Ancestry of Rep. Dick Gephardt

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Dick Gephardt should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.

Robert Battle and Larain Wilson Wessels contributed some of the material below.

William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Richard Andrew Gephardt
1 Richard Andrew Gephardt, b. St. Louis, Mo., 31 Jan. 1941, US Representative from Missouri
m. ... 13 Aug. 1966,
Jane Ann Byrnes, b. ... , dau. of ... Byrnes and of ... .
PARENTS
2 Louis Andrew Gephardt, b. near Washington, Mo., 4 Feb. 1904, d. ... 26 Nov. 1984 [SSDI 497-07-6452]
m.
3 Loreen Estelle Cassell, b. ... , Mo., ... 1908/9, d. ... , Mo., 9 May 2003
GRANDPARENTS
4 Andrew Gephardt, farmer, b. ... , Mo., ... May 1874, d. ...
m. ... 1900
5 Alice V ... Jones, b. ... , Mo., ... Oct 1878, d. ...
6 King S ... Cassell, railroad conductor, b. ... , Ill., ... Apr. 1876, d. ...
m. ... 1904
7 Stella ----, b. ... , Mo., ... 1884, d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 John Gephardt, b. ... , d. ... [by 1900]
m.
9 Barbara ----, b. ... , Germany, ... Jan. 1835, emigrated 1857 to US, in 1900 and 1910 named "Barbara Mayer", d. ...
10 Martin Van Buren Jones, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1840], d. ... [living 1880]
m. Franklin Co., Mo., 8 Feb. 1876
11 Anna Barbara Haller, b. ... , Mo., ... [ca. 1856], d. ... [living 1880]
12 William H ... Cassell, b. ... , Ill., ... March 1841, d. ... [by 22 June 1918]
m. Lacon, Marshall Co., Ill., 8 April 1861
13 Charlotte Johnson, b. ... , N. Y., ... Aug. 1842, d. ... [survived husband]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
20 David Jones, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1812], d. ... [between 1870-1880]
m.
21 Julia A ... ----, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1818], d. ... [living 1880]
22 Jacob Haller, b. ... , Württemberg, ... [ca. 1826], emigrated to US 5 Nov 1853, ae. 28, on the William Tell (Capt. James Hunck), d. ... [living 1890, d. by 1896]
m. New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., 15 April 1854 [recorded Franklin Co., MO - "Mr. Jacob Haller and Miss Agatha Birk married on 15 April 1854 by Henry Kleinhagen, MG at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana on a license issued by Hon. L. U. Haiennie, JP Orleans Parish, Louisiana on 10 April 1854 witnesses: Mr. John Geiger, Mr. Daniel Huber, Miss Anna Haller the bride's and groom's names are entered in German script and appear to be Jakob Hallow and Agatha Birk" http://www.vienici.com/mofran/vC/p351381.html]
23 Agatha Birk, b. ... [bapt. Trossingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Württemberg, 5 Aug. 1827], d. ... [survived husband]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
46 Johann Martin Birck
m.
47 Anna Barbara Kohler
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS



1920 Missouri, St. Louis, vol. 113, ED 539, sheet 13, line 15

                                                   Father's      Mother's
                   Rel     Age      Birthplace    Birthplace    Birthplace 
Cassell King S      H      42       Illinois      Illinois      Illinois
        Stella      W      39       Missouri      Missouri      Missouri
        Clarence    S      13       Missouri      Illinois      Missouri
        Loreen      D      11       Missouri      Illinois      Missouri
        Earl        S       9       Missouri      Illinois      Missouri
        Charlotte   S       5       Missouri      Illinois      Missouri

The home was at 1431 Blackstone Ave.
King Cassell was a Conductor for a Railroad.

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1910 Missouri, Franklin Co., vol. 31, ED 63, vis 68, sheet 4, line 53

                                                            Father's  Mother's
                     Rel   Age   Status  Children  Bplace    Bplace    Bplace
Gephardt Andrew       H    35    M1 10             Missouri  Germany   Germany
         Alice V      W    31    M1 10    5  5     Missouri  W Va      W Va
         Herbert W    S     9    S                 Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Clara A      D     8    S                 Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Louis A      S     6    S                 Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Earl R       S     3    S                 Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Harry R      S     1    S                 Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Julius      Bro   38    S                 Missouri  Germany   Germany
Meyer Barbara         M    75    W        7  5     Germany   Germany   Germany

Andrew and Julius were farmers.
Barbara immigrated in 1857.

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1910 Missouri, St. Louis, vol. 98, ED 383, vis 326, sheet 14, line 46

                                                          Father's  Mother's
                  Rel   Age   Status  Children  Bplace    Bplace    Bplace
Cassell K C        H    34    M1  6             Illinois  Ohio      Illinois
        Estella    W    26    M1  6    3  3     Missouri  U S       U S
        Clarence   S     3    S                 Missouri  Illinois  Missouri
        Larine     D     2    S                 Missouri  Illinois  Missouri
        Bob        S    3/12  S                 Missouri  Illinois  Missouri

The Cassell home was at 4229 Castleman Ave.
K C was an Express Messenger for a Rail Road.

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1900 Missouri, Franklin Co., St John's Twp, vol. 31, ED 37, sheet 17, line 30

                                                             Father's  Mother's
                    Rel  Born    Status  Children  Bplace    Bplace    Bplace
Gebhardt Andrus     H    May 74    M               Missouri  Germany   Germany
         Allis      W    Oct 78    M      0  0     Missouri  Illinois  Missouri
         Julious    Br   Feb 71    S               Missouri  Germany   Germany
Meyer Barbara       M    Jan 35    W      7  5     Germany   Germany   Germany
Gebhardt Robert     Ne   Oct 92    S               Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
         Frederick  Ne   Feb 95    S               Missouri  Missouri  Missouri
Mayer John          Svt  May 75    S               Missouri  Germany   Germany

Andrus and Julious were farmers, John was a farm laborer.

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1900 - Orthel Twp., Hancock Co., IA, e.d. 118, sheet 4a
Cassell, King C.    Boarder    W M Apr 1876 24    S    IL OH IL  Student

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1900 - Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, e.d. 91, sheet 4a
Cassell, William H.    Head    W M Mar 1841 59    M 40    IL OH OH   Farmer
___, Charlotte         Wife    W F Aug 1842 57    M 40    NY NY NY
___, Benjamin B.       Son     W M Jul 1879 20    S       IL IL NY   RR hand
___, Dasie M.          Dau     W F Jan 1882 18    S       IL IL NY
___, Eva D.            Dau     W F Aug 1884 15    S       IA IL NY

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1880 - Lacon, Marshall Co., IL, e.d. 151, sheet 5 [p. 398a]
Cassel, William H.    W M 39                Farmer           IL OH OH
___, Charlotte        W F 38         Wife   K. h.            NY PA NY
___, Cassius M.       W M 18         Son    Works on farm    IL IL NY
___, Cora B.          W F 17         Dau                     IL IL NY
___, Clara F.         W F 14         Dau                     IL IL NY
___, Charity M.       W F 12         Dau                     IL IL NY
___, Charlotte        W F 10         Dau                     IL IL NY
___, Hattie G.        W F  8         Dau                     IL IL NY
___, William H.       W M  6         Son                     IL IL NY
___, King S.          W M  4         Son                     IL IL NY
___, Benjamin B.      W M  4/12 Jun  Son                     IL IL NY
(1 boarder)

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1880 - St. Johns Twp., Franklin Co., MO, e.d. 76, sheet 31 [p. 223c]
Jones, Julia     W F 62              K. H.        VA VA      VA
___, Van B.      W M 40     Son      Farmer       VA VA      VA
___, Annie B.    W F 24     D-i-L                 MO Prussia Prussia
___, Lewis M.    W M  4     GSon                  MO VA      MO
___, Alice V.    W F  2     GDau                  MO VA      MO

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1880 - St. Johns Twp., Franklin Co., MO, e.d. 76, sheet 27 [221c]
Haller, Jacob                W M 53            Farmer          Wurtemberg Wur Wur
___, Agness                  W F 52    Wife    K. H.           Wurtemberg Wur Wur
___, John                    W M 19    Son     Works on farm   MO         Wur Wur
___, Bertha                  W F 18    Dau                     MO         Wur Wur
Bejsinhurst[?], Augusta      W F 12    Niece                   MO         Wur Wur
(FamilySearch has "Bysenhart")

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1870 - Washington, Franklin Co., MO, p. 387a
Jones, David        58 M W    Farmer        7550 5000     VA
    Julia A.        52 F W    K. H.                       VA
    Danl. B.        31 M W    Laborer                     VA
(several apparent non-relatives)

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1870 - Washington, Franklin Co., MO, p. 384a
Haller, Jacob        44 M W    Carpenter    500 350    Wirtemberg
    Agatha           43 F W    K. H.                   Wirtemberg
    Anna             15 F W                            MO
    Christine        11 F W                            MO
    John             10 M W                            MO
    Mary              6 F W                            MO
    Bertha            4 F W                            MO

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1860 - St. Johns Twp., Franklin Co., MO, p. 315
David Jones    47 M    Farmer     3000 600     VA
Julia A.  "    41 F                            VA
Van B.    "    20 M    Farmer                  VA
Jackson   "    18 M    Farmer                  OH
Elizabeth "    15 F                            MO

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1850 - Dist. 31, Being, Franklin Co., MO, p. 56b
David Jones    38 M W    Cooper        300    VA
Julia     "    31 F W                         VA
Emeline   "    13 F W                         IL
Martin    "    10 M W                         VA
Andrew    "     8 M W                         OH
Elizabeth "     6 F W                         MO

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NOTES




12 -- Civil War records: William H. Cassell, of Whitefield, [Bureau Co.] IL, enlisted 11 Aug 1862 in co. D, 77th IL Infantry, mustered out as corporal 17 Jun 1865, applied for pension as invalid 22 Apr 1879 (appl. 281,345, cert. 199,410), widow Charlotte Cassell applied from IA 22 Jun 1918 (appl. 1,122,448, cert. 860,556).

from Muscatine County, Iowa Civil War Soldiers: William H. Cassell, G.A.R. marker, enlisted 10 Jul 1862 age 18 res. Millville Iowa, d. 1918, b. 1841, Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene Co., IA.



22 -- Civil War records: Jacob Haller, sergeant in Captain Kunzle's Co. (E), Franklin Co. Reserve Corps Regiment, Missouri H. G. - applied for pension as invalid (from MO) 14 Aug 1890 (appl. 906,360, cert. 696,799), widow Agatha Haller applied 30 Dec 1896 from MO (appl. 646,605, cert. 446,470)











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