hmtl5 Leonard Harrison Cassity b. 18 Apr 1914 Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma d. 30 Apr 1930 Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri: Hedges Genealogy

Leonard Harrison Cassity

Male 1914 - 1930  (16 years)


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  • Name Leonard Harrison Cassity 
    Born 18 Apr 1914  Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Apr 1930  Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2800  Hedges
    Last Modified 6 May 2023 

    Father Peter Thompson Cassity,   b. 15 Feb Jan 1876, Cora, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1965  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Mary Ellen Anderson,   b. Jul 1879, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1963, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Apr 1914 - Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Apr 1930 - Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Leonard Harrison Cassity, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Cassity of Balko, Oklahoma, departed this life, April 30, 1930, near Harris, Missouri, at the age of 16 years and 12 days.
      He was born near Baldo, Okla., April 18, 1914. He leaves to mourn his death, his father and mother, four brothers, Howard, Delbert, Claude and Lee Cassity, a sister, Mrs. Iva Reed preceded him in death; a grandmother, two uncles, ten aunts and a host of relatives and friends.
      Leonard, accompanied his father and mother to Lucune, Missouri, where his mother had been called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Louie Bobbs, While playing he ruptured a blood vessel in his arm with caused his death.
      You who weep for him today,
      Know you not that he has found
      Footing on a surer ground?
      He is done with care and pain,
      Failure cannot strike again.
      God has called him out of strife
      To a cleaner, ampler life.
      Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D.L. Jewett of Laverne.
      The Herald-Democrat, Beaver, Oklahoma. Thursday, 22 May 1930
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S9] Obituary.

    3. [S87] Newspaper article.