SOURCE: Republican Tribune Vinton County Newspaper December 14, 1927 "ABRAHM CASSELL" "Abraham Cassell aged 77 years 8 months and 4 days died at a Chicago Hospital at 4 o'clock Saturday morning after several months of illness. He with his wife have been making their home with their sons for over the past year. Mr Cassell was an old Vinton County resident making his home near here all his life and spent most of his time as a carpenter. Mrs Phoebe Cassill he leaves to mourn his departure one brother Timothy Cassell of Hamden and two sisters Miss Nettie Cassill of Hamden and Mrs Henry Traphagen of Columbus, three sons Dr. O.E. Cassell, Dr. M.A. Casell and George Cassell of Chicago, two daughters Mrs Cressie Blake and Mrs Gordie Myrhe of Rio Hondo, Texas. Remains were brought to Hamden on B & O Eastbound at about 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and services were held at the M.E. Church here at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He was buried in the Hamden cmemtery at the side of his son Grover who died in France in 1918. Rev. C.B. Taylor of Mc Arthur officiating. - Hamden Cor." SOURCE: Vinton County Newspaper December 21, 1927 Republican Tribune. OBITUARY "It becomes the duty of a neighbor of more than 50 years to write this brief but incomplete tribute to the life and character of Abraham Cassill whose friendship and good will were as strong as human ties could make them. An unbroken friendship of more than half a century turns into a jewel of priceless value, a treasure money cannot buy; a cherished memory that time cannot erase; a memory that makes the hope of Heaven most dear. His birth dates back of the days of Ohio and his ancestors were among the hearty emigrants who braved the dangers of the frontier to carve out of the wilderness our beloved Ohio. He was the eldest of a family of six children born ot Anthony and Mary Ann Radcliff Cassill of Richland township, Vinton County, Ohio the date of his birth being April 6th 1850 which was only two weeks after Vinton county had been assembled and admitted as the 87th county of our state. Of his brothers and sisters he is survived by Timothy Cassill and Miss Nettie Cassill of Route 2 McArthur, Ohio and by Mrs Henry Traphagen of Columbus, Ohio. Of his immediate family he is survived by his widow Mrs Phoebe (Martindill) Cassill, three sons Dr.O.E. Cassill, Dr. M.A. Cassill and George B. Cassill of Chicago; Mrs Cressie Blake of McArthur, Ohio and Mrs Cordie Myhre of Rio Grande. Texas, Grover C. Cassill another son lost his life on October 18th, 1918 in the World War I while serving his country in the American Expeditionary Force sent to France to protect American rights and principles. Mr Cassill grew to manhood in what is more recently known as the Sheldon neighborhood about 4 miles north of Hamden and with the exception of short periods of time spent with his family in Chicago and Texas, he has lived the full period of 77years, 8 months and 4 days in this community. When but a young man he confessed his faith in Christ and became a member of the Union Christian church in which his faith never faltered in his Maker through near 50 years of his industrious life as a farmer and carpenter. On November 6, 1878 he was united to Phoebe C. Martindill in marriage and to this union were born four boys and two girls all of whom survived except for Grover C. Cassill whose life was sacrificed on the altar of his country and whose remains are buried on a beautiful hill south of town. We cannot hope to recount all the virtues of the deceased but to those of us who knew him best, we can truthfully attest to his loyalty to his friends, his home and his family; to his uniform kindness and his fair dealing with his neighbors; to his untiring industry and his absolute honesty as intergral parts of his many Christian principals. His cheerful disposition coupled with his many sterling qualities won for him a host of friends who will in years to come live to appreciate his noble life and splendid character, which as an open book had a smile, a laugh and cheerful thought on every page. With his passing the book is closed, useful life is ended and the following tribute of one brother to another tells the story of the ideal life and character of our beloved friend and neighbor. He added the sum of human joy and were everyone to whom he did some loving sercie to bring a blossom to his grave, he would slee tonight beneath a wildereness of flowers." " His suffering ended with the day Yet he lived he at its close And breathed the long, long night away In statue like repose. But when the sun, in all his state Illumed the eastern skies He passed through glory's morning gates And walked in Paradise." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com