Etta Lydia Pulliam
1877 - 1957 (80 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Etta Lydia Pulliam was born on 25 May 1877 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (daughter of Thomas Pulliam and Delila Ann Cassity); died on 4 Aug 1957 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 6 Aug 1957 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Funeral Services Held In Purdin, August 6th
Etta Lydia Pulliam Cady, daughter of Thomas and Anna Cassity Pulliam, was born May 25, 1877 in Linn County, Missouri and departed this life, August 4, 1957 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Gooch, at the age of 80 years, 2 months and 9 days.
She was converted and united with the Church of Christ in early life and was an active member as long as her health permitted.
She was from a family of six children. Her father, mother, a sister Maggie, and two brothers, William and Edward, preceded her in death.
She was united in marriage to David L. Cady, December 26, 1902. They made their home in Jackson Township for three years then moved to Purdin where she had kept her own home until a few days before her passing. To this union three children were born: Mrs. Mary Evelyn Hill of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Stella Mae Gooch of Browning, Mo., and one son Thomas David who passed away at the age of sixteen years.
She leaves to mourn her passing besides her two daughters, one sister, Mrs. Minnie Bivens of Denver, Colo., and a brother, Charley Pulliam who is seriously ill at this time, and four grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
She will be long remembered by those who loved her best for her unassuming loyalty, her pleasing personality and her kind consideration of others.
A Good Mother has gone to her reward,
God saw the road was getting rough,
He said to her, you've done enough,
A crown you've won,
For a life will lived and a work well don.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, August 6, 1957 at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church in Purdin, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. E.L. Huchel. Song service was by Mrs. Rose Johnson and Miss Rose Chambers accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Helen Matkins.
Casket bearers were Jess Pulliam, Jimmie Lorenz, Marvin Murrell, Leon Gooch, Kenneth Murrell and Loren Owens. Burial was made in the Purdin cemetery under the direction of the Wade Funeral Service.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 8 August 1957.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25777779/etta-lydia-cady
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1957/1957_00028672.PDFEtta married David Cady on 26 Dec 1902 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri. David (son of David John Cady and Ada Miranda Bentley) was born on 17 Aug 1877 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri; died on 13 Feb 1962 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; was buried in Botts Cemetery, Meadville, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Thomas David Cady was born on 28 Jun 1912 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 25 Aug 1928 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 26 Aug 1928 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
2. 
Thomas Pulliam was born on 27 Apr 1843 in Missouri; died on 12 Jul 1920 in Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 13 Jul 1920 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
From Reflections of yester-years.
Thomas Pulliam, son of Thomas and Polly Pulliam, was born in Linn Co. in 1843 and died in 1920. He is buried in the Purdin Cemetery. He was one of the three Pulliam brothers who remained around Purdin and raised their children.
Thomas, a Civil War Veteran, married Ann Cassity on Jan. 11, 1866. They settled on a farm north of Purdin and lived there all their lives. Later a son, Charley, and his family lived there and now the land belongs to grandchildren.
Thomas and Ann Pulliam were the parents of five children: Minnie, Etta, William, Charles and Edward.
Minnie was married to Henry Bivens and they had one daughter, Stella (Bivens) Crabtree, she lives in Denver, Colo. and has one daughter Marion.
Etta married David Cady, he will be remembered as a rural mail carrier. They were the parents of three children: Thomas (died while a young man); Evelyn (Cady) Hill, she has two children, Ada and Garland; Stella Mae (Cady) Gooch married Kenneth Gooch, lives on a farm nw of Purdin and they are the parents of two daughters, Mary Rottman and Norma Whipple.
William (Bill), married Ella Elston and they had three children. Lloyd (deceased), he had one daughter; Jesse (deceased) married Merle Stone (deceased) they had one daughter, Nadine (Pulliam) Elliott; Eva (Pulliam) Murrey, Skidmore.
Charles (Charley) married Nora Boswell and they had two children; Irene (Pulliam) Smithers, Chillicothe and she had two daughters, Nora and Charlene; Charles married Velma Baskett and they have a son Duane, and two grandchildren.
Edward (Ed) married Rhoda Cady. They had one daughter, Nellie Pulliam) Kroger, and she had a son, Gilbert. Nellie lives in North Kansas City. They also raised a foster son, Carl A. Falch, Sterling, Colo.
Charles Jr is the only descendant of this family living near Purdin.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1920/1920_00026766.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25727578/thomas-pulliamThomas married Delila Ann Cassity on 11 Jan 1866. Delila (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Lydia West Evans) was born on 10 Feb 1845 in Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 26 Sep 1918 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Sep 1918 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. 
Delila Ann Cassity was born on 10 Feb 1845 in Sullivan County, Missouri (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Lydia West Evans); died on 26 Sep 1918 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Sep 1918 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00031068.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25837415/anna-delilah-pulliamChildren:
- Minnie Pulliam was born on 17 Jan 1867 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- William Pulliam was born on 26 Aug 1869 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 24 Nov 1947 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Nov 1947 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Edward Molton Pulliam was born on 31 Oct 1871 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 20 Dec 1949 in Browning, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 20 Dec 1949 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- 1. Etta Lydia Pulliam was born on 25 May 1877 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Aug 1957 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 6 Aug 1957 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Charles E. Pulliam was born on 21 Sep 1879 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Aug 1957 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Aug 1957 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
Generation: 3
6. Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 15 Apr 1811 in Bath County, Kentucky (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong); died on 25 Sep 1889 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: blacksmith and farmer
- _MILT: Civil War. 62nd EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia). Company C. Sgt.
- Census: 1850, Lee County, Iowa
- Census: 1860, Sullivan County, Missouri
- Census: 1870, Polk Township, Sullivan County, Missouri
- Census: 1880, Polk Township, Sullivan County, Missouri
Notes:
MHR note: Peter Thompson Cassity and Lydia moved to Missouri before the Civil War. He went to Lee County Iowa about 1850 and his son Alonzo was born near Fort Madison, Iowa. Not long thereafter he moved to Milan, Missouri. This according to R. D. Cassity.
US General Land Office Record
Name Thompson Cassity
Issue Date 1 Oct 1852
Place Sullivan, Missouri, USA
Land Office Milan
Meridian 5th PM
Township 62-N
Range 20-W
Section 7
Accession Number MO4880__.330
Document Number 912
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MO4880__.330&docClass=STA&sid=yvyb0mgs.xzh
Note on Find a Grave:
Husband of Lydia West (Evans) Cassity (1811-1887). Son of Peter Thompson Cassity, I, and Mary (Melissa) Armstrong Cassity. Peter enlisted on July 26, 1862 in Laclede, Missouri in Co. C, 62nd EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia). He was ordered into service on October 8, 1864 in Brookfield, Missouri and was relieved from duty on December 2, 1864. Two of his sons, Peter Thompson Cassity and Isaac Newton Cassity, also served in the Missouri EMM during the Civil War.
62nd EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia). Company C. Enlisted 26 July 1862 in Laclede, Missouri. Served 9 October 1864 - 2 December 1864 in Brookfield, Missouri.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120568378/peter-thompson-cassityPeter married Lydia West Evans on 24 Oct 1831 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Lydia was born on 22 Feb 1811 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 6 Mar 1887 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Lydia West Evans was born on 22 Feb 1811 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 6 Mar 1887 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. Notes:
MHR note: Lydia died of pneumonia.
MHR note: Lydia was the daughter of Isaac Evans ,Sr.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189016095/lydia-west-cassityChildren:
- Isaac Newton Cassity was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 5 Nov 1862 in Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- Louisa Jane Cassity was born on 13 Mar 1834 in Kentucky; died on 13 Nov 1900 in Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 12 Dec 1836 in Kentucky; died on 2 Dec 1911 in Cora, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 3 Dec 1911 in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- William Harrison Cassity was born on 4 Mar 1837 in Kentucky; died on 3 Dec 1921 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Dec 1921 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Sarah Elizabeth Cassity was born on 25 Dec 1839 in Kentucky; died on 4 Sep 1925 in Cockrell Township, Chariton County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Sep 1925 in Fairview Cemetery, Cockrell Township, Chariton County, Missouri.
- John Edward Cassity was born on 7 Dec 1842 in Kentucky; died on 29 Nov 1868 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- 3. Delila Ann Cassity was born on 10 Feb 1845 in Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 26 Sep 1918 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Sep 1918 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Maryann Malinda Cassity was born about 1849 in Iowa; died in 1886 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- Alonzo Morton Cassity was born on 2 May 1851 in Lee County, Iowa; died on 8 Apr 1915 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Apr 1915 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
Generation: 4
12. Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 19 Jun 1775 in Virginia; died on 12 May 1862 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1810, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1820, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1830, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
MHR note: Peter Thompson Cassity's parents were William Cassity and Nancy Thompson.
LKH note: I have not yet found documentation of William and Nancy (Thompson) Cassity.
MHR note: Peter Thompson Cassity was named after his grandfather's name, Peter, and his mother's maiden name, Thompson.
MHR note: Peter Cassity was a preacher (or elder). He officiated the marriages of several of his grandchildren.
1810 US census
Name: Peter Cassidy
Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9
1820 US census, enumerated 7 August 1820
Name: Peter Cassidy
Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 6
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
1830 census
Name: Peter Cassity
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Eastern Division, Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
1850 US census, enumerated 20 August 1850
Division 2, Fleming County, Kentucky
Peter Cassity, age 74, farmer, real estate $1200
Mary, age 78
Albert R, age 22
Rosanah, age 17
Martin M, age 14
Albert, Rosanah, and Martin are the children of Peter and Mary's son and daughter-in-law, James Albert Cassity (1797-1845) and Mary Ann (Hedges) Cassity (1800-1838).
Buried:
MHR note: Peter T. and Mary have stones in Three Lick Cemetery on an oak-covered hill, 6.5 miles beyond the Farmer Kentucky rail road station. A great many graves in that cemetery are unmarked. Some had been enclosed in a rail fence which has crumbled and rotted away.Peter married Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong on 20 Sep 1796 in Clark County, Kentucky. Mary was born on 10 Feb 1779 in Augusta County, Viriginia; died on 29 Sep 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong was born on 10 Feb 1779 in Augusta County, Viriginia; died on 29 Sep 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. Notes:
MHR note: Parents are Robert Armstrong and Mary Russell.
LKH note: I have not yet found documentation for Robert and Mary (Russell) Armstrong).
MHR note: Letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 17 May 1951.
Family legend: Mary Russell. A young Irishman named Russell, married a young widow with a small daughter. After Russell had fathered three sons and a daughter, he decided to go to America. his step-daughter would receive a small inheritance at 18. There were still some months to go. So he went on, with the three sons, and the wife and the two daughters would follow. This was the days of sailing ships, three months to cross, three months for a letter to come back. The letter came from Chillicothe, Ohio.
The inheritance was duly paid in gold. Then Mrs. Russell and her two daughters started to join her husband. This would perhaps bring the time to three years, and don't ask any more details, for that is all I have. On board, the oldest died at sea ad was buried at sea. And when Mrs. Russell and her daughter, Mary got to Chillicothe, Ohio she was told her husband was long dead and the three sons "bound out". Two had been taken farther into the wild west (Indiana?) but she found the youngest and tried to buy him back. His guardian refused to let him go. So she stole him and left gold to pay for his time and the all three went away from there.
Mary Russell was one of the girls who helped go to the spring till they filled all available vessels in case the Indians attacked. And Rebecca (Anderson) Maxwell Crawford helped. Mary Russell married Isaac Armstrong. When Mary (Armstrong) Cassity met Elizabeth (Crawford) Vawter at the home of P. T. Hedges in Fleming County, Kentucky to view their great-grandson, T.A. [Thaddeus A. Hedges], they told what each had heard of that time, from their mothers. Zane Grey used it in a novel. I don't know where the fort was.
The family ghost story. Isaac Armstrong's (it could have been Robert Isaac Armstrong, probably Robert Armstrong) were making up the maple syrup. There was much work, and it called for many hands. There was no beet or cane sugar in those days. Elder berry bushes furnished spouts to carry the sap, after they were cut in suitable lengths and the pith pushed out. They had a pot, many buckets, so they chopped logs about two feet long, split in half and with hatchet and fire they made a trough to set under the spout. Every morn they collected the sap from the trees and carried it to the kettle (or the kettles, if they had more than one) and boiled till it was "just right" for syrup or sugar. This lasted a week or ten days, till the leaf buds swelled, to spoil the flavor. So all hands helped. Mary Armstrong and her brothers (Robert Armstrong and James Armstrong) and cousins, Isabell and George Steele, from 20 miles away, and those who lived near. Today was the last day, and the boys said tonight would be rainy, dark of the moon, and they hadn't had a coon hunt yet. The sap was all in, and plenty of wood, and Polly and Ibby could finish the boiling for they were going hunting, for tomorrow they would all go home. When the syrup was finally done, it was dark, and half a mile from the house through the woods. Indians didn't trouble much any more, and bears and panthers not often. Polly picked up a stout stick and assured Ibby there was nothing to fear. Presently they heard a groan and saw a white "something" beside the path. Ibby said, "let's go" . Polly said it might be a sick horse. Ibby fled toward the house, but Polly drew near. Again the strange groan and a flounder. Polly said "Be you devil or what you may, I'll give you one lick" and struck with all her strength and fled. Next morn the boys were cross, and did not seem to have anything to report from the coon hunt and scattered home. A year later they again assemble. "Bob" (either a cousin or brother) asked Polly to cut his hair. She asked "how come that scar on your head?" "If you won't get mad, I'll tell you". He had been the ghost. "And you almost killed me".
This was my great-grandmother Polly [Mary] Armstrong (b.10 Feb 1779, Virginia; d.29 Sept. 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky) married Peter Thompson Cassity (b. 19 June 1775, Virginia; d.12 May 1862, Rowan County, Kentucky. Her brothers were James Armstrong (b.1758, d.1830) and Robert Armstrong.
MHR note:
James Armstrong was the brother of Polly who married Peter Thompson Cassity who is our ancestor. He is buried in 3 Lick Cemetery, on a hill near the old log house of William Ribelin Hedges, and I saw his stone when there the first time but he had died so much earlier than Polly that I didn't recognize the possibility of his being her brother, and didn't copy the inscription, and when I went back the next time, the stone had disappeared, but the people next door denied all knowledge of having anything to do with its removal, tho I think they had removed it to plant tobacco there.
Buried:
MHR note: Peter T. and Mary have stones in Three Lick Cemetery on an oak-covered hill, 6.5 miles beyond the Farmer Kentucky rail road station. A great many graves in that cemetery are unmarked. Some had been enclosed in a rail fence which has crumbled and rotted away.Children:
- James Albert Cassity was born on 24 Jun 1797 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 9 Jul 1845 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Isaac Russell Cassity was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 2 Sep 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Mary Cassity was born on 18 May 1801 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
- William T. Cassity was born on 2 Jan 1803 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 21 Jan 1868 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Malinda Russell Cassity was born on 14 Oct 1805 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 12 Sep 1887 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Armstrong Russell Cassity was born on 21 Jul 1807 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 24 Sep 1881 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
- Alvah Russell Cassity was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 10 Nov 1860 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
- 6. Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 15 Apr 1811 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 25 Sep 1889 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- Nancy Cassity was born on 9 Nov 1813 in Bath County, Kentucky; died in 1870 in Missouri; was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Ewing, Fleming County, Kentucky.