Pearl Alberta (Kemmerly) Cassingham and her daughters Standing: Pearl, Grace, Daisy, Bessie, Edna, Elaine Seated: Elizabeth and Freddie

Bessie Alberta Cassingham is the daughter of George Washington Cassingham and Pearl Alberta Kimmerly. She was born 27 Jan 1905 in Kanapolis, Ellsworth, Kansas. She died 17 Aug 2002 at age 97 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas.

On 12 Sep 1925, she married Glenn Sherman Van Druff in Oak Creek, Routt, Colorado. He was born 10 Mar 1896 in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa and died 1 Aug 1975 at age 79 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. He was buried 5 Aug 1975 at Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.

Children of Bessie Alberta Cassingham and Glenn Van Druff:

1. Winifred Maxine Van Druff was born in 1926 in Oak Creek, Routt, Colorado.
2. Lester Lawrence Van Druff was born 7 Oct 1927 in Oak Creek, Routt, Colorado.
3. Jean Frances Van Druff was born 13 Nov 1928 in Oak Creek, Routt, Colorado.

Sources

Glenn: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 522-05-2601) and from his obituary.

Census Listings

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

• Bessie: 1910 Census. Union, Grady, OK. p. 8.
• Bessie: 1920 Census. Oak Creek, Routt, CO. p. 16.
• 1930 Census. Oak Creek, Routt, CO. p. 6.