Sarah Grace Van Horn
1850 - 1917 (67 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Sarah Grace Van Horn was born on 2 Mar 1850 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 6 Apr 1917 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Apr 1917 in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1917/1917_00016235.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143105267/sarah-g-cassitySarah married William Harrison Cassity on 16 Dec 1876. William (son of William T. Cassity and Dorothy Trumbo) was born on 21 Jan 1841 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 24 Feb 1911 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Feb 1911 in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Franklin Elliott Cassity
was born on 10 Aug 1878 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Jun 1955 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jun 1955 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. - 3. James Adam "Addie" Cassity was born on 14 Sep 1883; died on 3 Jan 1889 in Missouri; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- 2. Franklin Elliott Cassity
Generation: 2
2. 
Franklin Elliott Cassity (1.Sarah1) was born on 10 Aug 1878 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Jun 1955 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jun 1955 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Census: 1910, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1920, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1930, New Boston, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1940, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri
Notes:
Frank Cassity, Purdin, Passes Away June 3rd
Franklin Elliott Cassity, a Linn County native and a 32nd degree Mason, died Friday morning, June 3, 1955, at a hospital at Kirksville.
Mr. Cassity was a member of the First Christian Church in Brookfield.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, June 6, at 2 o’clock, in the Methodist Church in Purdin, conducted by the rev. William Icenogle, of Kansas City. Interment was made in the Purdin Cemetery under the direction of the Hill Funeral Home.
Franklin Elliott, son of Harrison and Sarah Cassity, was born in Linn County on Aug. 10, 1876. On Sept. 23, 1903, he married Miriam Puckett.
Mr. Cassity is survived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam Cassity of the home, 2 miles east of Purdin; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Schwengle, Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. Florence Sears, Davenport, Iowa; two grandchildren, Franklin and Dorothy Schwengle, Davenport, Iowa.
Mr. Cassity was preceded in death by his father and mother and one brother, Addie.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 9 June 1955.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23797157/franklin-elliott-cassity
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1955/1955_00014509.PDFFranklin married Miriam Florence Puckett on 23 Sep 1903 in Leon, Iowa. Miriam was born on 29 Mar 1876 in Tuscola, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 23 Mar 1969 in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Clara Ethel Cassity was born on 6 Aug 1909 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Aug 2011 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia; was buried in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
- 5. Florence Cassity was born in 1912 in Missouri.
3. 
James Adam "Addie" Cassity (1.Sarah1) was born on 14 Sep 1883; died on 3 Jan 1889 in Missouri; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
MHR note: James Adam Cassity was called "Addie".
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150355623/addie-cassity
Generation: 3
4. Clara Ethel Cassity (2.Franklin2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 6 Aug 1909 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Aug 2011 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia; was buried in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Notes:
Ethel Schwengel, widow of former Congressman Fred Schwengel, died of a heart attack on August 30, 2011, in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 102.
Clara Ethel Schwengel was born on August 6, 1909, on the family farm near Purdin, Missouri. She was the daughter of Frank and Miriam Cassity. After attending a rural school, she graduated from Purdin High School in 1927. In 1932 she graduated from Truman State University which at the time was known as Kirksville State Teachers College.
While a student, she married Frederic Schwengel on August 15, 1931, at Unionville, Missouri. Following graduation she and her husband lived in Kirksville where Mr. Schwengel was a high school teacher and coach.
After the Schwengels moved to Davenport, Iowa, Mrs. Schwengel was a physical education director there from 1943-46. She was member of the PEO in Davenport and later in Washington, D.C. In Davenport she was also a member of the Iowa Chapters of Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile, the Alpha Sigma Alpha Social Sorority and the Calvary Baptist Church, where she was an active member. She was a member of the Scott County Girls Scout Council and was a Chairman Emeritus of the YWCA Board there.
In 1944 her husband was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives and in 1954 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served from 1955 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1973. Mrs. Schwengel joined the Congressional Club in 1955 and remained a member until her death. During the years she lived in Washington area she was also a member of the PEO (Chapter AD of the District of Columbia).
During the years that her husband was in public office, Ethel Schwengel was a strong presence in public life as well. She campaigned for her husband, but was even more important as a calm influence in keeping the Schwengel household in hand. She was a gracious and wonderful hostess, often responding to last minute calls from her husband about some additional people for the dinner table. During their years in Washington, D.C., the Schwengels hosted “Week in Washington” college students for many years. She supported her husband’s efforts to collect antiques and Abraham Lincoln memorabilia, always arranging for it to be appropriated displayed in the Schwengel house.
Throughout their 61 years of marriage Ethel and Fred Schwengel had a large extended family. They raised two children, Frank and Dorothy. But, immediately after marrying, their home became home to Fred’s brother Forrest and sister Helene. Then Fred’s widowed Mother, Margaret, joined the household. Later Ethel’s Mother was with them. Following World War II the Schwengels opened their home in Davenport to eleven displaced persons from Poland, helping them learn the English language, find jobs and become US citizens.
In 1966 their grandson Robert Schwengel joined the household. When he left for college in 1978, it was the first time in 48 years of marriage that Ethel and Fred Schwengel were without extended family in their household.
After Mr. Schwengel left Congress in 1973, Fred and Ethel continued to make their home in Arlington, Virginia. Mrs. Schwengel was active in the work of the Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. She was a member of the Women’s Missionary Union, the Lucia Green Circle and of the Washington Baptist Fellowship. She was active in supporting the work of the US Capitol Historical Society which her husband headed until his death in 1993. She was a member of the Honorary Board of the Society. The lifetime Schwengel collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia was donated to Truman State University as the Fred and Ethel Schwengel Collection. In 1998 Ethel Schwengel received the President’s Leadership Award from Truman State University.
In 1995 she participated in the ceremony that named the Interstate 80 bridge near Davenport, Iowa, as the Fred Schwengel Bridge.
Mrs. Schwengel was an accomplished bridge player and played regularly past the age of 95. In 1995 Mrs. Schwengel left her home of 37 years in Arlington, Virginia, and moved to the Jefferson, a retirement community at Ballston, Virginia.
Ethel Schwengel is survived by two children, Frank D. Schwengel (and his wife Gwen) of Santa Monica, California and Dorothy S. Cosby (and her husband Neale) of Alexandria, Virginia. In addition, Mrs. Schwengel had five grandsons (Robert Schwengel, Cameron Cosby, Scott Cosby, Kris Schwengel, and Kurt Schwengel) and nine great grandchildren (Riley, Caitlin, Elizabeth, John, Kane, Cole, Blaine, Leia, and Woody).
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75955753/clara-ethel-schwengelClara married Frederick Delbert Schwengel in 1931. Frederick was born on 28 May 1906 in Sheffield, Franklin County, Iowa; died on 1 Apr 1993 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia; was buried in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Florence Cassity (2.Franklin2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1912 in Missouri.