James Samuel Cash ("Sam"), the oldest son (second child) of Reason & Dolly Cash, was born on the family farm in Williamson County near McKinney Chapel on June 25, 1882. Sam only completed school through the third grade, but his daughters remember that he was quite good at math as a result of his construction work. At age 23, Sam Cash married Minnie Alice Kelley, also 23, on April 25, 1906. Minnie Kelley (born April 7, 1883) was the seventh child of Isaac and Elizabeth Francis (Lannom) Kelley. The newlyweds lived with Sam's parents for a while near Anna, Illinois. Sam & Minnie Cash then moved to Marion, Illinois. They lived in the southeast part of town near the C.E. & I. railroad tracks known as Gents Addition. By the winter of 1909, Sam had moved his family to an old log cabin just north of Goreville, Illinois. (On the hill just north of the Goreville Water Plant on the east side of the road.) The family later moved back to the northwest section of Marion near what was called the Brick Plant. Here large kilns were used for baking bricks.
Next the family moved to W. Main Street near where Memorial Hospital now stands. The family lived on the north side of the street. For a short while, the family lived on College Street near the railroad tracks, but Minnie was afraid there. When Marie Cash was in first grade, they lived on Hill Street just a half a block from Lincoln Grade School. Mary Eva, their fourth daughter, was born May 13, 1915 when the family lived on W. Maplewood in the last house in the first block.
On September 4, 1917, their fifth daughter, Anna Mae Cash, was born at another family residence on the south side of W. Maplewood just two houses from S. Vicksburg. Sam then bought four empty lots across from this house. He moved his house to the lot farthest to the east (910 W. Maplewood) and later sold the other three lots. Bertha Lee Cash, the sixth daughter, was born here January 17, 1919.
In total, eight children where born to Sam & Minnie Cash - Marie Ada Russell, Dimple Inez Rodgers, Myrtle Elizabeth Harper, Mary Eva Askew, Anna Mae Dodds, Bertha Lee Bloodworth. Two other children, Mable Louise and Charles Eugene died in infancy.
In the spring of 1919, Sam had what they called brain fever and for some time they thought he might not live.
During the winters, Sam worked at the coal mines near Johnston City and then near West Frankfort. Usually the miners would go on strike about April 1 and stay out until September. During the strikes, Sam would work moving houses, digging basements and pouring sidewalks. Sometimes even cutting trees, anything to get money to feed his family. While helping put a floor in a box car, Sam became extremely overheated and was quite sick for a while.
Sam was in the West Frankfort mines when a tornado blew the tipple away. He and his fellow workers had to climb over 300 feet to get out of the mines. Because the washroom had also been toppled in the storm, Sam returned home covered with black coal dust.
Sam later got a maintenance job on state highway 37 from Marion south. He worked there until he retired. Sam's nickname was "Lightning" because of the tall tales he was famous for telling.
In the spring of 1953, Sam was diagnosed with nephritis (kidney infection) and by Mother's Day he was quite ill. Dimple was called home from Kankakee, Illinois on the last day of school when her father was taken to the new Memorial Hospital at Marion. Sam Cash died on June 19, 1953, and is buried at Cana Cemetery north of Goreville, Illinois.
Next the family moved to W. Main Street near where Memorial Hospital now stands. The family lived on the north side of the street. For a short while, the family lived on College Street near the railroad tracks, but Minnie was afraid there. When Marie Cash was in first grade, they lived on Hill Street just a half a block from Lincoln Grade School. Mary Eva, their fourth daughter, was born May 13, 1915 when the family lived on W. Maplewood in the last house in the first block.
On September 4, 1917, their fifth daughter, Anna Mae Cash, was born at another family residence on the south side of W. Maplewood just two houses from S. Vicksburg. Sam then bought four empty lots across from this house. He moved his house to the lot farthest to the east (910 W. Maplewood) and later sold the other three lots. Bertha Lee Cash, the sixth daughter, was born here January 17, 1919.
In total, eight children where born to Sam & Minnie Cash - Marie Ada Russell, Dimple Inez Rodgers, Myrtle Elizabeth Harper, Mary Eva Askew, Anna Mae Dodds, Bertha Lee Bloodworth. Two other children, Mable Louise and Charles Eugene died in infancy.
In the spring of 1919, Sam had what they called brain fever and for some time they thought he might not live.
During the winters, Sam worked at the coal mines near Johnston City and then near West Frankfort. Usually the miners would go on strike about April 1 and stay out until September. During the strikes, Sam would work moving houses, digging basements and pouring sidewalks. Sometimes even cutting trees, anything to get money to feed his family. While helping put a floor in a box car, Sam became extremely overheated and was quite sick for a while.
Sam was in the West Frankfort mines when a tornado blew the tipple away. He and his fellow workers had to climb over 300 feet to get out of the mines. Because the washroom had also been toppled in the storm, Sam returned home covered with black coal dust.
Sam later got a maintenance job on state highway 37 from Marion south. He worked there until he retired. Sam's nickname was "Lightning" because of the tall tales he was famous for telling.
In the spring of 1953, Sam was diagnosed with nephritis (kidney infection) and by Mother's Day he was quite ill. Dimple was called home from Kankakee, Illinois on the last day of school when her father was taken to the new Memorial Hospital at Marion. Sam Cash died on June 19, 1953, and is buried at Cana Cemetery north of Goreville, Illinois.
James Samuel Cash ("Sam"), the oldest son (second child) of Reason & Dolly Cash, was born on the family farm in Williamson County near McKinney Chapel on June 25, 1882. Sam only completed school through the third grade, but his daughters remember that he was quite good at math as a result of his construction work. At age 23, Sam Cash married Minnie Alice Kelley, also 23, on April 25, 1906. Minnie Kelley (born April 7, 1883) was the seventh child of Isaac and Elizabeth Francis (Lannom) Kelley. The newlyweds lived with Sam's parents for a while near Anna, Illinois. Sam & Minnie Cash then moved to Marion, Illinois. They lived in the southeast part of town near the C.E. & I. railroad tracks known as Gents Addition. By the winter of 1909, Sam had moved his family to an old log cabin just north of Goreville, Illinois. (On the hill just north of the Goreville Water Plant on the east side of the road.) The family later moved back to the northwest section of Marion near what was called the Brick Plant. Here large kilns were used for baking bricks.
Next the family moved to W. Main Street near where Memorial Hospital now stands. The family lived on the north side of the street. For a short while, the family lived on College Street near the railroad tracks, but Minnie was afraid there. When Marie Cash was in first grade, they lived on Hill Street just a half a block from Lincoln Grade School. Mary Eva, their fourth daughter, was born May 13, 1915 when the family lived on W. Maplewood in the last house in the first block.
On September 4, 1917, their fifth daughter, Anna Mae Cash, was born at another family residence on the south side of W. Maplewood just two houses from S. Vicksburg. Sam then bought four empty lots across from this house. He moved his house to the lot farthest to the east (910 W. Maplewood) and later sold the other three lots. Bertha Lee Cash, the sixth daughter, was born here January 17, 1919.
In total, eight children where born to Sam & Minnie Cash - Marie Ada Russell, Dimple Inez Rodgers, Myrtle Elizabeth Harper, Mary Eva Askew, Anna Mae Dodds, Bertha Lee Bloodworth. Two other children, Mable Louise and Charles Eugene died in infancy.
In the spring of 1919, Sam had what they called brain fever and for some time they thought he might not live.
During the winters, Sam worked at the coal mines near Johnston City and then near West Frankfort. Usually the miners would go on strike about April 1 and stay out until September. During the strikes, Sam would work moving houses, digging basements and pouring sidewalks. Sometimes even cutting trees, anything to get money to feed his family. While helping put a floor in a box car, Sam became extremely overheated and was quite sick for a while.
Sam was in the West Frankfort mines when a tornado blew the tipple away. He and his fellow workers had to climb over 300 feet to get out of the mines. Because the washroom had also been toppled in the storm, Sam returned home covered with black coal dust.
Sam later got a maintenance job on state highway 37 from Marion south. He worked there until he retired. Sam's nickname was "Lightning" because of the tall tales he was famous for telling.
In the spring of 1953, Sam was diagnosed with nephritis (kidney infection) and by Mother's Day he was quite ill. Dimple was called home from Kankakee, Illinois on the last day of school when her father was taken to the new Memorial Hospital at Marion. Sam Cash died on June 19, 1953, and is buried at Cana Cemetery north of Goreville, Illinois.
Next the family moved to W. Main Street near where Memorial Hospital now stands. The family lived on the north side of the street. For a short while, the family lived on College Street near the railroad tracks, but Minnie was afraid there. When Marie Cash was in first grade, they lived on Hill Street just a half a block from Lincoln Grade School. Mary Eva, their fourth daughter, was born May 13, 1915 when the family lived on W. Maplewood in the last house in the first block.
On September 4, 1917, their fifth daughter, Anna Mae Cash, was born at another family residence on the south side of W. Maplewood just two houses from S. Vicksburg. Sam then bought four empty lots across from this house. He moved his house to the lot farthest to the east (910 W. Maplewood) and later sold the other three lots. Bertha Lee Cash, the sixth daughter, was born here January 17, 1919.
In total, eight children where born to Sam & Minnie Cash - Marie Ada Russell, Dimple Inez Rodgers, Myrtle Elizabeth Harper, Mary Eva Askew, Anna Mae Dodds, Bertha Lee Bloodworth. Two other children, Mable Louise and Charles Eugene died in infancy.
In the spring of 1919, Sam had what they called brain fever and for some time they thought he might not live.
During the winters, Sam worked at the coal mines near Johnston City and then near West Frankfort. Usually the miners would go on strike about April 1 and stay out until September. During the strikes, Sam would work moving houses, digging basements and pouring sidewalks. Sometimes even cutting trees, anything to get money to feed his family. While helping put a floor in a box car, Sam became extremely overheated and was quite sick for a while.
Sam was in the West Frankfort mines when a tornado blew the tipple away. He and his fellow workers had to climb over 300 feet to get out of the mines. Because the washroom had also been toppled in the storm, Sam returned home covered with black coal dust.
Sam later got a maintenance job on state highway 37 from Marion south. He worked there until he retired. Sam's nickname was "Lightning" because of the tall tales he was famous for telling.
In the spring of 1953, Sam was diagnosed with nephritis (kidney infection) and by Mother's Day he was quite ill. Dimple was called home from Kankakee, Illinois on the last day of school when her father was taken to the new Memorial Hospital at Marion. Sam Cash died on June 19, 1953, and is buried at Cana Cemetery north of Goreville, Illinois.
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