Minerva Cassity
1847 - 1924 (77 years)-
Name Minerva Cassity Born 13 Mar 1847 Bath County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Census 1920 Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri Died 24 Oct 1924 Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri [2, 3, 4] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1924/1924_00033792.PDF
Buried 25 Oct 1924 Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri [3, 4] Person ID I2226 Hedges Last Modified 7 May 2023
Father Armstrong Russell Cassity, b. 21 Jul 1807, Montgomery County, Kentucky , d. 24 Sep 1881, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 74 years) Mother 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 [5] Family ID F891 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Morton Hawkins, b. 17 Sep 1838, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 4 Jul 1918, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 79 years) Married 2 Mar 1865 Linn County, Missouri [3, 4] Children 1. James Walter Hawkins, b. 1868, Missouri , d. 6 Jan 1869, Linn County, Missouri (Age 1 years)2. Albert Alva Hawkins, b. 11 Sep 1873, Linn County, Missouri , d. 4 Apr 1941, Jefferson Township, Linn County, Missouri (Age 67 years)3. Amota Jane Hawkins, b. 13 Oct 1876, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 27 Sep 1958, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri (Age 81 years)4. America Hawkins, b. 13 Oct 1876, Missouri , d. 13 Dec 1880, Linn County, Missouri (Age 4 years)Last Modified 19 Nov 2023 Family ID F993 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Mar 1847 - Bath County, Kentucky 
Married - 2 Mar 1865 - Linn County, Missouri 
Census - 1920 - Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri Died - 24 Oct 1924 - Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri 
Buried - 25 Oct 1924 - Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Minerva Cassity, daughter of Armstrong and Ruth Anne Cassity, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, Mar. 13, 1842. She came with her parents to Linn county, Mo., in 1851, being one of the early pioneer families of Linn County.
She was united in marriage to William M. Hawkins March 2, 1965. To this union four children were born, viz: Walter, Albert, America and Amota. Walter and America died in early childhood. She leaves to mourn her passing one son, Albert A. of Purdin, Mo., and one daughter, Mrs. Geo. Walker of Cora, Mo.; two granddaughters, Mrs. Luther DeVore and Miss Wilma Hawkins; two great grandchildren, Vera and Vernon DeVore; two sisters Mrs. American Moore and Mrs. Amanda Smith.
Since the death of her husband July 4, 1918, she has made her home with her daughter, where she died Oct. 24, 1924. She was 82 years, 7 months and 11 days old.
She united with the Christian church in her girlhood days and remained a loyal and devoted member until her death. Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Zion church by Rev. Underwood Saturday, Oct. 25, after which the body was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery near by to await the resurrection morn.
Mother is gone but not forgotten,
Never will her memory fade:
Sweetest thoughts will ever linger
Around the grave where she is laid.
The Milan Republican, Milan, Missouri. Thursday, 30 October 1924.
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- Minerva Cassity, daughter of Armstrong and Ruth Anne Cassity, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, Mar. 13, 1842. She came with her parents to Linn county, Mo., in 1851, being one of the early pioneer families of Linn County.
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