Dorothea Elender Cassity: Hedges Genealogy

1915 - 1988 (72 years)

Generation: 1

Dorothea Elender Cassity was born on 16 Sep 1915 in Dove Creek, Dolores County, Colorado (daughter of William Raymond Cassity and Clara Mae Stanley); died on 6 Apr 1988; was buried in Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141463185/dorothea-elender-leslie

Block 9, Lot 15, Qtr Se Sp 2

Dorothea married Luther Clemons Leslie on 6 Jul 1932 in Monticello, San Juan County, Utah. Luther was born on 8 Jan 1908 in Millersville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri; died on 31 Aug 1983; was buried in Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

William Raymond Cassity was born on 11 Mar 1893 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (son of James Armstrong Cassity and Loula Hartin); died on 4 May 1923 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; was buried in Cahone Cemetery, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado, US.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13393027/william-raymond-cassity

William married Clara Mae Stanley. Clara was born on 18 Nov 1896 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; died on 19 Jun 1979 in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara Mae Stanley was born on 18 Nov 1896 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; died on 19 Jun 1979 in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado
Census: 1940, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Notes:

LKH note: By 1930 Clara had remarried. Her second marrige was to Paul Pangburn. In the 1930 US census, three of her children by W. R. Cassity were living with her, as was her father, John Stanley, listed as widower. In the 1940 US census, one of Cassity son (age 18) is still living with her, as is her mother Delia, listed as Delia E. Randolph and a widow.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94541744/clara-may-pangburn

Sheltering Trees, Map 2, Lot 2613, Space 3

Children:

1. Dorothea Elender Cassity was born on 16 Sep 1915 in Dove Creek, Dolores County, Colorado; died on 6 Apr 1988; was buried in Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado.
Adaline Emma Cassity was born on 6 Jan 1920 in Colorado; died on 22 Apr 1986 in Orange County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California.
Lenville Raymond Cassity was born on 25 Mar 1922 in Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado; died on 25 Oct 1999 in Coalinga, Fresno County, California; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Coalinga, Fresno County, California.

Generation: 3

James Armstrong Cassity was born on 10 Jan 1859 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Elizabeth Ann Pierce); died on 14 Mar 1930 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; was buried in Cahone Cemetery, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado, US.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Tiger Township, Creek County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13393032/james-armstrong-cassity

simple metal marker

James married Loula Hartin. Loula was born on 3 Jun 1869 in Mississippi; died on 23 May 1954 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Loula Hartin was born on 3 Jun 1869 in Mississippi; died on 23 May 1954 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Graveside Services Held for Mrs. Cassity
Graveside services were held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fairlawn Cemetery Tuttle for Mrs. Loula Hartin Cassity. Brother Lewis Gibbs officiated.
She was born June 3, 1869 and died in Santa Ana, Calif., May 23, 1954.
Mrs. Cassity was a former Tuttle resident and it was her desire and request to be laid to rest in the Tuttle cemetery where she would be surrounded by her relatives and friends.
She was a sister to the late J.L. and Walter Hartin.
Survivors are her three sisters, Mrs. O.D. Grittin, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mrs. Bertha Kramer, Tulsa; and Mrs. Alice Carlisle of Dallas and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Minco Minstrel, Minco, Oklahoma. Thursday, 10 June 1954.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57646434/loula-g-cassity

Children:

Grace Laverne Cassity was born on 22 Jun 1889 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 19 Dec 1977 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; was buried in Cortez Cemetery, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado.
2. William Raymond Cassity was born on 11 Mar 1893 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 May 1923 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; was buried in Cahone Cemetery, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado, US.

Generation: 4

Peter Thompson Cassity was born in 1830 in Bath County, Kentucky (son of Armstrong Russell Cassity and Ruth Ann Trumbo); died on 13 Sep 1893; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Census: 1860, Linn County, Missouri
Census: 1870, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri
Census: 1880, Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7433589/peter-thompson-cassity

Note on Find a Grave states that Peter Thompson Cassity is said to be buried at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, but no gravestone has been found.

Peter married Elizabeth Ann Pierce on 6 Feb 1860 in Linn County, Missouri. Elizabeth (daughter of James Madison Pierce and Talitha C. Merrick) was born on 12 Oct 1842 in Missouri; died on 25 Mar 1921 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Mar 1921 in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Ann Pierce was born on 12 Oct 1842 in Missouri (daughter of James Madison Pierce and Talitha C. Merrick); died on 25 Mar 1921 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Mar 1921 in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Horeb, Marion County, Oregon
Census: 1920, Tiger Township, Creek County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1921/1921_00008088.PDF

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43146050/elizabeth-ann-cassity

Children:

4. James Armstrong Cassity was born on 10 Jan 1859 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 14 Mar 1930 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; was buried in Cahone Cemetery, Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado, US.
Robert Cassity was born about 1861 in Missouri; died about 1871; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
Wallace Cassity was born about 1865 in Missouri; died in 1868.
Wilson Cassity was born about 1867; died about 1867.
David Crockett Cassity was born on 10 Feb 1869 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 24 Sep 1925 in Clay County, Missouri; was buried on 26 Sep 1925 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
Emma Frances Cassity was born on 11 Dec 1876 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 21 Jul 1951 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried on 24 Jul 1951 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
Charles Madison Cassity was born on 24 May 1878 in Walla Walla, Washington; died in Sep 1915 in Walla Walla, Washington; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
Mary F. Cassity was born about 1864 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died about 1869 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.

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