Surname Saturday Cassell Family

For Surname Saturday I am sharing my Cassell Family Name using an Ahnentefel Report.

(1) Grace Zion

(2) Arthur Zion married (3) Muriel Day in 1943. Arthur was son of (4) Perry Zion who married (5) Alta Hall

(4) Perry Zion son of (8) Jonathan Adam Zion and (9) Rachel Millsap.

(8) Jonathan Adam Zion son of (16) John Henderson Zion and (17) Mary Cassell

(17) Mary Cassell born 19 October 1834 in Coles Illinois.

Daughter of (34) Jonathan Cassell and (35) Elizabeth Carmichel. Mary died 20 Nov 1919 in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa. Mary and Jonathan had five childeren, Mary Elizabeth, William McCormick, Jonathan, Etta Anna and Annie.

(34) Jonathan Cassell and (35) Elizabeth Carmicheal. Jonathan was born about 1812 in Virginia to (68) Michael Cassell and (69) Mary Fleenor. Married Elizabeth 22 October 1833 in Illinois and died 24 January 1845 in Illinois. Mary is the only child I know of of Jonathan and Elizabeth .

(68) Michael Cassell born 14 January 1763 to (136) Abraham Gabriel Cassell and (137) Martha Bessie Flinnar. Married Mary Flenor in 1831 in Coles Illinois and died 9 August 1847. Michael and Mary had 11 children. John (1799 - 1886) Michael (1805 - 1852) , Katherine (1808 ), Margaret (1810 - 1872) , Jonathan (1812 -1845), Malinda ( 1814-????), Soloman ( 1815- 1906), Elizabeth (1816 - ????), Nancy ( 1817- 1905), William ( 1822-1864), Isaac (1824- 1913)



(136) Abraham Gabriel Cassell born about 1695 in Hessen Germany. Abraham married (137) Martha Flinnar date unknown. Abraham died about 1766 in Virginia Minnesota. www.ancestry.com has information that he was married to Martha Bessie Flinnar and to a Martha Elizabeth Fleenor. Names are close in spelling so need more checking on these two women. Are they different or the same women. Ancesty is a great starting spot but sources are what it is all about.

(272) M Hessen Cassell ( abt 1660-1730) married ?