I was searching for JOHN C. CASSIDY, born about 1828 in either Greene Co,
MO, where he had property at about age 20 near Pond Creek, or according to
Census Records, he was born in Kentucky. Still unable to locate his
parents.
While searching, I found the following that might help someone.
From "History of Southeast Missouri" by Goodspeed, 1888
We find LUKE CASSIDY:
Born near Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, December 17, 1842
One of ten children born to THOMAS and ESTHER JANE (JACKSON) CASSIDY-
Thomas born in Breckenridge County, KY, in 1815 and Esther Jane born in
Elizabethtown, KY, in 1816. She died 1859. In 1888 living in Perry County,
IN. A second marriage to Mary Ann Sprinkle, and they had seven children.
LUKE served in Co D, 35th Indiana Infantry until March 20, 1864.
LUKE married MARY E MITCHELL, a daughter of LEONARD MITCHELL. She was
born in Perry County, IN, October 9, 1845 and died in Pemiscot County, MO,
March 22, 1887.
LUKE and MARY had twelve children:
Ellen J.
Mary A.
Thomas T.
John P.
Frances C.
Catherine E.
Ann I.
William H.
Joseph A.
Magdalena
Mary
Sarah H.
In 1888, LUKE is farming on property on which he located in 1873, in
Pemiscot County, MO. He was Democrat and a Catholic.