Roscoe Cassity
1891 - 1975 (83 years)-
Name Roscoe Cassity Born 6 Oct 1891 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation railroad fireman Census 1920 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Census 1930 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Died May 1975 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri [3] Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri [3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126057368/roscoe-cassity
Block 22, Lot 08, Site 09
Person ID I4476 Hedges Last Modified 9 May 2023
Father William M. "John William" Cassity, b. 11 Jan 1840, Kentucky , d. 24 May 1917, Sugar Creek, Randolph County, Missouri (Age 77 years) Mother Frederica "Jennie: Fishback, b. 20 Oct 1850, Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky , d. 1 Jul 1916, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 65 years) Married 3 Jul 1866 Linn County, Missouri Family ID F1109 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dora Rebecca McClure, b. 27 Feb 1895, Caldwell County, Missouri , d. 21 Mar 1985 (Age 90 years) Married 24 Mar 1912 Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Children 1. Calvin Elmer Cassity, b. 29 Mar 1913, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri , d. 9 Aug 1913, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 0 years)2. Mabel Helen Cassity, b. 26 Jul 1914, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri , d. 4 Nov 1994, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri (Age 80 years)3. Edith May Cassity, b. 21 Apr 1920, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri , d. 4 Jan 1921, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 0 years)Last Modified 6 Nov 2021 Family ID F1970 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 Oct 1891 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri 
Married - 24 Mar 1912 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Census - 1920 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Census - 1930 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri Died - May 1975 - Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri 
Buried - - Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Roscoe was the s/o William and Fredricka Fishback Cassity. He married Dora McClure. He was the last surviving of twelve children.
He is survived by his wife, daughter, Helen Fields, and a granddaughter, Marilyn Manning, three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son and daughter.
He was a retired engineer for the Burlington Railroad.
[3, 4] - Elmer Daugherty Committed Suicide Coroner’s Jury Says
Fireman Stops Burlington Train No.17 When He Looks Up and Find Engineer Gone; Evidence Brought Out That He Had Trouble With Burlington.
Engineer Elmer Daugherty, about 60 years old, who lived at Brookfield, left his throttle of Burlington train No.17 and leaped to his death in East Fork, early this morning, Coroner W. A. Welsh’s jury decided shortly before noon today after hearing evidence in the case.
The jury was composed of Frank Cook, foreman, H.F. Pike, Dan Davis, Richard Via, D.M. Halliburton and Johnny Brammer.
Roscoe Cassity, fireman, who was the only man in the engineer with Daugherty after the train left Macon, stated that he saw mothering unusual in Daugherty’s actions and knew of no reason for his being away from his throttle. Cassity described how he was working and all events immediately succeeding his discovery that Dougherty was not at the engine controls.
It was brought out that Dougherty who had been with the Burlington for 37 years, had an accident about two weeks ago almost at the identical spot of his tragic death and that he was “in trouble” with the company over it.
[there then follows a lengthy transcript of the deposition, including Roscoe Cassity’s testimony.]
Macon Chronicle-Herald, Macon Missouri. Wednesday, 3 July 1929, page 1.
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- Roscoe was the s/o William and Fredricka Fishback Cassity. He married Dora McClure. He was the last surviving of twelve children.
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