Daughter of William and Matilda (Long) Laugh. Cassander (not Cassandra) first wed a Mr. George A. Bixby. They wed in Adams county, Illinois, on 30 November, 1865. He was in the Civil War. He was later granted a pension, and then she was granted a pension as his widow.
George and Cassander (Laugh) Bixby had daughters: Emma J., and Georgia Ann ("Annie".)
Cassander also wrote an affidavit to help her nieces, daughters of Cassander's sister Ann Eliza Laugh with Penuel Leake, civil war veteran. She signed her name "Cassander." Cassander was her given name, though it was often misspelled (especially in newspaper clippings), as "Cassandra."
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Married Charles E. Diendorf, aged 48, a leather cutter for a shoe making company, on 22 July 1903 in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former Quincyan. They had known one another a long time. She was living at St. Vincent's Home for the aged, in Quincy, and he lived and worked in St. Louis. They moved together to St. Louis after marrying. She died the following January.
Cassander (Laugh) Bixby Diendorf is buried beside her first husband. Cemetery notes tell us: "Widow Bixby, nee Laugh. Beloved wife of Charles Diendorf."
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George and Cassander (Laugh) Bixby had daughters: Emma J., and Georgia Ann ("Annie".)
Cassander also wrote an affidavit to help her nieces, daughters of Cassander's sister Ann Eliza Laugh with Penuel Leake, civil war veteran. She signed her name "Cassander." Cassander was her given name, though it was often misspelled (especially in newspaper clippings), as "Cassandra."
Additional:
Married Charles E. Diendorf, aged 48, a leather cutter for a shoe making company, on 22 July 1903 in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former Quincyan. They had known one another a long time. She was living at St. Vincent's Home for the aged, in Quincy, and he lived and worked in St. Louis. They moved together to St. Louis after marrying. She died the following January.
Cassander (Laugh) Bixby Diendorf is buried beside her first husband. Cemetery notes tell us: "Widow Bixby, nee Laugh. Beloved wife of Charles Diendorf."
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Daughter of William and Matilda (Long) Laugh. Cassander (not Cassandra) first wed a Mr. George A. Bixby. They wed in Adams county, Illinois, on 30 November, 1865. He was in the Civil War. He was later granted a pension, and then she was granted a pension as his widow.
George and Cassander (Laugh) Bixby had daughters: Emma J., and Georgia Ann ("Annie".)
Cassander also wrote an affidavit to help her nieces, daughters of Cassander's sister Ann Eliza Laugh with Penuel Leake, civil war veteran. She signed her name "Cassander." Cassander was her given name, though it was often misspelled (especially in newspaper clippings), as "Cassandra."
Additional:
Married Charles E. Diendorf, aged 48, a leather cutter for a shoe making company, on 22 July 1903 in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former Quincyan. They had known one another a long time. She was living at St. Vincent's Home for the aged, in Quincy, and he lived and worked in St. Louis. They moved together to St. Louis after marrying. She died the following January.
Cassander (Laugh) Bixby Diendorf is buried beside her first husband. Cemetery notes tell us: "Widow Bixby, nee Laugh. Beloved wife of Charles Diendorf."
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George and Cassander (Laugh) Bixby had daughters: Emma J., and Georgia Ann ("Annie".)
Cassander also wrote an affidavit to help her nieces, daughters of Cassander's sister Ann Eliza Laugh with Penuel Leake, civil war veteran. She signed her name "Cassander." Cassander was her given name, though it was often misspelled (especially in newspaper clippings), as "Cassandra."
Additional:
Married Charles E. Diendorf, aged 48, a leather cutter for a shoe making company, on 22 July 1903 in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former Quincyan. They had known one another a long time. She was living at St. Vincent's Home for the aged, in Quincy, and he lived and worked in St. Louis. They moved together to St. Louis after marrying. She died the following January.
Cassander (Laugh) Bixby Diendorf is buried beside her first husband. Cemetery notes tell us: "Widow Bixby, nee Laugh. Beloved wife of Charles Diendorf."
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