Alonzo Morton Cassity
1851 - 1915 (63 years)-
Name Alonzo Morton Cassity Born 2 May 1851 Lee County, Iowa [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Occupation farmer [4] Census 1900 Polk, Sullivan County, Missouri Census 1910 Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri Died 8 Apr 1915 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1915/1915_00013405.PDF
Buried 9 Apr 1915 Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1, 3, 4] Person ID I1796 Hedges Last Modified 16 Sep 2023
Father Peter Thompson Cassity, b. 15 Apr 1811, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 25 Sep 1889, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 78 years) Mother Lydia West Evans, b. 22 Feb 1811, Montgomery County, Kentucky , d. 6 Mar 1887, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 76 years) Married 24 Oct 1831 Fleming County, Kentucky [1, 7] Family ID F893 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann Swiggart, b. 8 Mar 1849, Scottsville, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 7 May 1922, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 73 years) Children 1. Alfred Thompson Cassity, b. 6 Oct 1872, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 28 Feb 1947, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 74 years) 2. Raleigh Dale Cassity, b. 20 Aug 1882, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 15 Nov 1968, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 86 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F914 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Missouri death certificate
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set
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Headstones Cassity Alonzo Morton 1851-1915, Sarah Ann Swiggart 1849-1922 Cassity Alonzo Morton, Sarah Ann Swiggart
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Notes - MHR note: Alonzo and Sarah Ann were baptised by William R. Hedges.
[1] - 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.
[6] - 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.
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- MHR note: Alonzo and Sarah Ann were baptised by William R. Hedges.
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