hmtl5 James Andrew Cassity b. 12 Dec 1874 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri d. 29 Sep 1944 Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri: Hedges Genealogy
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James Andrew Cassity

James Andrew Cassity

Male 1874 - 1944  (69 years)

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  • Name James Andrew Cassity 
    Born 12 Dec 1874  Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation insurance adjustor/agent  [5] 
    Census 1900  Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 29 Sep 1944  Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Buried 1 Oct 1944  Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I2355  Hedges
    Last Modified 6 May 2023 

    Father William Harrison Cassity,   b. 4 Mar 1837, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1921, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Louisa Crockett Jones,   b. 10 May 1843, Spring Hill, Livingston County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1916, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1861  [4] 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nora Alene Powell,   b. 10 Jun 1880, Browning, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1977, Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1896  Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Lila Pearl Cassity,   b. 1901, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Esther Maude Cassity,   b. 1 Mar 1899, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1944, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     3. Wilson Leonard Cassity,   b. 19 Feb 1908, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1982, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F1052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Dec 1874 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Mar 1896 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Sep 1944 - Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1 Oct 1944 - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Cassity James Andrew, Nora Alene Powell    		Cassity James Andrew, Nora Alene Powell

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: James Andrew Cassity was called "Boss" Cassity. He was a 7 month baby and so delicate for awhile that everyone flew to wait on him, hence the nickname which stuck.
      [4]
    • James Andrew Cassity, 70 years old, died at his home at the Avalon Apartments at 4:45 o’clock Friday morning, after an illness of five years.
      Mr. Cassity was born near Purdin. He came to Mexico from Topeka, Kans., where he was a railroad insurance writer for the Continental Casualty Company of Chicago. He had been a resident of Mexico for the past five years.
      Short services were held for James A. Cassity who died at his home, 203 West Love street, Friday morning, at the McPheeter Chapel Sunday morning at 9 a.m. The Rev. George A. Hammon, pastor of the First Baptist church of Mexico, officiating and music was furnished by Mrs. George Hammon and Mrs. John Felgar.
      On Sunday afternoon, funeral services were held at Purdin and burial was in the family lot in the cemetery there. Service were conducted by the pastor of the First Baptist church of Linneus. Nephews of the deceased acted as pallbearers.
      Mexico Weekly Ledger, Mexico, Missouri. Thursday, 5 October 1944.
      [6, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S26] US World War I draft registration.

    4. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    5. [S7] Death certificate.

    6. [S9] Obituary.

    7. [S87] Newspaper article.


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