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Wilbur Bruce Cassady

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Wilbur Bruce Cassady

Birth
Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Apr 1972 (aged 77)
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Wilbur married:
(1) Doris Jeniveve CULLINS before 1915. They had one child: Lee Llewellyn CASSDY.
(2) Vera Olive CULLINS (1899-1921) in 1916. They had one child: Murrel George CASSADY.
(3) Marie Albina ROMERO on 17 Feb 1922 in Socorro Co NM. They had four children: William L, James Henry, Mary Margarette (adopted) & Betty CASSADY. Wilbur & Marie divorced in Oct 1938 per the Albuquerque Journal newspaper article, but must have reconciled since they are together on the 1950 Census.

Wilbur was convicted of the murder of Rosa Garcia on 21 November 1937. He shot, mutilated her, and left her body on the side of a road in Rio Salado near Socorro, New Mexico. (Per FAG Volunteer, Philip Trevino, FAG #49843909) He was in the NM State Prison on the 1940 Census.

See attached obituary.

Other children (not found or still alive as of 2024): William Lovett "Bill" Cassady (born 1922) and Betty Louise Cassady Gehrman Kish Jones (born around 1932-33; 1951 marriage announcement to John Wesley (or Weston) Gehrman has been found).
Wilbur married:
(1) Doris Jeniveve CULLINS before 1915. They had one child: Lee Llewellyn CASSDY.
(2) Vera Olive CULLINS (1899-1921) in 1916. They had one child: Murrel George CASSADY.
(3) Marie Albina ROMERO on 17 Feb 1922 in Socorro Co NM. They had four children: William L, James Henry, Mary Margarette (adopted) & Betty CASSADY. Wilbur & Marie divorced in Oct 1938 per the Albuquerque Journal newspaper article, but must have reconciled since they are together on the 1950 Census.

Wilbur was convicted of the murder of Rosa Garcia on 21 November 1937. He shot, mutilated her, and left her body on the side of a road in Rio Salado near Socorro, New Mexico. (Per FAG Volunteer, Philip Trevino, FAG #49843909) He was in the NM State Prison on the 1940 Census.

See attached obituary.

Other children (not found or still alive as of 2024): William Lovett "Bill" Cassady (born 1922) and Betty Louise Cassady Gehrman Kish Jones (born around 1932-33; 1951 marriage announcement to John Wesley (or Weston) Gehrman has been found).


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