Armstrong Russell Cassity
1807 - 1881 (74 years)-
Name Armstrong Russell Cassity Born 21 Jul 1807 Montgomery County, Kentucky [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation farmer [4] Census 1850 Lee County, Iowa Census 1860 Linn County, Missouri Census 1870 Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Census 1880 Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri Died 24 Sep 1881 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1, 2] Buried Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri [1] Person ID I1733 Hedges Last Modified 26 Sep 2024
Father Peter Thompson Cassity, b. 19 Jun 1775, Virginia , d. 12 May 1862, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 86 years) Mother Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong, b. 10 Feb 1779, Augusta County, Viriginia , d. 29 Sep 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 81 years) Married 20 Sep 1796 Clark County, Kentucky [2, 5] Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Ann Trumbo, b. 13 Mar 1813, Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 28 Feb 1887, Linn County, Missouri (Age 73 years) Married 2 Oct 1828 Bath County, Kentucky [2] Children 1. Peter Thompson Cassity, b. 1830, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 13 Sep 1893 (Age 63 years) 2. Sarah T. Cassity, b. 24 Oct 1831, Kentucky , d. 20 Jun 1906, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 74 years) 3. Mary Cassity, b. 5 Nov 1833, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 7 Dec 1916, Browning, Linn County, Missouri (Age 83 years) + 4. William M. "John William" Cassity, b. 11 Jan 1840, Kentucky , d. 24 May 1917, Sugar Creek, Randolph County, Missouri (Age 77 years) + 5. Elizabeth Cassity, b. 20 Apr 1838, Kentucky , d. 21 Apr 1922, Jackson Township, Linn County, Missouri (Age 84 years) 6. Minerva Cassity, b. 13 Mar 1847, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 24 Oct 1924, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 77 years) 7. America Cassity, b. 4 Nov 1850, Lee County, Iowa , d. 17 Oct 1942, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 91 years) 8. Dorothy Jane Cassity, b. 31 May 1848, Kentucky , d. 11 Oct 1868, Missouri (Age 20 years) + 9. Amanda Cassity, b. 4 Nov 1850, Kentucky , d. 10 Oct 1932, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 81 years) 10. Andrew Cassity, b. Abt 1853, Missouri , d. Aft 1910 (Age 58 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F891 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents Armstrong Russell Cassity land record
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Notes - US General Land Office Records
Name: Armstrong R Cassity
Issue Date: 15 Apr 1853
Place: Linn, Missouri, USA
Land Office: Milan
Meridian: 5th PM
Township: 60-N
Range: 20-W
Section: 21
Accession Number: MO4890__.135
Document Number: 1236
Township 060N - Range 020W - NE¼SE¼ - Section 21
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MO4890__.135&docClass=STA&sid=0r2g3fd0.031
[6] - According to their daughter Minerva's obituary, the family came from Bath County, Kentucky to Linn County, Missouri in 1851.
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- US General Land Office Records
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