Frederica "Jennie: Fishback
1850 - 1916 (65 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Frederica "Jennie: Fishback was born on 20 Oct 1850 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky; died on 1 Jul 1916 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Jul 1916 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Attended Mother’s Funeral
Mrs. Bell Trumbo of Cherry Hill farm and her father, Mr. J.W. Cassity returned Monday from Brookfield, Mo. where they attended the burial at that place Sunday of Mrs. Trumbo’s mother, Mrs. Jennie Cassity. The later was aged 65 years, eight months and eleven day. She is survived by her husband J.W. Cassity and six children. Mrs. Bell Trumbo of Moberly being the eldest, Mrs. Ann Sherk of Browning, Mrs. Davis of Omaha, Mrs. Brott of Brookfield, Mrs. Roscoe Cassity of Brookfield and Mr. Alvy Cassity of Argentine, Kans. Mrs. Cassity was a member of the Christian Church.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Wednesday, 5 July 1916.
Mrs. Jennie Cassity, wife of J.W. Cassity of Brookfield, died Saturday, July 1, 19196, aged 65 years. The funeral occurred from the home of Roscoe Cassity, 517 Elliott street in Brookfield, a son of the deceased, Sunday afternoon.
The Chariton Courier, Keytesville, Missouri. Friday, 14 July 1916.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1916/1916_00025404.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143109366/frederica-cassity
Block 20, lot 14, site N4Frederica married William M. "John William" Cassity on 3 Jul 1866 in Linn County, Missouri. William (son of Armstrong Russell Cassity and Ruth Ann Trumbo) was born on 11 Jan 1840 in Kentucky; died on 24 May 1917 in Sugar Creek, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried on 25 May 1917 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. William E. Cassity
was born in Nov 1868 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 11 Aug 1912 in Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. - 3. Lucy Bell Cassity was born on 4 Sep 1871 in Holt County, Missouri; died on 11 Dec 1932 in Saling Township, Audrain County, Missouri; was buried on 13 Dec 1932.
- 4. Charles Walter Cassity was born in 1874 in Missouri.
- 5. Oscar A. Cassity was born on 15 Sep 1874 in Missouri; died on 26 Dec 1902 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- 6. James H. Cassity was born in Feb 1880 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 11 Dec 1915 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- 7. Ruth Ann Cassity was born on 6 Mar 1881 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 6 Sep 1925 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Sep 1925 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- 8. Nellie Cassity was born in 1885 in Missouri; died on 11 Sep 1934 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
- 9. Alva Lincoln Cassity was born on 6 Apr 1886 in Missouri; died on 26 Feb 1922 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
- 10. May Cassity was born in 1889 in Missouri.
- 11. Roscoe Cassity was born on 6 Oct 1891 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died in May 1975 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- 2. William E. Cassity
Generation: 2
2. William E. Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born in Nov 1868 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 11 Aug 1912 in Roodhouse, Greene County, Illinois; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
W.E. Cassity Dead.
William E. Cassity, formerly a Burlington employe residing in Brookfield, died at his home in Roodhouse, Illinois, Sunday, August 11, 1912, aged 43 years, 8 months and 29 days. The body was brought to this city Tuesday night. The funeral occurred from the residence of the parents of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Cassity, 403 West Helm street, Wednesday at 2:30 o’clock p.m., conducted by Rev. A.C. Tudor, Pastor of the United Brethren church. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen attended the service in a body. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery, in charge of R.N. Bowden. The pallbearers were B.R. Williams, F.C. Hurst, Floyd Stucker, Robert Harwood, F.C. Pitcher and C.D. Cox.
Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri. Saturday, 17 August 1912.
The remains of the late Edward William Cassity, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Cassity of Brookfield arrived at that city last Monday from Roodhouse, Illinois. Typhoid fever was the cause of death after a brief illness. Deceased was accompanied by his widow. He was 44 years old.
Chariton Courier, Keytesville, Missouri. Friday, 23 August 1912.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143109510/william-e.-cassity
Block 35, Lot 34, Site 013. Lucy Bell Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born on 4 Sep 1871 in Holt County, Missouri; died on 11 Dec 1932 in Saling Township, Audrain County, Missouri; was buried on 13 Dec 1932. Notes:
Mr. James W. Cassity of Brookfield, Mo., is visiting his daughter Mrs. Bell Trumbo, Cherry Hill, Mo. Mr. Cassidy is suffering a great deal yet from his hip, which he injured in a fall about 4 months ago.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Friday, 28 April 1916.
Wm. Cassity who has been quite sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bell Trumbo, is reported better.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Sunday, 27 August 1916.
William Cassity is ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bell Trumbo, of Cherry Hill Farm.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Saturday, 18 November 1916.
Attended Mother’s Funeral
Mrs. Bell Trumbo of Cherry Hill farm and her father, Mr. J.W. Cassity returned Monday from Brookfield, Mo. where they attended the burial at that place Sunday of Mrs. Trumbo’s mother, Mrs. Jennie Cassity. The later was aged 65 years, eight months and eleven day. She is survived by her husband J.W. Cassity and six children. Mrs. Bell Trumbo of Moberly being the eldest, Mrs. Ann Sherk of Browning, Mrs. Davis of Omaha, Mrs. Brott of Brookfield, Mrs. Roscoe Cassity of Brookfield and Mr. Alvy Cassity of Argentine, Kans. Mrs. Cassity was a member of the Christian Church.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Wednesday, 5 July 1916.
Mrs. Frank Trumbo Dies at Farm Home Near Middle Grove
Mrs. Frank Trumbo, 61, a resident of Moberly and the Middle Grove vicinity for the past 22 years, died about 10 o’clock last night at her farm home four miles south of Middle Grove. She had been in failing health for the past seven years.
Mr. and Mrs. Trumbo lived in Moberly from 1910 to 1927, when they moved to the farm south of Middle Grove.
Mrs. Trumbo is survived by her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Millie Davis, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Mae Brott, Kansas City; and a brother, Roscoe Cassity, Laclede, Mo.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Christian Church at Brookfield, Mo. The pastor, the Rev. Charles Cornn, will preach the sermon. Burial will be in the Brookfield cemetery.
The body will remain at the Snow-Leaverton Funeral Home until the funeral party leaves for Brookfield.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri. Monday, 12 December 1932.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1932/1932_00039120.PDF
Buried:
Burial location on Lucy's death certificate is Brookfield, Missouri.Family/Spouse: Franklin L. Trumbo. Franklin was born on 15 Jun 1865 in Illinois; died on 10 Jan 1941 in Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Charles Walter Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born in 1874 in Missouri. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. 
Oscar A. Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born on 15 Sep 1874 in Missouri; died on 26 Dec 1902 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: railroad laborer
Notes:
Another Railway Wreck
Yellow Creek Bridge the Scene of Another Accident.
From Brookfield Argus.
Misfortunes seems to never come singly. Yellow Creek was the scene of another wreck last Saturday morning and, as a result, Oscar Cassity, fireman of the pile driver, is dead and Ross Robbins was seriously hurt.
Work of repairing the damage done by the awful disaster the Saturday previous was in progress. The pile driver was on the bridge, and while lifting piling from below, became top heavy and went down, bottom side up. Mr. Cassidy who was fatally hurt, was brought to Brookfield and taken to the Q hotel where he died a few hours later. Mr. Robbins was taken to his home in South Brookfield and will recover.
The remains of Mr. Cassidy were taken to his home at Purdin in a special car.
The Laclede Blade, Laclede, Missouri. Saturday, 27 December 1902
Serious Accident Near Brookfield
While workmen were repairing the damage done by the recent wreck on the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad near Brookfield, a pile driver place on a temporary bridge became top-heavy and went below into the creek bottom side up, killing Oscar Cassity, fireman on the pile driver, and seriously injuring Ross Robbins.
The Star Herald, Belton, Missouri. Friday, 26 December 1902.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23798072/oscar-a-cassity6. James H. Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born in Feb 1880 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 11 Dec 1915 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Census: 1910, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa
Notes:
"Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 14 -- A. L. [sic] Cassity, Burlington switchman, died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning in an Omaha hospital from injuries received in the yards here Saturday at midnight. He leaves a wife and one small boy here, and a father and mother living in Missouri. Mr. Cassity was attempting to couple an engine to a coach and was crushed between them. The drawbar of the coach slipped downward and allowed the car and engine to come together. Mr. Cassity, who was a heavy man, was caught and crushed, so that after a lapse of an hour or so he lapse into unconsciousness." The Kearney Morning Times (Kearney, Nebraska), December 15, 1915
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255365897/james-h-cassityJames married Velma Myrtle Barnette on 29 Apr 1906 in Appanoose County, Iowa. Velma was born on 24 Mar 1886 in Missouri; died on 26 Feb 1974 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Earl Cassity was born on 29 Nov 1907 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 5 Oct 1983 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska.
7. Ruth Ann Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born on 6 Mar 1881 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 6 Sep 1925 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Sep 1925 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Brookfield Woman Dies of Peritonitus
Mrs. Ruth Anne Sherk, 44 years old, of Brookfield, died shortly before noon Sunday at the Grim-Smith Hospital. Mrs. Sherk was brought here and underwent an operation for the removal of the appendix. The operation had been delayed too long, and as a result, peritonitis developed. The body was shipped back to Brookfield for burial yesterday.
Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News, Kirksville, Missouri. Tuesday, 8 September 1925.
Mrs. Ruth Anne Sherk, of Brookfield, 44 years old, died at the Grim Smith hospital Sunday following an operation for appendicitis. The operation had been delayed too long and peritonitis developed. The body was taken to Brookfield Monday for burial.
The Kirksville Graphic, Kirksville, Missouri. Friday, 11 September 1925.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31679418/ruth-ann-sherk
Block 20, Lot 14, Site N6
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1925/1925_00028141.PDFRuth married John E. Sherk on 17 Apr 1888 in Linn County, Missouri. John was born in Mar 1867 in Illinois; died on 15 Feb 1932 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Bertie Sherk was born in Dec 1891 in Missouri.
- 14. John Emery Sherk was born on 15 Mar 1903 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 13 Dec 1954; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
- 15. Wayne Harold Sherk was born on 26 Feb 1910 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died in Mar 1976.
- 13. Bertie Sherk
8. Nellie Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born in 1885 in Missouri; died on 11 Sep 1934 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Notes:
Davis – Nellie, 2510 N. 33d St. entered into rest at a local hospital Tuesday afternoon at the age of 49 years. She is survived by her husband, J.R. Davis; two sons, F.M. and C.W. Davis and one daughter, Mrs. Fred King of Omaha; a brother, Roscoe Cassity of Brookfield, Mo.; a sister, Mrs. May Brott of Kansas City. Mo.
Funeral services Thursday, 2:30 p.m., at the Hulse & Riepen Home for Funerals. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska. Wednesday, 12 September 1934.
Buried:
From Obit: Burial at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, NebraskaNellie married Joseph Reuben Davis on 23 Dec 1898 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Joseph was born in 1872 in Missouri; died in May 1956 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Alva Lincoln Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born on 6 Apr 1886 in Missouri; died on 26 Feb 1922 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: railroad brakeman
- Census: 1920, Liberty Township, Coffey County, Kansas
Notes:
Alva L. Cassity Dead
Alva L. Cassity, a former resident of this city, died at the Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, last Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, pneumonia being the cause of the death. He was 35 years old and lived at 1124 S. 36th St., Kansas City, Kas.
Mr. Cassity was a Santa Fe brakeman on this run here for more than a year, and was relieved of his duties here by Don Rives. Mr. Cassity has many warm friends here who are sorry to learn of his death. Mrs. Orion Buchanan, of this city, is his step-daughter. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and of the order of Eastern Star.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. May Cassity and daughter, Miss Mildred Cassity of the above address and Mrs. Orion Buchanan of this city, and several brothers and sisters residing in different parts of Missouri.
The Gridley Light, Gridley, Coffey County, Kansas. Friday, 3 March 1922, page 1.
LKH notes:
Married Minnie May Triplett
Minnie Mae had first been married to James Thomas Hamilton (1871-1918) on 11 Jan 1899, and they had two daughters. Adah Mae Hamilton (1900-1956) and Mildred Maude Hamilton (1907-1997).
Adah married Orien M. Buchanan (1897-1982) in 1917. Before 1940 they divorced and Adah married Glen A. Larkin.
Mildred married three times, the last time to Raymond C. Schaffer (1899-1986) in 1941.
Adah’s obit gives her mother’s name as Mrs. Mae Allison living in Roswell, NM; her grandmother’s name as Mrs. Vivian Triplett, living in Washington; and her sister’s name as Mrs. Mildred M. Schaffer, living in Arlington Va.
Triplett, Minnie Mae, b. 27 Dec 1882; d. 24 Nov 1976
“From the Allied Families File
The Connector of the: Hamilton National Genealogical Society, Inc.
Allied Families Welcome.
April 1979.
When publishing from the Hamilton file we will omit the surname Hamilton. Members may request additional information on the following listings.
[there then follows 2 pages of alphabetical list in four columns: name, born, died, father. There is no information for Minnie under the column for father]
Info from Minnie Mae’s marriage to James Hamilton – her father was L.P. Triplett.
Info from census records and L.P. Triplett’s death certificate
Lemuel Perry Triplett m. Vivian Elizabeth Wing.
M. Mae Allison b.1882, d.1976
headstone matches Alva’s.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153096635/m-mae-allison
Larkin – Mrs. Adah M. Larkin, 55, of 906 East Thirtieth, died yesterday at St. Joseph hospital. She had been ill two weeks. Mrs. Larkin had operated Adah’s Beauty solon at 902 East Thirty-first eight years. She was born in Moberly, Mo., and had lived in the Kansas City area 35 years. Surviving are a son, Gilbert Buchanan, Parkville; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Holt, Whittier, Calif., and Mrs. Lenora Bales, St. Louis; her mother, Mrs. Mae Allison, Roswell, N.M.; her grandmother, Mrs. Vivian Triplett, Washington; a sister, Mrs. Mildred M. Schaffer, Arlington, Va., and four grandchildren. Services will be at 1 o’clock Wednesday at the Newcomer chapel. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery.
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City,Missouri. Monday, 31 December 1956.
Buried:
His name is spelled Alvia L. Cassity on his headstoneFamily/Spouse: Minnie Mae Triplett. Minnie was born in 1882 in Otoe, Otoe County, Nebraska; died on 24 Nov 1976 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
10. May Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born in 1889 in Missouri. Notes:
Died:
No census record after 1920. Mae (Cassity) Brott is listed as a survivor in 1932 obituary of her sister Lucy (Cassity) Trumbo. And in the 1934 obituary of her sister Nellie.
May married Calvin Osmand Brott on 17 Jan 1909 in Macon County, Missouri. Calvin was born on 15 Jul 1877 in Missouri; died on 26 May 1963 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 28 May 1963 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Roscoe Cassity (1.Frederica1) was born on 6 Oct 1891 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died in May 1975 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: railroad fireman
- Census: 1920, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1930, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri
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.
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.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126057368/roscoe-cassity
Block 22, Lot 08, Site 09Roscoe married Dora Rebecca McClure on 24 Mar 1912 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Dora was born on 27 Feb 1895 in Caldwell County, Missouri; died on 21 Mar 1985; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Calvin Elmer Cassity was born on 29 Mar 1913 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 9 Aug 1913 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 10 Aug 1913 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- 17. Mabel Helen Cassity was born on 26 Jul 1914 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Nov 1994 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; was buried in Parklawn Memory Gardens Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- 18. Edith May Cassity was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Jan 1921 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jan 1921 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
Generation: 3
12. Earl Cassity (6.James2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 29 Nov 1907 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 5 Oct 1983 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska. Notes:
Cassity – Earl, age 75 years of 617 So. 19th St. Survived by wife, Ann A.
Funeral services Sat. 10AM at Mortuary. Interment St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Gretna, NE. Visitation with family Fri. 6-8PM at Mortuary.
Fitch & Cole Chapel, Farnam at 36th St. 344-4777
Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska. Thursday, 6 October 1983.
Boy Says Stole Auto To Win Girls’ Favor
Dance Hall Check Boy Gives Police Names Three “Sheik Bandit” Suspects.
Caught in First “Job”
Earl Cassity, 17, check boy at a local dance hall, longed for a motor car so he could be popular with the girls, he told Detectives Buglewicz and Miklas after they had arrested him with a car they charge he stole a few minutes before from near the Grain Exchange.
“It was the first one I ever took,” the boy said. “I had experimented on a dozen or more, but never had been able to back them away from the curb. This one was parked so I could drive it forward.”
The officers arrested the boy when they spotted the stolen car in front of them.
Detective Miklas said the boy gave him names of three “sheik bandits” who had ben patronizing the dance hall where he and his mother, Mrs. Velma Cassidy, 620 South Seventeenth street, operated a check stand. They had confided hold ups in him, he said.
Earl was in jail last July after he shot himself through the hand while trying out some guns he and a chum said they took from a sporting goods house. He also was charged with being one of the gang which tried to haul away the safe from Pelton’s garage and abandoned both truck and safe. He was paroled at that time to his mother.
Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska. Sunday, 25 January 1925, page 3.
Dance Halls Blamed for Youth’s Fall
Poolhalls During Day and Girls at Night Demand Money, Boy Tells Police After Arrest
Names Companions
A round of pool halls in the day time and dance halls at night, indulged in by a group of Omaha boys whose names have not been made public, was described to detectives Saturday night by Earl Cassidy, 17, 620 South Seventeenth street, who was arrested for an alleged automobile theft.
Detectives Buglewicz and Micklas arrested young Cassidy late Saturday, after receiving a report that a car had been stolen from in front of the Grain Exchange building.
“Pardner” of Theft Suspect.
In this confession Cassiday admitted that he was a “pardner” of Orvis Bonham, 18, now in county jail awaiting trail for burglary. These two youths are believed by police to have attempted some 30 daring robberies, may of which turned out so badly that the youths’ efforts seems almost Don Quixotic.
One of the attempted robberies was at the Pelton garage, twenty-second and Farnam streets, in which the youths used an automobile wrecking derrick to lift a safe into a Stutz car. They then discovered that they could not operated the car in which they had place the safe, nor even start it.
Had Enough Guns to Start War.
Another of their exploits, young Cassidy told detectives, was the burglarizing of a sporting goods house, when they obtained enough guns to start a war, but found to their dismay that they didn’t know how to shoot them.
They persevered, however, establishing a rifle range north of Florence. But young Cassidy accidentally shot himself, and as a result he and Benham were arrested. Cassidy was arraigned in juvenile court and paroled to his mother, Mrs. Velma Cassidy, who operated the check stand at a dancing academy.
Young Cassidy defended the actions of the three boys whose names he gave to police, declaring that the cost of shooting pool and doing the dance halls necessitated the business of raising money in some manner. They have no time to earn money any way except by stealing it, the said, according to the detectives.
Perfects Ford Key.
Cassidy’s arrest occurred Saturday only a few minutes after he had taken the car. He said he had perfected a key for stealing Fords, but that he tried 17 before he succeeded in getting one of the temperamental machines under way. He explained that he was none too adept at driving any kind of car, and that he couldn’t back any out, but finally found one which stood parallel with the street. He had only drive as far as Eighteenth and Douglas streets, and was proceeding cautiously when the detectives discovered him, ran him into the curb and arrested him.
Cassidy steadfastly denied that he, himself, came under the sheik class. He declared he couldn’t’ dance, and really hadn’t intended to steal the car.
“I just wanted to take some girls for a ride,” he said.
Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha, Nebraska. Sunday, 25 January 1925, page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60214201/earl-cassityFamily/Spouse: Ann Barron. Ann was born on 4 Jan 1911 in Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska; died on 27 Mar 1992; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Bertie Sherk (7.Ruth2, 1.Frederica1) was born in Dec 1891 in Missouri. 14. John Emery Sherk (7.Ruth2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 15 Mar 1903 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 13 Dec 1954; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39477297/john-emery-sherk
Block 2015. Wayne Harold Sherk (7.Ruth2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 26 Feb 1910 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died in Mar 1976. 16. Calvin Elmer Cassity (11.Roscoe2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 29 Mar 1913 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 9 Aug 1913 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 10 Aug 1913 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Calvin Elmer, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Cassity, died Saturday, August 9, 1913, aged 4 months and 13 days. The funeral occurred from the family residence, 103 West Helm street, Brookfield, Sunday at 2:30 o’clock p.m. conducted by Rev. A.C. Tudor, pastor of the U.B. church.
Chariton Courier, Keytesville, Missouri. Friday, 22 August 1913, page 3.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1913/1913_00027241.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144607502/calvin-elmer-cassity17. Mabel Helen Cassity (11.Roscoe2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 26 Jul 1914 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Nov 1994 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; was buried in Parklawn Memory Gardens Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Helen Fields
Chillicothe, Mo. – Helen Fields, 80, Chillicothe, formerly of Brookfield, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 4, 1994, at the hospital in Chillicothe.
A homemaker, Mrs. Fields was born in Brookfield and had lived at Chillicothe for the past year and a half. She was a graduate of Brookfield High School.
Mrs. Fields was a member of Brookfield First Christian Church and the Burlington Veterans Auxiliary. She also was a 4-H leader.
In 1941, she married Arthur D. Fields at Brookfield. He died in 1990.
She also was preceded in death by an infant son, an infant brother and an infant sister.
Surviving: a daughter, Marilyn Manning of Chillicothe; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Service: 1:30 p.m. Monday, at Brookfield First Christian Church. Burial: Park Lawn Memorial Gardens, Brookfield. Family visitation: 6 to 7:30 tonight, at Rhodes Funeral Home, Brookfield, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sunday, 6 November 1994.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117325545/mabel-helen-fieldsMabel married Arthur Daniel Fields on 13 Apr 1941 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Arthur was born on 9 May 1916 in Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas; died on 24 Mar 1990 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Parklawn Memory Gardens Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
18. Edith May Cassity (11.Roscoe2, 1.Frederica1) was born on 21 Apr 1920 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Jan 1921 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jan 1921 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
The Baby Died
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Cassity have the sympathy of friends in the passing today of their baby daughter at the age of eight months.
The Brookfield Argus and the Linn County Farmer, Brookfield, Missouri. Tuesday, 4 January 1921, page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144607825/edith-may-cassity
Block 22, Lot 08, Site 06
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1921/1921_00001675.PDF