Thomas Aden SASSER This chronicle of SASSER�s is written for the descendants of Thomas Aden SASSER b: February 22, 1869 in Laurel County Kentucky and Sarah Lela McCarty b: April 21 1874. Thomas, with his father Henry Benjamin SASSER and mother Catherine Dickerson Wyrick , moved from Laurel Co. Kentucky to Yellville , Marion County Arkansas after 1878 with, or to join Henry B SASSER�s brother Joseph SASSER. On March 18, 1898 Thomas owned 80 acres of land in Marion County AR. Records show Thomas A SASSER sold (had) land in Marion Co., AR. SASSER THOMAS A Marion County 31 18N 15W 0 1898/04/18 SASSER THOMAS A Marion County 31 18N 15W 80 1898/04 Based upon the census record of Christian Co., Mo.. it appears Thomas SASSER, Sarah and four children,(Charley, Bertha, Ica Phenia & Gertrude) left Marion Co., Ar., for Christian Co. Mo., early 1898. They moved near Highlandville, MO. Thomas�s father Henry either made the trip with them or was there already. Henry SASSER and Kate are also in the 1910 Christian Co. census record. Thomas�s brother James Nelson SASSER also is in the same 1910 census. We do know Thomas moved to Luther Oklahoma Co., Ok. later to join James SASSER. Based upon the age of James�s children and the state the are born in indicates he made the trip sometime between 1903 and 1906. I have not found Rebecca June SASSER�s name in the 1910 census. She may have been married to John R. Pigg by then. I have not checked for �Pigg� in the census. I do know that she is buried in the Hammond Cemetery a few feet East of Henry and Kate SASSER. I visited the Highlandville area July 5, 1997. Today�s population is 722. The cemetery is located about 2 miles East of Higlandville Mo. on hwy. EE. A German man by the name of Frank Kentling , who was a trader founded Higlandville. He chose a spot which was a days travel from Springfield on the old Wilderness Road. It was exactly 2 days travel form Harrison, Arkansas, which was the other terminal on this wagon road. Because of this Frank�s store, which he built on the spot in 1886 and called the Dutch Store, was a popular stopping place for the night. The trading center prospered and when Frank Kentlig was appointed postmaster he chose the name for it. Frank carried mail from Ozark to Higlandville twice a week on horse back. The town is located on a flat area just 1/2 mile from the Ozark Hills. There is a road by the name of "Old Saw Mill Road" that runs Southeast off of Hwy. EE that will take you seemingly back into time. It is very narrow, hilly & tree covered. Looking for the cemetery I drove down The Old Saw Mill Road. I stopped to ask directions from a man that was working in his garden. He told me he was 80 years old and had lived there all his life. He remembered his father talking about the SASSER�s and had always wondered what had happen to them. His name was Mr. Sheldon. Six more of Thomas Aden SASSER�s children were born in Mo.,. They were Lela Ethel, Ola Jane, Alma May, Floyd Edward( My Father) & Lawrence Henry SASSER. Here is what I found in the census: Thomas SASSER in the 1910 Census in North Galoway Township, Christian County, MO. SASSER, Thomas Head M W 43 M1 KY KY KY Lela Wife F W 36 M1 AR MO TM Charley SON M W 17 AR KY AR Bertha DAU F W 16 AR KY AR Tena DAU F W 16 AR KY AR Gertrude DAU F W 13 AR KY AR Ethel DAU F W 11 MO KY AR Ola DAU F W 8 MO KY AR Alm DAU F W 7 MO KY AR Floid DAU M W 4 MO KY AR Larence SON M W 1 6/12 MO KY AR Emmel SON M W 2/12 MO KY AR Also in a different household in same census, township and county SASSER, Hery HEAD M W 71 KY NC KY Kate WIFE F W 72 KY VA VA (The record was not the microfilm of the original. It is a transcription by Maxine Wilson, Ozark, MO, 1985. ) Another household, same township, county, & census: SASSER, James HEAD M W 35 M1 14 KY KY KY Johann WIFE F W 28 M114 TN TN TN Linna E. DAU F W 11 AR KY TN Leo SON M E 9 AR KY TN Chloe B DAU F W 7 AR KY TN Faydneah? DAU F W 4 MO KY TN James Vernon SON M W 2 MO KY TN Henry SASSER was a Baptist preacher While in Christian Co., Mo.. Thomas SASSER and James Nelson SASSER worked with Henry and his congregation. On August 7, 8, 9, 1906 the forty-seventh Annual Session of the Baptist Association was held. Henry SASSER was made again Chairman of the Foreign Missions and Temperance committees. That year the record shows J. N. SASSER as Minister of the Ellingsworth Church. At the 1907 meeting it shows a T. A. SASSER, (Thomas A. SASSER) And that year T. A. SASSER was Temperance Chairman. In 1907 H. SASSER was Chairman of Home Missions. In 1912 Tom decided to go to Oklahoma to visit his brother Jim. He liked the prospects of a Deep Fork bottom farm west of Luther. This farm was more or less swamp land, but was in the process of being drained by dredging and straightening the creek. He had the fore-sight to see what the farm could produce. He got this 160 acre farm for $1,300. He came back to Missouri and disposed of every thing he could. Tom ordered furniture and household goods from Montgomery Ward to be shipped to Edmond, Oklahoma. Charlie, the oldest son and a neighbor friend took a covered wagon drawn by a team of mules and moved a load of personal property. This was about three hundred miles move in the winter weather. At this time, Bertha was the oldest girl, and she was already married. Charlie was in the wagons moving the family possessions so this left Lela with eight kids to make this first train trip of their lives. When they got to Edmond on the train, there was only one place to stay for a few days. With Uncle Jim. He had a little 3 room house and six children. This made for a crowded situation in dead winter. Using a junk wood stove the last tenant had thrown out and wagon load of straw, they bedded down and got by for several days. It was a great day when Charlie came in with the wagon carrying blankets and quilts. A couple of days later they went to Edmond and picked up the orders from Montgomery Ward.. The family was well established by spring. The older girls learned rapidly how to plant cotton, chop cotton and pick cotton. Two more children were born in Oklahoma this made a total of 12. Tom did well on this farm. He grew cotton, hay, dairy products and good vegetable crops. He remodeled the house and bought a Model T Ford for the high school girls. Before that they rode a school bus drawn by horses. They always attended Church on Sunday. School and Church were their only means of social life. This is what made a family life. In the late 30�s Tom obtained another piece of property known as a school quarter. This was the section just South of the old house. Here he took the old house and remodeled it and veneered the outside with native stone. On this place is where he raised the water melons that were so highly remembered. The melons were sold at the stand on Highway 66 in front of the first home. The children are all grown now, but the younger boys still helped to complete the harvest of the crops. The children began to scatter. Many were moving to South Texas. Present Luther, in Oklahoma County. Post office established May 22, 1892, and name changed to Luther, July 26, 1898. Named for Eugene M. Garnett, first postmaster. In the later years of their lives, Tom and Lela spent the winters' months in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. Tom died in October 1943. Lucy followed in death in October 1948. They are buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Edinburg Texas Hidalgo Co., TX. Thomas and Sarah SASSER had 12 children, 23 Grandchildren by the time of their deaths. In addition there are presently 66 g, grandchildren From all reports we suppose track laying will be commenced next Monday beginning at Oklahoma City, and in a few days we will hear the Katy whistle. [Early expectations were that Luther would be a transfer point between the M. K. & O. (Katy) and Frisco railroads, but when the Katy was constructed the two remained separated by Deep Fork and Luther's hopes as a transportation hub withered away.] Children of Thomas SASSER and Sarah McCarty are: � Charley Egbert SASSER, born May 28, 1892, in Yellville, Marion Co., Arkansas.: died December 24, 1965, in Lake Jackson Texas. � Bertha C. SASSER, born December 30, 1893, in Yellville, Marion Co., Arkansas.: died September 19, 1982, in Weslaco Texas. � Ica Phenia SASSER, born October 04, 1895, in Yellville, Marion Co., Arkansas.: died February 1968 in OK 73130. � Gertrude Melissa SASSER, born January 06, 1897, in Yellville, Marion Co., Arkansas. � Lela Ethel SASSER, born March 14, 1899, in Selmore Christian Co. Missouri: died January 17, 1986, in OK. � Ola Jane SASSER, born September 07, 1901, in Higlandville, Christian Co., Mo.; died February 1982 in San Juan Texas. � Alma May SASSER, born March 17, 1903, in Highlandville, Christian Co., Mo.; died July 11, 1983, in Edinburg, Texas. � Floyd Edward SASSER, born July 13, 1905, in Highlandville, Christian Co., Mo.; died June 1975 in Edinburg Hidalgo Co., Texas. � Lawrence Henry SASSER, born December 04, 1908, in Highlandville, Christain Co., Mo.; died July 1981. � Thomas Emil SASSER, born February 23, 1910, in Higlandville Christian Co., MO.; died April 30, 1968, in San Antonio Texas. � Albert Norman SASSER, born March 14, 1913, in OK Co. OK; died May 06, 1986, in Piedmont Oklahoma. � Hazel SASSER, born August 03, 1914, in Luther, Oklahoma Co., OK. died May 29, 1982. Henry B. SASSER and Thomas Adin SASSER�s ancestors have been traced from Smithfield, Johnston Co., NC.