CASSINGHAMS in America

Estella Wills is one of our Mystery Kin.
Her great-grandparents (John and Elizabeth Cassingham) seem to have arrived in the U.S. between 1840-1843 in a second migration of Cassinghams. They settled in Coshocton County, Ohio (a county adjacent to Muskingum County where Thomas and his family settled in 1818).
Though we have not yet been able to prove a relationship between the Thomas Cassinghams and the John Cassinghams, we feel certain one exists.

Estella Wills is the daughter of Margaret Adams and Richard P. Wills. Stella, as she was known, was born 27 Mar 1885 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio. She died 3 Nov 1959 at age 74 in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio. She was buried 6 Nov 1959 at South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio.

On 14 Apr 1900, she married Cleveland Ward Senter in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio. He is the son of Horace Swift Senter (Jr.) and Almira M. Slaughter. He was born 30 Apr 1884 in Millfork, Virginia, Coshocton, Ohio. He died 4 Jul 1929 at age 45 in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio and is buried at South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio.

Children of Estella Wills and Cleveland Ward Senter:

  1. Launa Norma Senter was born 29 Mar 1902 in Millfork, Virginia, Coshocton, Ohio.
  2. Josephine Pauline Senter was born 2 Mar 1904 in Virginia, Coshocton, Ohio. On 23 Nov 1921, she married Earl McCoy. He was born 8 Mar 1901 in Ohio. He died 26 Feb 1970 -- just short of his 69th birthday -- in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio. Josephine died 10 Dec 1968 at age 64 in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio. She is buried at South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio.
  3. Leland Oatley Senter was born 21 May 1906 in Ohio. Oatley, as he was known, died 16 Feb 1966 at age 59 in Canton, Stark, Ohio and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  4. Gerald Ward Senter was born 15 Jun 1908 in Ohio. He died in Dec 1980 at age 72 in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio.
  5. Edrie Lucille Senter was born 3 Sep 1911. She married Raymond Davis.
  6. Crystal Margie Senter was born on Christmas Day, 25 Dec 1913, in Ohio. She married Donovan Bodenheimer. He was born 14 Dec 1908 in Ohio. He died in Aug 1974 at age 65 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. Crystal died 29 Mar 1994 at age 80 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.
  7. Rupert Kentley Senter was born 18 Jan 1916.
  8. Aubrey Neil Senter was born 5 Jan 1919 in Ohio. He married Elmina Blount. He died 20 Feb 1968 at age 49.

Sources

Much of the information for this family comes from Carole Cross.

Estella: Birth, Death and Burial come from her own obituary.

Josephine: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 297-01-9327).

Earl: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 279-03-8381).

Leland: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 287-03-0797).

Gerald: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 279-10-4853).

Crystal: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 275-18-1315).

Donovan: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 297-07-1025).

Aubrey: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 274-14-3007).

 


We are actively seeking more information on the individuals listed here (and their descendants). If you have any additional information, photographs or documents to share: please e-mail me.
Daniel Edwards

Last Updated: Sunday, April 07, 2002.