Peter Thompson Cassity
1876 - 1965 (89 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Peter Thompson Cassity was born in 15 Feb Jan 1876 in Cora, Missouri; died on 20 Mar 1965; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Liberty, Sullivan County, Missouri
- Census: 1910, Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1920, Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1930, Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1940, Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma
Notes:
MHR note: from letter from Albert Cassity, Golden Pond, KY. P.T. Cassity was last surviving child. Lived in Beaver, Oklahoma.
MRH note: He was called "Little Pete".
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23750329/peter-thompson-cassity
Row A, space 20Family/Spouse: Mary Ellen Anderson. Mary was born in Jul 1879 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 7 Mar 1963 in Oklahoma; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Howard Allen Cassity was born on 28 Apr 1899 in Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 29 Jun 1974 in Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma; was buried in Beaver Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver County, Oklahoma.
- 3. Lee Thompson Cassity was born on 26 Mar 1912 in Beaver County, Oklahoma; died on 31 Dec 1971; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma.
- 4. Leonard Harrison Cassity was born on 18 Apr 1914 in Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma; died on 30 Apr 1930 in Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma.
Generation: 2
2. Howard Allen Cassity (1.Peter1) was born on 28 Apr 1899 in Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 29 Jun 1974 in Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma; was buried in Beaver Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver County, Oklahoma. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17832183/howard-allen-cassityFamily/Spouse: Agnes Elizabeth Lawson. Agnes was born on 8 Jan 1904 in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma; died on 13 Feb 1997 in Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma; was buried in Beaver Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lee Thompson Cassity (1.Peter1) was born on 26 Mar 1912 in Beaver County, Oklahoma; died on 31 Dec 1971; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1940, Kokomo, Beaver County, Oklahoma
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23750226/lee-t-cassity
Row A, space 154. Leonard Harrison Cassity (1.Peter1) was born on 18 Apr 1914 in Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma; died on 30 Apr 1930 in Harris, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma. Notes:
Leonard Harrison Cassity, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Cassity of Balko, Oklahoma, departed this life, April 30, 1930, near Harris, Missouri, at the age of 16 years and 12 days.
He was born near Baldo, Okla., April 18, 1914. He leaves to mourn his death, his father and mother, four brothers, Howard, Delbert, Claude and Lee Cassity, a sister, Mrs. Iva Reed preceded him in death; a grandmother, two uncles, ten aunts and a host of relatives and friends.
Leonard, accompanied his father and mother to Lucune, Missouri, where his mother had been called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Louie Bobbs, While playing he ruptured a blood vessel in his arm with caused his death.
You who weep for him today,
Know you not that he has found
Footing on a surer ground?
He is done with care and pain,
Failure cannot strike again.
God has called him out of strife
To a cleaner, ampler life.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D.L. Jewett of Laverne.
The Herald-Democrat, Beaver, Oklahoma. Thursday, 22 May 1930
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23750249/lenord-h.-cassity
Row A, space 11