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Peter Cassidy

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Peter Cassidy

Birth
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Death
11 Dec 1894 (aged 91)
Shieldsville, Rice County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Shieldsville, Rice County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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CASSIDY PETER BIOGRAPHY BOOK - MEET SHIELDSVILLE by MARY L. HAGERTY. 1940. PETER CASSIDY came here from Hastings about 1865 with his family, Patrick, Barnie, and Mary (Mrs. Deveraux). Patrick, Jr.'s, family was Hugh, Peter, John, Terry, Katie, and Maymie. Hugh, of the third generation, married Miss Katie Meehan in 1895 and their children are John, Maymie, and Nellie. Nellie and her mother died in 1921. Maymie is Mrs. Terrill. John married Miss Inez Gillespie in 1938 and their son, Hugh, makes the fifth generation of Cassidys on the same farm in Erin.

Courtesy of The Irish Standard 22 Dec 1894
Peter Cassidy, of Erin Town, died on the 17th inst, at the advanced age of 92 years. He was one of the old settlers of Rice county, having lived there for about 30 years. The remains were buried in Shieldsville on the following Thursday.
CASSIDY PETER BIOGRAPHY BOOK - MEET SHIELDSVILLE by MARY L. HAGERTY. 1940. PETER CASSIDY came here from Hastings about 1865 with his family, Patrick, Barnie, and Mary (Mrs. Deveraux). Patrick, Jr.'s, family was Hugh, Peter, John, Terry, Katie, and Maymie. Hugh, of the third generation, married Miss Katie Meehan in 1895 and their children are John, Maymie, and Nellie. Nellie and her mother died in 1921. Maymie is Mrs. Terrill. John married Miss Inez Gillespie in 1938 and their son, Hugh, makes the fifth generation of Cassidys on the same farm in Erin.

Courtesy of The Irish Standard 22 Dec 1894
Peter Cassidy, of Erin Town, died on the 17th inst, at the advanced age of 92 years. He was one of the old settlers of Rice county, having lived there for about 30 years. The remains were buried in Shieldsville on the following Thursday.

Inscription

CO. D. 35th ILL's Inf. Vols., a Native of Co. Fermanach, Ireland, Aged 91 Yrs.



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  • Created by: BJ
  • Added: Jun 5, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91413586/peter-cassidy: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Cassidy (1 May 1803–11 Dec 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91413586, citing Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Shieldsville, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by BJ (contributor 46879813).