Griselle Wheeler
1840 - 1905 (65 years)
Generation: 1
1. Griselle Wheeler was born on 20 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky (daughter of Lawrence R. Wheeler and Malinda Priest); died on 3 Sep 1905 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Census: 1875, Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas
- Census: 1880, Moline, Elk County, Kansas
- Residence: 1900, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Notes:
1875 Kansas state census. Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas.
Grisella Cassity and her two sons, George and Ed, are in the household of her parents, Lawrence & Malinda Wheeler.
1880 Census. Moline, Elk County, Kansas. Grisella Cassity and her two sons, George and Ed, are in the household of her father widower, Lawrence Wheeler. Grisella is listed as a widow.
1900 census. Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. In 1900 city directory, Griselle is listed as the widow of Martin P.M. Cassity.
Grizelle Wheeler Cassity was born in Marion County, Kentucky, Feb. 20, 1846 and removed with her parents to Hold County, Mo., when about five years of age. In 1958 her father, Lawrence R. Wheeler, moved with his family to Nemaha county, Kansas, and settled on a farm about four miles south of Sabetha, on what is now known as the Kenreigh farm. There the deceased spent her happy girlhood days and grew to womanhood.
In 1962 she was married to martin P.M. Cassity, and removed to Wetmore, Kansas. Three children were born of this marriage, George M., Mary and Galen E., respectively. The daughter, Mary, died at the age of two years and was buried in the Wetmore cemetery. Her two sons still survive her. Geo. M. is a grain dealer and resides at Tonkawa, Okla. Galen E. is a practicing attorney resided in Kansas City, Mo.
Her marriage was not a happy one, and as a result of it she separated from Mr. Cassity in the Spring of 1882, and removed to a farm near Bern, Kansas, where her boys grew to manhood.
She claimed Bern as her home until the fall of 1901, when she went to El Reno, Okla., and there spent the winter with her sister, Mrs. Mary H. Magill. In the following spring she took up her abode with her son, G.E. Cassity at Hobart, Okla., and there remained with him until he removed to Kansas City, Mo.
Her last illness, which extended over a period of 8 months, was attended with great suffering at times, but her death seemed like a peaceful dream, a gradual sinking into a deep slumber, from which there is no earthly awakening.
Aside from her two sons, she is survived by her two sisters, Mrs. Alice Wise of Stillwater, Okla., and Mrs. Mary H. Magill, of Long Beach, Cal., and her father L.R. Wheeler, also of Long Beach.
The funeral services were conducted by Dr. W.F. Richardson, of the First Christian Church of Kansas City, and the remains were interred in Mt. Washington Cemetery on Monday Sept. 4th.
The Bern Gazette, Bern, Kansas. Friday, 15 September 1905.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80655430/griselle-cassityGriselle married Martin Peter Marshall "M.P.M." Cassity on 25 Dec 1862 in Nemaha County, Kansas. Martin (son of James Albert Cassity and Mary Ann Hedges) was born on 15 Jun 1835 in Kentucky; died on 12 Nov 1901 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- George McClelland Cassity was born on 31 Oct 1863 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 15 Dec 1934 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.
- Mary Cassity was born on 9 Aug 1868; died on 3 Jan 1871; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.
- Galen Edward Cassity was born on 18 Dec 1871 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 2 Jan 1936 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; was buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
2. Lawrence R. Wheeler was born on 21 Aug 1823 in Kentucky; died on 25 Mar 1906 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Mason County, Kentucky
- Census: 1860, Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas
- Census: 1865, Lochnane Township, Brown County, Kansas
Notes:
Obituary:
An Old Settler Gone.
L.R. Wheeler, who located in Sabetha away back about 1855, passed away last week at Long Beach, California, where he went only last fall to spend the winter season. Mr. Wheeler was one of the best-known residents of the county. He was a life-long democrat and was one of the chief spirits of the party when there were but a handful of the faith in the county. He was the owner of a good farm in the vicinity of Sabetha and was for many years engaged in business in that city. He was past eight years of age at the time of his death. His body was brought to Sabetha for burial, being met on the way and accompanied back by his daughter, Mrs. Aaron Magill. The funeral took place Monday afternoon.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174824217/lawrence-r-wheelerLawrence married Malinda Priest. Malinda was born on 29 May 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 Jun 1879; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Malinda Priest was born on 29 May 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 Jun 1879; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas. Notes:
LKH note: In the 1865 Kansas census, Griselle Holland, b. about 1808, Kentucky, is in the household of Lawrence and Malinda Wheeler. I believe that Griselle is Malinda's widowed mother.
Griselle Holland (1808-1874) is buried in the same cemetery as Lawrence and Malinda Wheeler. And their eldest daughter is named Griselle.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174824238/malinda-m-wheelerChildren:
- 1. Griselle Wheeler was born on 20 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 3 Sep 1905 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.