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Refer to CASSIDY rootsweb digest Vo8 #96
Hello,
I received the write up on the Cassady family for Halifax County Va. I am a
decedent of a
Daniel Cassady and Jane Mullins that came from Halifax County Va. I am hoping
you will
have information on this Daniel Cassady. I will give you as much information
as I have.
Daniel Cassady was born about 1779 in Halifax County Va. He died in 1860 in
Edgar Co.
IL. He married Jane Mullins who was the daughter of James Mullins and Mary
Toombs.
Jane Mullins was born in 1779 in Halifax County Va. Daniel and Jane had
eleven children.
I know three of them were Peter born in 1796, Parthenia Ann Cassady Lester
born July 6,
1811 and Lisa Jane born 1818. There is also a Major D Cassady listed in the
census that I
think is their son. He would have been born about 1816 in Va. Daniel
Cassady's father
came from Irland. The family was protestant. James Mullins the father of
Jane Mullins
served in the revolutionary war and was in the battle of King Mountain, North
Carolina.
Daniel Cassady was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was in the engagement
near Norfolk,
Va, in 1814, when the British attempted to reach and
capture the place after their repulse at Baltimore a short time previous.
Daniel Cassady
moved from North Danville, Pittsylvania county, Virginia to Hanover county,
Va. and
later moved to Kentucky settling between Paris and Danville in the bluegrass
section of
that state. His next move was in 1829 to Edgar county, Illinois where he made
a home on
Big Creek, three miles south west of Paris.
There is a Peter Cassady listed in the 1850 Edgar county IL census as age 54
born in
Halifax Co Va. Wife Prudence Harris Cassady born in Halifax Co Va - Children
Mary AE
age 25 born in Patrick Va - Ruth age 22 born in Patrick Va - Lucinda age 20
born in
Patrick Va - John age 16 born in Edgat Co IL - Peter Jr age 13 born in Edgar
Co. IL.
Also listed in the 1850 Edgar County IL census if Daniel Cassady age 30 born
in Patrick
Va. wife Abigail Parker Cassady age 22 born in Coles County IL. Children
James
Cassady age 5 born in Edgar Co IL - Marion Cassady age 3 born In Edgar Co IL.
-
George Washington Cassady 4/12 born in Edgar Co IL.
This family is the one I decend from. I am almost certain this Daniel is a
son of Peter
Cassady and a Grandson of the older Daniel. We have a picture of a Pete
Cassady that is
labeled as the younger brother of Dan Cassady that never married and Peter Jr.
is listed in
the Peter Cassady family above. I also know that this Peter Jr. never
married.
I would appreciate any information on this family and would be willing to
share
information that I have. I am interested in finding the names of Daniel
Cassady's parents.
I also find the name spelled in different ways on different documents but this
is the most
recent spelling and the spelling I have come across the most including land
records in
Edgar County IL.
Helen Cassady Dallas
dallas@advant.