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Raleigh Dale Cassity

Raleigh Dale Cassity

Male 1882 - 1968  (86 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Raleigh Dale CassityRaleigh Dale Cassity was born on 20 Aug 1882 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (son of Alonzo Morton Cassity and Sarah Ann Swiggart); died on 15 Nov 1968 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Nov 1968 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri
    • Census: 1930, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Raleigh Cassity Dies; Funeral Is Held at Purdin
    Funeral services for Raleigh D. Cassity, 86, Purdin, who died Nov. 15 in Brookfield, were held Nov. 17 at the Purdin Church of Christ. Burial was in the Purdin Cemetery.
    Mr. Cassity and his wife, the former Pearl McCune, Clark, are long time residents of Purdin, first moving there soon after their marriage in 1908, to work as teachers at the public school.
    Mr. Cassity operated a café there for several years and later was in charge of a grocery and meat market.
    He was a member of the Purdin Church of Christ.
    Surviving are his wife, several nieces and nephews.
    Moberly Monitor-Index, Tuesday, 26 November 1968.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1968/1968_00045727.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23798141/raleigh-dale-cassity

    Family/Spouse: Ida Pearl McCune. Ida was born on 16 Dec 1880 in Clark, Randolph County, Missouri; died on 15 Oct 1982 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alonzo Morton CassityAlonzo Morton Cassity was born on 2 May 1851 in Lee County, Iowa (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Lydia West Evans); died on 8 Apr 1915 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Apr 1915 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1900, Polk, Sullivan County, Missouri
    • Census: 1910, Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Alonzo M. Cassity, age 65, a highly respected citizen of Purdin, committed suicide by hanging in the barn at his home in Purdin on Thursday of last week. He had become despondent over declining health.
    The Laclede Blade, Laclede, Missouri. Friday, 16 April 1915, page 5.


    Two Suicides in Linn County
    Alonzo Cassity this Moring at Purdin
    Wililams King near Marceline
    At 10:30 o’clock this (Thursday) morning, the body of Alonzo M. Cassity was found handing in his barn at his home in Purdin, 5 miles north of here. He was in the restaurant business, and had been in his place only 30 minutes before the sad event.
    His health had been somewhat poorly of late, but aside from that it is not known what caused him to take his life. The deed was done with a rope which he tied about his neck and then dropped out of the barn loft. He leaves a wife and two sons, Rolla and Alfred.
    [article continues about Williams King's death]
    The Bulletin, Linneus, Missouri. Thursday, 8 April 1915.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1915/1915_00013405.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23796723/alonzo-morton-cassity

    Alonzo married Sarah Ann Swiggart. Sarah was born on 8 Mar 1849 in Scottsville, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 7 May 1922 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 8 May 1922 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Ann SwiggartSarah Ann Swiggart was born on 8 Mar 1849 in Scottsville, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 7 May 1922 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 8 May 1922 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Cassity
    Sarah Anne Swiggart was born March 8, 1849, and departed this life May 7, 1922, being 72 years, one month and 29 days old.
    The deceased was married to Alonzo M. Cassity June 29, 1871, and to this union was born two children, Alfred T. of Milan, Mo., and R.D. of Purdin, Mo. She united with the Church of Christ about 31 years ago and remained a faithful Christian until death called her home.
    The subject of this sketch was born on a farm near Scottsville, Mo., where she resided until the death of her mother broke up the home. She then lived with relatives until her marriage, after which she lived on a farm four miles west of Milan, Mo., where she reared her family. Later in life, about the year 1911, she and her husband moved to Purdin, Mo., where they reside until death called the father home, after which she made her home with her two sons.
    Aunt Sarah Anne, as she was generally known, was loved by the little friends as well as the older ones, and many are the loving deeds of kindnesses which they will remember her by.
    Beside the two sons she leaves two granddaughters and one grand son and a host of friends in Sullivan and Linn counties to mourn her departure.
    Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ at Purdin, Mo, after which the remains were laid to rest beside her husband in the Purdin cemetery to await the Judgement call.
    A precious one from us has gone,
    A voice we loved is stilled;
    A place is vacant in our home
    Which never can be filled.
    The Milan Republican, Milan, Missouri. Thursday, 18 May 1922.


    Name:
    daughter of J.J. Swiggart and Mary Ann Fulks

    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1922/1922_00018345.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25777909/sarah-ann-cassity

    Children:
    1. Alfred Thompson Cassity was born on 6 Oct 1872 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 28 Feb 1947 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 1 Mar 1947 in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
    2. 1. Raleigh Dale Cassity was born on 20 Aug 1882 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 15 Nov 1968 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Nov 1968 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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:

    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1850, Lee County, Iowa
    • Census: 1860, Sullivan County, Missouri
    • Census: 1870, Polk, Sullivan County, Missouri
    • Census: 1880, Polk, Sullivan County, Missouri

    Notes:

    62nd EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia). Company C. Enlisted 26 July 1862 in Laclede, Missouri. Served 9 October 1864 - 2 December 1864 in Brookfield, Missouri.


    _MILT:
    62nd EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia). Company C.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120568378/peter-thompson-cassity

    Peter 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]


  2. 5.  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-cassity

    Children:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. Maryann Malinda Cassity was born about 1849 in Iowa; died in 1886 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
    9. 2. 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

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. Mary Cassity was born on 18 May 1801 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 4. 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.
    9. 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.