Nellie Julia Cassingham is the daughter of Elmer C. Cassingham and Salome Plank. She was born 4 Oct 1889 in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois and died 6 Apr 1982 at age 92 in Lyons, Rice, Kansas.

On 4 Nov 1908, she married Ira Augustus Smith in Lyons, Rice Kansas. He is the son of Robert David Smith and Emma R. Switzer. He was born 27 Sep 1882 in Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia. He died 25 Oct 1965 at age 83 in Lyons, Rice, Kansas. On 27 Oct 1965, he was buried at Lyons Cemetery, Rice, Kansas.

Children of Nellie Julia Cassingham and Ira Augustus Smith:

1. Robert Victor Smith was born 3 Dec 1914 in Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas.

Sources

Nellie: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 513-48-7097). Last residence assumed to be the deathplace.

Ira:

• Birth from his WWI draft card [Name: Ira Augustus Smith; Residence: Coldwater; County: Comanche; State: Kansas; Birth Date: 27 Sep 1882; Race: White; FHL Roll Number: 1643431; Nearest Relative: Nellie J. Smith, Coldwater, Kansas].
• Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial from his obituary in the Great Bend Daily Tribune, Great Bend, KS, 27 Oct 1965.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Nellie: 1900 Census. Harrison, Rice, Kansas. Page 9.