| Birth: | Mar. 30, 1838
Hunterstown
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Feb. 6, 1918
Dickinson County
Kansas, USA | 
Civil War Veteran
87th Pennsylvania Infantry in Co. H
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The son of John & Mary Ann (Phillips) Cassat, in 1860 he lived and/or worked for farmer Jacob H. Lerew in Franklin Township, York County, Pennsylvania, but his family lived in Hunterstown, Straban County, Adams County, Pennsylvania. A shoemaker by trade, he stood 5' 7" tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 8, 1861, mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry in Co. H, formed mostly of men from the Wellsville, York County, area. He was captured at the battle of Carter's Woods June 15, 1863, and spent almost all his prison time in a Confederate hospital. Paroled, he was sent to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, where he deserted but returned on his own and rejoined the regiment on October 12, 1863. During March 1864, he severely sprained his right ankle and was discharged by surgeon's April 25, 1864. He claimed that the sprained ankle caused all his limbs to become useless.
He married Mary Francena Freeman November 3, 1864, and fathered Clara Anna Estella (b. 08/30/65), Edgar Jacob (b. 01/12/67), Effie Blanche (b. 06/03/70), Charlie Henry (b. 12/25/72 - died), Carl Milton (b. 10/24/78), and Inez Ella (b. 06/10/80 - died). He worked as caretaker for Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College before he moved his family to Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, in 1877. Over a period of twenty-three years, he suffered six ax wounds to his ankles but somehow managed to die with both feet still attached.
Above information provided by Dennis Brandt (#47232334)
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Parents:
John C Cassat (1808 - 1866)
Spouse:
Mary Francena Freeman Cassat (1838 - 1911)
Children:
Clara Anna Estell Cassatt Swords (1865 - 1915)*
Effie Blanch Cassat (1870 - 1954)*
Carl Milton Cassat (1878 - 1925)*
Inez E Cassat (1880 - 1896)*
Siblings:
Samuel W. Cassat (1838 - 1918)
Michael Cassat (1841 - 1889)*
Peter Graft Cassat (1843 - 1909)*
William Gulden Cassatt (1856 - 1927)*
Rachel Agnes Cassat (1858 - 1859)*
*Calculated relationship
| | | Burial:
Abilene Cemetery
Abilene
Dickinson County
Kansas, USA
Plot: Blk 11, Lot 13 |
Created by: Mayflower Pilgrim 332
Record added: Apr 16, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 35932687 |
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