Alva Lincoln Cassity
1886 - 1922 (35 years)
Generation: 1
1. 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. 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]