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Cecil Leroy Cassity

Male 1912 - 1997  (85 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Cecil Leroy Cassity was born on 8 Feb 1912 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri (son of Benjamin Franklin Cassity and Della May Richardson); died on 12 Feb 1997 in Saint Peters, Saint Charles County, Missouri; was buried in Rothville Cemetery, Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69670581/cecil-leroy-cassity

    Cecil married Lois Loretta Haley on 24 Dec 1934 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri. Lois was born on 24 Jun 1917 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; died on 3 Apr 2005 in Saint Peters, Saint Charles County, Missouri; was buried in Rothville Cemetery, Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Franklin Cassity was born on 1 Apr 1880 in Missouri (son of Andrew Cassity and Amanda Jane McGee); died on 6 Nov 1938 in Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Nov 1938 in Enterprise Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1910, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri
    • Census: 1920, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri
    • Census: 1930, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    B.F. Cassity Passed Away Sunday, Nov. 6th
    Funeral Service Were Held Last Tuesday; Burial At Enterprise
    Benjamin Franklin Cassity, a son of Andrew and Mandy Cassity, was born April 1, 1880, and passed away November 6, 1938, at the age of 58 years, 7 months and 6 days. He was married to Dela Richardson, April 21, 1901. To this union four children were born, Alice Bull, who preceded him in death some years ; Ida Head of North Salem, mo.; Cecil Cassity of the home; and Earl Cassity of La Fayette, Colorado, who could not attend on account of his health. He leaves seven grandchildren, three brothers and one sister; Mr. Tom Cassity, New Boston, Mo.; Hugh Cassity, Ethel, mo.; Albert Cassity, New Boston, Mo.; and Mrs. Laura Baker of Brookfield. He also leaves a number of nieces and nephews.
    At the age of twenty-one years, he was united with the Church of Christ at Grantsville and he has kept his faith in God, living an upright christian life, a true citizen, a good neighbor, one who will be missed by everyone. He was a devoted husband, a kind and loving father. He will be sadly missed at home.
    A precious one from us is gone,
    A voice we love is still,
    A place is vacant in our home
    White never can be filled.
    The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 17 November 1938.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1938/1938_00039701.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25721336/benjamin-franklin-cassity

    Benjamin married Della May Richardson on 21 Apr 1901. Della was born on 16 Apr 1886 in Missouri; died on 2 Jan 1949 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 4 Jan 1949 in Enterprise Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Della May Richardson was born on 16 Apr 1886 in Missouri; died on 2 Jan 1949 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 4 Jan 1949 in Enterprise Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1949/1949_00001780.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37264655/della-may-cassity

    Children:
    1. Alice E. Cassity was born on 21 Sep 1902 in Missouri; died on 23 Feb 1925; was buried in Peavler Cemetery, North Salem, Linn County, Missouri.
    2. Ida Bell Cassity was born on 8 Dec 1903 in Musselfork, Chariton County, Missouri; died on 24 May 1999 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
    3. 1. Cecil Leroy Cassity was born on 8 Feb 1912 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; died on 12 Feb 1997 in Saint Peters, Saint Charles County, Missouri; was buried in Rothville Cemetery, Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County, Missouri.
    4. Earl Edward Cassity was born on 31 Aug 1921 in New Boston, Linn County, Missouri; died in 1980 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; was buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Andrew CassityAndrew Cassity was born on 30 Jan 1838 in Kentucky (son of Alvah Russell Cassity and Elizabeth Trumbo); died on 30 Sep 1889 in Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92911814/andrew-cassity

    Andrew married Amanda Jane McGee on 4 Feb 1870. Amanda was born on 9 Apr 1851 in Callaway County, Missouri; died on 7 Aug 1922 in Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Aug 1922 in Nester Chapel Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Amanda Jane McGee was born on 9 Apr 1851 in Callaway County, Missouri; died on 7 Aug 1922 in Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Aug 1922 in Nester Chapel Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri
    • Census: 1910, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Amanda Jane Cassity was born in Callaway county, Missouri, April 9, 1851. Was united in marriage to Andrew Cassity in Linn county and to this union seven children were born: Thomas, Laura, Hugh, Ben, Albert, Nora and Walter. The husband and two of the children have preceded her to the great beyond. She united with the Church of Christ early in life and remained faithful until death which occurred August 7, 1922. She was 71 years, 3 months and 28 days old. She leaves to mourn her departure 5 children, 2 brothers, 21 grandchildren and many other relatives. The funeral at Nester Chapel was conducted by the writer. Wm.G. Coram.
    The Daily News-Bulletin, Brookfield, Missouri. Tuesday, 22 August 1922.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1922/1922_00025422.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87450243/amanda-jane-cassity

    Children:
    1. Thomas Cassity was born on 22 Jun 1871 in Missouri; died on 15 Jun 1969 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 19 Jun 1969 in Nester Chapel Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
    2. Laura Edna Cassity was born on 3 Dec 1873 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 19 Jan 1949 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 22 Jan 1949 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
    3. Hugh Cassity was born on 30 Jun 1876 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Mar 1962 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Apr 1962 in Union Chapel Cemetery, Ethel, Macon County, Missouri.
    4. 2. Benjamin Franklin Cassity was born on 1 Apr 1880 in Missouri; died on 6 Nov 1938 in Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Nov 1938 in Enterprise Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri.
    5. Albert Cassity was born on 15 Aug 1882 in Missouri; died on 17 Jan 1975 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Parklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
    6. Nora Elizabeth Cassity was born on 29 Dec 1886 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 31 Dec 1918 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Jan 1919 in Baker Cemetery, Green City, Sullivan County, Missouri.
    7. Walter Edgar Cassity was born on 17 Jan 1889 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 20 Sep 1920 in Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 21 Sep 1920 in Price Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Alvah Russell Cassity was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Montgomery County, Kentucky (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong); died on 10 Nov 1860 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Lee County, Iowa
    • Census: 1860, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    MHR note: Alvah R. Cassity was "a whiskey-drinking, flute-playing, home-loving individual, with typical Irish temper" said Naomi Stutsman, Hefferman, their granddaughter. They and their daughter Nancy and baby daughter went to Texas and stayed over night with Addison Hedges and returned to Missouri and settled near Linneus because it was so much like Kentucky. They bought land from the government for twenty five cents an acres.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92911842/alvah-russell-cassity

    Alvah married Elizabeth Trumbo. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Trumbo and Deborah Alkire) was born on 6 Sep 1813 in Kentucky; died on 2 Jan 1894; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Trumbo was born on 6 Sep 1813 in Kentucky (daughter of Jacob Trumbo and Deborah Alkire); died on 2 Jan 1894; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Locust Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri

    Notes:

    MHR note: Frank E. Cassity said that Elizabeth was a first cousin of Alvah, so her mother must have been a sister of Mary Armstrong or of Peter Thompson Cassity. Elizabeth was a cousin of Dorothy Trumbo who married William T. Cassity and of Ruth Ann Trumbo who married Armstrong R. Cassity. Dorothy and Ruth Ann were sisters, both being daughters of Jacob Trumbo.

    MHR note: Naomi (Stutsman) Heffernan said Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Trumbo and Deborah Alkire.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92911801/elizabeth-cassity

    Children:
    1. Nancy Armstrong Cassity was born on 6 May 1835 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 13 Nov 1925 in Cunningham, Chariton County, Missouri; was buried in Stutsman Cemetery, Cunningham, Chariton County, Missouri.
    2. Manasah Cassity was born about 1836 in Bath County, Kentucky; died about 1840 in Bath County, Kentucky.
    3. 4. Andrew Cassity was born on 30 Jan 1838 in Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1889 in Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
    4. Jacob Cassity was born on 4 Nov 1844 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 11 May 1862 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
    5. Mary Cassity was born on 21 Sep 1847 in Bath County, Kentucky; died about 1849 in Bath County, Kentucky.
    6. Armstrong Cassity was born on 11 Oct 1849 in Lee County, Iowa; died on 14 Jan 1919 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 14 Jan 1919 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
    7. William Thompson Cassity was born on 17 Jan 1852 in West Point, Lee County, Iowa; died on 28 May 1929 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 30 May 1929 in Elmwood Cemetery, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri.
    8. Alvah Russell Cassity was born on 24 Jun 1854 in West Point, Lee County, Iowa; died on 31 Jan 1926 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Feb 1926 in Dryden Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
    9. Anne Deborah Cassity was born on 21 Apr 1842 in Lee County, Iowa; died on 5 Feb 1923 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas; was buried in Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas.


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