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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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1841 - 1928 (87 years)
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Name |
Henry Dennis Kasson [1] |
Born |
15 Apr 1841 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
11 Jun 1928 |
North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA [1] |
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Buried |
Scotia, Greeley Co., Nebraska, USA [1] |
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Person ID |
I52379 |
Munro |
Last Modified |
27 May 2005 |
Father |
Russell Kasson, b. 5 Jul 1811-1814, Forkston, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Nov 1895, Lovelton, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Eliza Henry, b. 1818, Bellasylva, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA , d. 7 Dec 1895, Lovelton, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years) |
Family ID |
F12702 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Matilda Powell, b. Est 1843, d. Beaver City, Furnas Co., Nebraska, USA |
Married |
Sep 1867 |
Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
Children |
+ | 1. Thurston Russell Kasson, b. 29 Jul 1869, Lovelton, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA , d. 15 Dec 1953, Wilsonville, Furnas Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 84 years) |
+ | 2. Daniel Henry Kasson, b. 5 Aug 1873, Lovelton, Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, USA , d. 19 Dec 1956, Saint Paul, Howard Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 83 years) |
+ | 3. Lida May Kasson, b. 1876, Beaver City, Furnas Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 1954, Hendley, Furnas Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 78 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
Family ID |
F17799 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Louise Mary Weber, b. 2 Aug 1863, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA , d. 26 May 1932, Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 68 years) |
Married |
20 Oct 1881 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
- Married by Minister of the Gospel Thomas Murphy [1]
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Children |
| 1. Burton Dennis Kasson, b. 2 Sep 1882, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 29 Jan 1891 (Age 8 years) |
| 2. Lee Henry Kasson, b. 26 May 1885, Scotia, Greeley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 1 Mar 1901 (Age 15 years) |
+ | 3. Lona Gertrude Kasson, b. 27 Mar 1889, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Orphelia Louise Kasson, b. 16 Aug 1892, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 3 Sep 1976, Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 84 years) |
+ | 5. Russell Kasson, b. 27 Aug 1894, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 13 Apr 1963, Sturgis, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA (Age 68 years) |
+ | 6. Ethel May Kasson, b. 28 Nov 1896, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 24 Oct 1972 (Age 75 years) |
| 7. Kasson, b. 28 Nov 1896, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 28 Nov 1896, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 0 years) |
+ | 8. Mary Isabelle Kasson, b. 19 Jan 1899, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 22 Feb 1922, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA (Age 23 years) |
+ | 9. H. D. Kasson, b. 10 May 1901, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 20 Feb 1949, Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA (Age 47 years) |
+ | 10. Charles Fredrick Kasson, b. 8 Mar 1904, North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA , d. 13 Jan 1973, Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA (Age 68 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
Family ID |
F17800 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Henry Dennis may have been the toughest Kasson of all. Growing up near Lovelton, he helped his parents clear land and farm at a time when there was no farm machinery. He then served in the Union Army in the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War as a combat soldier for four years in Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas leaving the service with the rank of Sergeant. He then settled from scratch two different homesteads in Nebraska - one with each wife. The first of these in 1873 was near Beaver City, (near Lexington) Nebraska whereas the second was 2 miles south of North Loup, Nebraska in 1882. They dealt with Indian uprisings, blizzards, drought, grasshopper swarms and other challenges that settlers of the Great Plains faced.
In 1929, after Henry Dennis died, the farm was sold for $100 per acre. Louisa Mary moved to a house in North Loup, Nebraska. She passed away on 26 May 1932 in Ord, Nebraska. Henry Dennis Kasson and his wife Louise Mary (Weber) Kasson, were buried in the Scotia Cemetery in Scotia, Nebraska.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]
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Sources |
- [S389] Clan Munro files - Schuster, Richard, Richard Schuster, The Genealogy of the Kasson Family - by Richard Louis Schus ter, ED.D. (Chipper) - dated 2 May 2005 (Reliability: 3).
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