William Alonzo Cassity
1868 - 1951 (82 years)-
Name William Alonzo Cassity Born 2 Oct 1868 Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1900 Liberty, Sullivan County, Missouri Census 1910 Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma Census 1930 Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma Died 20 Sep 1951 Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma [3, 4] Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma [3] Person ID I1756 Hedges Last Modified 15 Apr 2023
Father Peter Thompson Cassity, b. 12 Dec 1836, Kentucky , d. 2 Dec 1911, Cora, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 74 years) Mother Almeda Hill, b. 1838, Kentucky , d. 7 Jan 1881, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 43 years) Family ID F898 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Marasalia Anderson, b. 25 Feb 1877, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 28 Jul 1944, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma (Age 67 years) Married 7 Jan 1894 Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri [1, 2, 3, 4] Children 1. Charles Anthony Cassity, b. 30 Nov 1894, Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 22 Oct 1955, Morton County, Kansas (Age 60 years)2. Earl E. Cassity, b. 25 Dec 1896, Missouri , d. 10 May 1912 (Age 15 years)3. Alonzo William Cassity, b. 27 Mar 1899, Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 22 Apr 1971, Gardena, Los Angeles County, California (Age 72 years)4. Rosa Almeda Cassity, b. 9 Jun 1904, Cordell, Washita County, Oklahoma , d. 27 Jan 1984, Merced, Anderson County, California (Age 79 years)5. Alve Wayne Cassity, b. 10 Aug 1911, Oklahoma , d. 1 Mar 1955, San Joaquin, California (Age 43 years)Last Modified 15 Apr 2023 Family ID F903 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 2 Oct 1868 - Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri 
Married - 7 Jan 1894 - Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri 
Census - 1900 - Liberty, Sullivan County, Missouri 
Census - 1910 - Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma 
Census - 1930 - Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma 
Died - 20 Sep 1951 - Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma 
Buried - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Funeral services were held at the Apostolic Faith church if Balko on Sunday afternoon for W. A. CASSITY, who died in Alva, Okla. on September 18.
Rev. John H. Whipple of Balko conducted the final rites, assisted by Rev. Roy Wooster. Special singing was conducted by the Baptist quartet.
William Alonzo CASSITY, son of Peter T. CASSITY and Almeta HILL CASSITY, was born in Milan, Mo., on October 2, 1868, and departed this life on Sept. 18, 1951 at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 14 days.
From Missouri he moved into eastern Oklahoma in 1900, then came to Beaver county in 1904 and remained in that county for the remainder of his life. He filed a claim to a quarter section of land 17 miles southwest of Beaver.
He was married to Elizabeth M. ANDERSON on January 7, 1894, and to this union was born five children, four boys and one daughter. One son, Earl CASSITY, preceded him in death, also five brothers and three sisters.
He is survived by three sons, Charles CASSITY, Raleigh, Kansas, Lon CASSITY, Gardena, Calif., and Al CASSITY, Beaver, Okla.; one daughter, Mrs. Rosa REED, Merced, Calif.; one brother Pete CASSITY, Balko; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Elen CASSITY of Balko; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Ochiltree County Herald (TX)-September 27, 1951.
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- Funeral services were held at the Apostolic Faith church if Balko on Sunday afternoon for W. A. CASSITY, who died in Alva, Okla. on September 18.
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