images 1176-1177/2080.
    • Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
    • "1888 Brooklyn City Directory," Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
    • Smithsonian Institute, "Search results for Pardessus E V", https://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Pardessus+E+V (accessed 11 Jun 2026); and "Bust of Hon. E.B. Washburne, (sculpture)," Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index, Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS, Pardessus, E. V., artist, https://siris-artexhibition.si.edu/ (accessed 11 Jun 2026).
    • "Ernest Vernilys Pardessus," Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58393264/ernest-vernilys-pardessus

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