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25. MARY JANE4 ATKINSON (JAMES CALVIN3, PETER HAMMOND2, JOEL1) was born August 25, 1885, and died Unknown. She married FRED ESTES. He died Unknown.

Notes for M
ARY JANE ATKINSON:
Aunt Mary lived in L.A., Calif. She had a son. But for some reason I remember a cute little girl with darling clothes that I wished I could have. I don't know why I remember that.
     
Child of M
ARY ATKINSON and FRED ESTES is:
  i.   JOSEPH5 ESTES, b. Los Angeles, Calif.; m. NOLA ??.


26. ETTA ALICE4 ATKINSON (JAMES CALVIN3, PETER HAMMOND2, JOEL1) was born December 23, 1886 in Grove Springs, Missouri60, and died November 06, 1975 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. She married WILLIAM LOUIS CASHATT August 05, 1903 in Kingston, Missouri, son of CLARK CASHATT and SARAH GROVE. He was born February 02, 1882 in Missouri, and died November 20, 1966 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri.

Notes for E
TTA ALICE ATKINSON:
My great grandmother was a wonderful Christian lady who took her grandchildren to church to learn about Jesus. She was very special to my mother. She always remembers her taking her to the little Pentecostal church in Breckenridge. That is where my mom was saved. She also had a great influence on Byron Atkinson. He eventually went into the ministry because of her influence, though he admits sowing some wild oats before committing his live to the Lord. I like to think that she prayed for me as a little girl that I would become a Christian some day. I have heard from family that knew her well that she was the kindest lady they ever knew. She would NEVER say anything bad about anyone. She taught Sunday school all here life. If someone would say a negative thing about a person when she was around, she would just say that ".........was good person and he just needs Jesus!"
She loved to crochet and taught my mother to crochet.
Etta's mother died when she was about 3 years old.
From Nadine Caperton:
Grandma Cashatts mothers maiden name was Malenda Smith . They lived in South Missouri for a while. It could be spelled Melinda or another way but that is how my mother spelled it. Etta had five brothers and three sisters. Some were half. This information is according to death report. Newton Atkinson, born Dec.12, 1887, in Louisville Kentucky.
This letter also shows that Calvin is with a C but who knows. That is how my grandmother spelled it. Etta was born Dec. 23 1886. So they were still in Kentucky at that time if that helps any.
Melinda's father was a Joseph M. Smith. Is said to have been the Joseph Smith that was a leader in the Morman church. Lived around Cornishville or Louisville.
A story by Nadine Souders Caperton...The old homestead near Breckenridge, Missouri is out by Lick Fork Cemetery. That is the area the history is in. My grandparents Bid and Etta lived there when I was a child so I have memories of the place. The rattle snakes, the quick sand that we dared to go near, the wild goose berries that we picked until a snake reached for the same one that my mother reached for . That was the end of our picking. The snake patch we got in. The rocks and the horrible mud when it rained. A cotton moccasin getting up grandpa's trouser leg yet not biting him, but it scared him half to death. He always took a swim after plowing all day.
In Etta's obituary, it states that she was born in Grove Springs, Missouri.

I saved this here because of the Morman history that is recorded about Caldwell and Davies Counties.
THE BRECKINRIDGE BEGINNINGS:

This segment, the very early history of Breckinridge (note the spelling) might be of interest to some of you. For example, Breckinridge was first called "New Kentucky" because of the many Kentuckians that had migrated to that area.

My mother saved the five part Special Edition Centennial Breckenridge Bulletin dated October 12, 1956. There is a lot of history written there. I have those copies. I will be drawing information from those in weeks to come. It should be noted that I have no way of knowing when these articles were originally written other than the information provided in the article itself and that they were published in 1953 in the Bulletin

SHORT HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY, by Bertha Ellis Booth; PART IV

MORMON OCCUPATION OF CALDWELL COUNTY
Up to this time, there was no Caldwell county for, as we have seen, the territory was a part of Ray county. It was organized as a separate county in December, 1836 with the county seat at Far West. It was named by Gen. Alexander W. Doniphan (of Mexican War fame) in honor of Captain Caldwell, an early Indian fighter of Kentucky. But at this point, we must learn why it was necessary to organize Caldwell, an early Indian time. The answer involves an eventful period not only in the history of the county, but in the history of Missouri and the United States. I refer to the "Mormon Occupation’ of this county 1836-39. A very brief sketch of the Mormon movement is given for a better understanding of the events which follow. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saints or "Mormons" as commonly called, was living in the state of New York when in 1823 he claimed to have a divine revelation which told him to dig up certain gold plates. These gold plates, written in mystic characters, contained the Book of Mormon which gave a new religion to the world. Smith’s preaching gained many converts. He and his converts first settled Kritland, Ohio, but because of opposition, they moved west to Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, seeking a location where they could worship as they wished. Opposition to the Saints or (Mormons,) also developed there and they were driven from that county into Clay County where they stayed until they settled in Caldwell county. It was 1833 that we saw the first Mormon families coming into the backwoods of our county. More families followed in 1834 to escape the growing persecution in other counties.

In 1836 an arrangement was made by the state legislature by which an entire county was to be given to the Saints (or Mormons). Two new counties were to be carved out of the northern part of Ray county. The extreme north end was to be Daviess County, reserved for Gentile Settlers (Gentile was the term applied to a person who was not a Mormon); the middle section was to be Caldwell County. This new county was to be reserved for Mormons. To be sure several Gentile settlers already were living in the future Caldwell County, but all hoped that these settlers would sell out to the Mormons and that thus the Mormon question which had been disturbing western Missouri for several years would be settled when the Mormons had a county to themselves. Some of the Gentile families, however, did not wish to sell their farms and so stayed.

In the fall of 1836, the Mormons began to enter the county in large numbers. the so-called "Mormon Immigration" came in from the south over the Rock Ford of Crooked River in Rockford Township. The townships showing largest Mormon population were Mirabile, Rockford, Kingston, Fairview and Kidder. They preferred timber land to prairie land and settled thickly along Shoal Creek and other creeks in the county.

They established Far West as the headquarters of the church in Missouri. This town lay five miles northwest of the present site of Kingston in the northeast corner of Mirabile township. By 1838, it was a growing city of over 4,000 people. Plans had been made for the building of a great temple there. The excavation had been dug and the corner stoned laid.

In Far West was the first school house in the county (probably built in 1836) which was also used for a church, town hall and a county court house. Besides the city of Far West, there was the hamlet at Haun’s Mil in Fairview Township. In 1836, Haun’s Mill settlement was made up of a blacksmith shop, the mill, several log cabins and several families living in covered wagons because they had not yet entered lands.

It is interesting to note the names of great leaders in the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) church who once were citizens of this county: Joseph Smith, the prophet who founded the church; Hiram Smith, his brother; Brigham Young, afterwards president of the church in Utah; John Taylor, another president; Bishop Partridge, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, John D. Lee.

By 1838, serious trouble began to appear between the Mormons and the Gentiles in this county and surrounding counties. These quarrels led to what is known as the "Mormon Wars" which occurred in the fall of 1838. Throughout this war, the Missouri militia was under the command of Gen. Doniphan (already mentioned) and Gen. Lucas while the Mormon Caldwell County militia was under Gen. Hinkle.

The first engagement was at Crooked River near the south edge of Rockford Township where the Gentiles were routed. This skirmish infuriated the Gentiles to strong action. On October 20, occurred the so called "Haun’s Massacre" in which a Gentile force from Livingston county attacked the settlement at Haun’s Mill in Fairview Township. Seventeen Mormons were killed, among them Thos. McBride, an old Revolutionary War soldier. The next day, the survivors buried their dead in an unfinished well. For years the site of this attack has been used as a cornfield, but today it is impossible to find the exact [place of] attack of Haun’s Mill Massacre. October 31, the day after the attack on Haun’s Mill, Gen. Hinkle commanding the Mormon forces at Far West, surrendered the town to the state militia also giving up the leaders of the church as prisoners.

After the surrender of Far West, the Gentiles demanded the immediate removal of the Mormons from the whole state. Some Mormons sold their farms at a low price, some traded for a team and wagon; some even abandoned their farms without sale, in their haste to leave for Illinois which was to be their home until they went to Utah. By June 1839, most Mormons had left Caldwell county. The few who were left were dissenters from the faith or the authority of the church.

After the expulsion of the Mormons, most of the empty houses of Far West were removed to farms. Upon the removal of the county seat to Kingston which was founded in 1843, the town dwindled away. Today the old temple foundation remains to remind us of the exciting period of the Mormon occupation of Caldwell county.


More About E
TTA ALICE ATKINSON:
Burial: Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Chilli.
Fact 1: Etta was aborn again Christian.

Notes for W
ILLIAM LOUIS CASHATT:
He was called Bid because he went to farm auctions and loved to bid on retired race horses for the family to ride. He bid on other things too. He loved it. He was saved just before he died.

More About W
ILLIAM LOUIS CASHATT:
Burial: Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Chilli.
Fact 1 1: Etta was a born again Christian.
Fact 1 2: Bid was a born again Christian.
Nickname: 1882, Bid
     
Children of E
TTA ATKINSON and WILLIAM CASHATT are:
  i.   IVA MAE5 CASHATT61, b. June 11, 1904, Gallatin, Daviess Co., Mo61; d. February 16, 1980, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri61; m. (1) HARRY MAY SOUDERS61, January 10, 1919, Breckenridge, Caldwell County, Missouri62; b. May 02, 1896, Mt. Moriah, Harrison Co., Mo.63,64; d. May 05, 1948, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri64; m. (2) CLEVIS BURNETT, December 23, 1960, Gallatin, Mo.; b. Abt. 1900.
  Notes for IVA MAE CASHATT:
Grandma Souders was a lively, spirited lady and I wish I had known her. Sue Souders promises to tell me some stories about her someday. I remember her once coming to visit in California and I just remember when she arrived I wished she had brought me a present and she didn't. I don't remember anything about the visit or how long she stayed accept that she seemed sad. It was after Grandpa died so maybe that is why.
Breckenridge 1900's
AWAY BACK WHEN GROWING UP IN BRECKENRIDGE, MISSOURI DURING THE 1930’S AND 1940’S ON "SAWBILLY HILL"--------ACCORDING TO "SAWMILL"

Breckenridge lays on the north side of US Highway 36 going east and west and running nearly parallel was the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad on the north side of town. The town was about 17 blocks long from County Road 141 (Sunset Hill) in the west to twelfth street in the east, with the numbered streets going north and south------and the named streets going east and west. The town was eight or nine streets wide from north to south.

Breckenridge had around 900 population at that time.. The main district went east and west on Broadway for about 3 blocks from fifth street to eighth street. There were no banks as both went broke in 1929. And also Dockstetter Ice Plant (located between third and fourth street on an unnamed street [Maple?] next to and on the south side of the railroad) had closed along with the livery stable (building still there) at eighth and Broadway. There was a post office about a block or two from the railroad. Mail came in and went out three times a day; 5:30 AM, 1:38 PM from the west and 5:20 PM from the east. The latter two made regular stops. The 5:30 AM train was a flyer and never stop except if someone wanted to get off--------or get on and then they would have to flag it down For pickup mail on the flyer they had a mail catcher and to drop off mail they would throw it off in a big canvas bag with a big brass railroad lock on the brick landing without breaking speed. There were three grocery stores, sometimes two beer joints, three barbers, one drug store, two or more restaurants, two clothing stores, a jewelry store, a dime store, a lumber yard, bus station, a hardware store, a weekly newspaper, one or more shoe cobblers, one dentist, two MD doctors, three produce and creameries, one seed and wool company (cleaned and sold seed and bought wool), an ice house, funeral home and hearse, bowling alley, Modern Woodman Lodge, Masonic Lodge hall, two garages or more, two to four gas stations, free shows in the park once a week, pay to view picture show once a week, and later a local movie theater, opera house, two blacksmith shops, later on a welder, Model T fire engine that seldom started, later on a VFW Hall a meat locker and six or more churches, two ponds for ice production and ice storage buildings, hot house for bedding plants, city rock crusher and of course dad‘s custom work machinery which consisted of a woodsaw, sawmill, stationary bailer, threshing machine with appropriate power of it’s time of which was a steam engine, 15-30 and 10-20 International tractors. Also a liquor joint just outside of the cooperation limits on the east side. Only the main streets were graveled, the rest were dirt No city pressurized water system. Everyone had their own well. for drinking water. Most everyone had a privy. Avery few people had inside plumbing. A lot of people still used kerosene lamp for lights. A lot of people also scrubbed on the wash board and had the old man-powered washing machine. People still rushed outside to look if an airplane went over. Gas powered vehicles were just coming in to their own. But there were still a lot of horses-drawn wagons and buggies. Most of the farm work was still being done by horses and mules. I don’t remember anyone with oxen, though. On the off streets there was at least three hundred feet of log chain firmly attached to heavy posts where people could hitch their teams and wagons.
Many people used wood for heat, some people used coal. Very few used natural gas for heat but more use bottled gas for cook stoves, some people used fuel oil stoves for heat. I know of no one who used electricity for heat.

THIS ACCORDING TO SAWMILL.
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  More About IVA MAE CASHATT:
Burial: Rosehill Cemetery64
Fact 1: Iva, grandma, was a born again Christian.64

  Notes for HARRY MAY SOUDERS:

My Grandpa Harry died before I knew him of leukemia, so he has been a mystery to me. I remember going to Missouri because he was so sick. I remember playing at the house and around the vegetable garden and going to the outhouse and jumping on the feather bed while I was supposed to be napping. I remember going in to his room and seeing him laying in bed and looking very ill. He died a few days after we left for home. I am learning about him a little bit at a time.
Mom, Nadine Souders Caperton, recalls that her father, Harry, had small pox at one time and lived. He shuddered at the words, small pox. It was very painful. She said that when the vaccine was developed for the prevention of small pox, her father took all the children to be the first ones in town to have it.
He joined the service in 1919 to fight for his country. The men in Chillicothe all, even today, pride themselves in supporting the military of our country. He lucked out, you might say, as the day after he enlisted, the war ended and he did not have to go. He stayed home and married his sweetheart, Iva Mae Cashatt.
He worked hard to support his family, never having quite enough. They lived in a lot of homes and he worked in a quite lot of places, wherever he could find work, on a ranch or in a mine. They moved where the work was.
During the Depression he worked for the WPA. I read about it in the Livingston Tribune Newspaper. One of the things they did was break up rocks for the road building near Cameron, Missouri. They did it with a pick ax, not machinery, in the 1920's and 30's. It was hard work.
They were friends of J.C. Penney and lived in the original ranch house on his property near Hamilton City, where Mr. Penney established the first department store. Uncle Junior worked for Penney as a ranch hand then as a young boy. The ranch house still exists and has been moved into town as a historical place to visit. It is near the J.C.Penney museum.
Grandpa Harry became an auto mechanic, and a very good one. He owned his own garage and had a body and fender shop in the 1940's in Chillicothe, Missouri. He taught his son, Junior the trade and also his nephews. His son, Dean, is also mechanically inclined.
Do you suppose his middle name was May because he was born in May? Interesting that he also died in May. In my research, I have found some family friends of the Sowder in the 1870's named May in Kentucky, so I wonder if the name could have come from them. Interesting that he also died in May. His sister Della died a few days before he did, so a double funeral was held.
Uncle Dean says that Harry was born in Tarkio, Missouri. He also says to look in Aneheim, Germany for Souders, Sowder family. He served in the military and was stationed there. All the Germans said there were lots of Souders there.


  More About HARRY MAY SOUDERS:
Date born 2: May 02, 1896, Cowgill, Missouri according to mom's birth certificate64
Burial: Rosehill Cemetery64
Census: 1920, Machinist64

  ii.   CLYDE ROBERT CASHATT, b. May 07, 1908; d. July 1960; m. BEULAH ELSIE KNOUSE, April 28, 1933, Nettleton, Missouri; b. December 18, 1916, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; d. December 05, 2001, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri.
  Notes for BEULAH ELSIE KNOUSE:
Beulah Elsie Cashatt

Beulah Elsie Cashatt, 84, of Chillicothe, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe.
She was born Dec. 18, 1916, in Chillicothe, the daughter of Jesse and Emma Mae Cassity Knouse.
On April 28, 1933, she married Clyde Cashatt in Nettleton, Mo. He died July 3, 1960.
Mrs. Cashatt attended Chillicothe schools and was a lifetime resident of Chilli-cothe. She was was employed for 18 years at Woolworth¹s Department Store and for nine years with Safeway Grocery Store, both in Chillicothe. Mrs. Cashatt was a member of the First Baptist Church; Chapter No. 113, Order of the Eastern Star; and the White Shrine, all of Chillicothe.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Meada Cashatt of Rancho Cordorva, Calif., and Ronald and Juanita Cashatt of Brookfield; three daughters and husbands, Betty and Gene BeVelle of Chillicothe, Carol and Ron Hamilton of Trenton and Deloris Griffith of Chillicothe; two brothers, Richard Knouse of Chillicothe and Herbert Knouse of Jacksonville, Fla.; three sisters, Margaret Barrett of Sonoma, Calif., and Ruby Sprague and Rose Emmons, both of Chillicothe; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by a son, Raymond; her parents; and two brothers, Reuben and Jesse Knouse.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, at the Norman-Wagy-Gordon Funeral Home in Chillicothe. The Rev. James Morgan will officiate. Burial will be at Resthaven Mem-orial Gardens, Chillicothe.
Friends may call from 1 until 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, at the funeral home. There is no scheduled family visitation.
The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund or Hedrick Medical Center Hospice, which may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Norman-Wagy-Gordon Funeral Home in Chillicothe.

Beulah Elsie Cashatt

Funeral services for Beulah Elsie Cashatt, who died Wednesday, Dec. 5, were held Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, at the Norman-Wagy-Gordon Chapel in Chillicothe.
The Rev. James Morgan officiated.
Music was provided by taped selections.
Pallbearers were Terry Cashatt, Jim Cashatt, David BeVelle, Greg BeVelle, Shawn Hamilton and David Sykes.
Burial was at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe.
Services were under the direction of the Norman-Wagy-Gordon Funeral Home in Chillicothe.


  More About BEULAH ELSIE KNOUSE:
Burial: Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe

  iii.   JAMES EARL CASHATT, b. September 06, 1918, Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., Missouri; d. March 20, 1980, Chillicothe, Livingston Co. Mo.Killed in car accident.; m. AILA MAE RYBURN, Abt. 1941, Chillicothe, Missouri; b. September 01, 1921; d. May 15, 1990, Rose Hill Cemetery, Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., Missouri.
  Notes for JAMES EARL CASHATT:
He is called Earl. He served in the Seebees World War II. It is said that he was one of the first group of young men to raise the flag on Iwo Jima. The famous picture of the flag raising by Marines that appeared in Life Magazine, was posed by the photographer to recreate the scene. His brother, Rollie, who served in the Army, said that he was just there at the time they raised the flag. At any rate, he was there and among the brave soldiers that fought for America.
Earl served as Sheriff for Breckenridge, Missouri until his death. He was a man that cared about people and their welfare.
Earl was killed in a car accident when he had an attack of some kind and it made him go into the other lane and collide headon with a semi truck. His brother, Rollie, had to go to the scene of the accident to identify his body and then had to go to tell his wife. It was very sad and Tina, Rollie's daughter, remembers the look on her Aunt's face when they arrived at the house to give her the unexpected news.

  More About JAMES EARL CASHATT:
Military service: Abt. 1941, Was there when the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima . Us Navy World War II

  iv.   WILLIAM ROLLIE CASHATT, b. August 22, 1924, Breckinridge, Caldwell Co., Missouri; m. FANNIE MARIE MCCLELLAND, October 16, 1943, Chillicothe; b. June 25, 1926, Hamilton,Caldwell Co., Missouri.
  Notes for WILLIAM ROLLIE CASHATT:
Rollie is a mechanic and a very hard worker. He is known for his willingness to help the younger generation of men to learn how to fix mechanical problems.

  More About WILLIAM ROLLIE CASHATT:
Military service: Abt. 1941, Army



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