RESIDENTS OF CASSVILLE 1910
Enumerator - Charles Vinson
1. Bridge Street:
Benjamin Runyon and wife Martha ran a hotel, a large structure between Johnny Crabtree's carry-out and the end of the old bridge. The building was torn down in the 1940's. Nettie Stewart was the cook. Clara Rowe Hinton was the waitress.
2. Church Street:
Mary S. Bartram lived on this short street along with her sons: Grant U., William S. and John M.; daughter Amanda J. Along with a nephew George M. Wellman.
3. Broadway:
Charles Frasher and wife Elizabeth and small son Charles S. They lived in a house that was torn down or burned in the 1940's. By the corner filling station on the corner of Broadway and Church Streets. Their house faced the railroad.
James Chapman and wife Ruth E. and their children: Archie A., Mattie and Ossian. Mr. Chapman was a blacksmith and ran a grocery store down the street from the present Fat Man's Beer Garden. They lived in the upstairs of the building.
Samuel Frasher and wife Mary along with his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Loar. He was retired.
4. Vancouver Street:
Elmer Stanley and wife Juley and two children (twins), John E. and Mary E. They were where Macil Cyrus now lives. He was a rail roader.
William Dameron and wife Elizabeth. He retired, was thought to have lived in the house occupied by Luther Wellman.
David Reed and wife Victoria and children: daughter, Esta, and sons, Ashton and William. He was a carpenter and was thought to have lived in the house by Luther Wellman.
Samuel Weddington, wife, Tilla, daughter, Jessie, and son, Harry D. He worked in a lumberyard in Mingo County. They lived in the house on the corner of Court Street and Vancouver Street. The Robinsons live there now.
Converse Webb and wife Leona. He was a farmer and she a schoolteacher.
Lace Wellman, wife, Jessie, and son, Charles C. He was a bookkeeper at Louisa Bank. They lived in the large house by the Baptist Church, occupied now by the Hammonds.
5. Court Street:
Clabe Wellman, wife, Nellie, and their widowed daughter, Stella Chapman, her children: Ethel and Paul. They lived in the house now owned and occupied by Wilburn Meredith. Clabe Wellman built the house. He built several around town.
William Adkins and wife, Vinnie. He was a railroader. They lived in the house where Donna Britt now lives.
6. County Road: County road began at the garage of Gordon Bartram and ran along what is now Palace Street, down through the "hitch-up" and up into town.
Reynolds Frasher, wife, Lydia and children: Raymond B, William R., Charles C., and Lydia's brother, Charles Vanhoose. They resided where the Fort Gay Health Clinic is located.
Harrison Vickers, wife, Myrtle, and children: Archie, Louisa and Amanda B. He was a rural mail carrier. They lived where the telephone office is now located.
Christopher Price, wife, Addie, and children, Clyde and Beulah. Christopher was locally known as "Lum". He worked at odd jobs.
Joseph Merchans, wife, Georgianna, and children, James and Wayne. His mother, Susanna Merchans. Joseph was an ironworker on bridges. They had a maid, Georgia Trent.
Lorenzo D. Bryan and wife, Mary. He was a minister and lived in the house that the Bowens owned and was torn down, across the street from the clinic. They had a colored manservant, Charles Muscondy? He was also a porter at a local hotel.
John D. Peters, wife, Lillian, and children, George W. and Mary D. Also, his brother-in-law, Mike Holt, a bookbinder. Mr. Peters was a rural mail carrier.
Fred C. Sipple, wife, Rebecca, and children, Oskar (a farmer laborer) and daughter Eva. Mr. Sipple was a farmer. They lived in the house where Dennis Smith now resides.
7. High Street:
James M. Rowe, wife, Beuna, and their children: Dee, Jay, Irene, James M., Jr., Helen and Imogene. Mr. Rowe was lock tender for the government.
Eph Lockwood and wife, Ida. He was a physician and lived where Grace Waller lived. His office was a building by the side of the house down toward the "hitch-up" area. He also had a barn down on the end of the lot to keep his horse and buggy in.
Sarah Dameron. Retired. Lived in the house where Paul Billups lived. It was later moved to the present site, the home of Clyde Copley.
William M. Queen, wife, Mary, and children: Ernest, Vergey and Louellen. Mr. Queen was a schoolteacher.
Taylor Peters, wife, Bell, and children: Lucy, Luke, Mellie, and Frank. Mr. Peters was a merchant. His store was on Broadway, near Wayne Street. He lived in the house that Fannie Frasher lives in.
8. Broadway:
Caudill New, wife, Hester, and children: Ernest, Madglene, Andy and Jay C. Mr. New was a coal miner. They lived in the house where Ray Ailiff had his swap shop.
Emery Thompson, wife, Sussie, and children: Mable, Naomi, Corrine and Clarence. Mr. Thompson was a railroader. They lived in the house where Bridge Mart is now located.
George Wellman and wife, Grace. He was a drayman for the town. They lived where Fay Thompson resides.
Rebecca Frasher and son, Paul. She was retired, they lived in the brick house that burned beside Bridge Mart.
9. Polk Street:
James M. Spencer, wife, Elizabeth, and son, D.T. Mr. Spencer was a house carpenter and built and lived in the house that belongs to Lafayette Vinson. Their son was a railroader.
Joseph York, wife, Rebecca, and child Arley B., and mother-in-law, Susannah Bartram. Also, Norma Crabtree, a servant. Mr. York had a grocery store on the vacant lot below Bridge Mart. His house was beside the store. His wife was a clerk in the store.
Sarah Bartram, an agent of medicine.
Leander H. York, wife, Permelia, and son, Clarence. Mr. York was a physician at the hospital. Vicie Thompson was a servant in their home.
10. Wayne Street:
Philip York, wife, Jimmie, and children: Paul, Pansy and Wakeman. He was a merchant.
Laben Kinstler and wife Emma. He was an assistant railroad agent.
James A. Frasher (Jim Allen), wife, Elizabeth and daughter, Vivian. Also, his brother, Samuel, and step-son, Nathaniel Preston. Mr. Frasher was a railroader.
William Wellman and children: Guff, King, Charlie, Mable, Cullie and Laura. They lived where Bobbie Dawson lives. Mr. Wellman was a laborer at odd jobs. (He was a widower.)
11. Palace Street:
Martin Perry, wife, Francis, and children: Fee, Tinnie and Ruthie. Mr. Perry was a teamster at a lumber yard. His son, Fee, was a railroader.
John McClure and wife, Virgie. He was a railroader.
Reynolds Frasher, wife, Tillie, and daughter, Lillie. Mr. Frasher was a physician and lived in the house where Elsie Daugherty lived. Dr. Frasher had his office across the street from City Hall.
Lewis Brown, wife Mary F., and children: Lotus R. and Gaither. Mr. Brown was a general machinist and Mrs. Brown was a milliner in her home. They lived at 8216 Palace Street.
Corneleus Wellman and wife, Lydia, also lived at 8216 Palace Street. Mr. Wellman was a butcher.
Susanna Weddington and two grandchildren, William and Sue. They lived at 8219 Palace Street, the present home of Jack and Pauline Adkins.
Theodore Weddington, wife, Josephine, and children: Henry and Rose. Mr. Weddington was a team driver for a mill. His son also a driver. They lived in a house where Jennings Kitts lived.
Ed Reynolds, wife, Sarah Elizabeth, and children: Nellie, James S. and Gussie. He was a stock trader and later ran a hardware store. Mrs. Reynolds was a dressmaker. They lived on the corner of Palace and Moore Streets. The house burned down a few years ago.
William Ratliff, wife, Martha, and son, Taylor, lived on Moore Street in the late Byron Reid property. Mr. Ratliff was a physician of veterinary medicine.
James Rowe and wife, Rhoda (no children). Manerva Frasher resided with them. Mr. Rowe was a laborer at odd jobs. They lived in the house where Sadie Aliff now lives.
Eugene Romans and wife, Malissa (no children). They lived in the hosue that burned by Sadie Aliff in the 1970's. Mr. Romans worked at odd jobs. (He built the home that they lived in.)
12. Wayne Street:
Virginia Wheeler, a widow, lived at the corner of Wayne and Palace Streets, where Mrs. Kirk has a trailer. She was the mother-in-law of Jacob Kinstler.
Jacob Kinstler, wife, Martha, and children: Samuel, Charles and Earle. They lived where Bonnie Dean's trailer is located. There was a large Blacksmith situated beside the house. It all burned in the 1940's. Mr. Kinstler was a blacksmith. Inez Frasher was a maid in their home. Samuel was a carpenter, Charles was a carpenter, and Earle was a dray man for the town. Another son, Frank, was a newsboy on the street. They also had a daughter, Nellie, at home.
Carl Frasher and wife Molly. He was a barber.
Morris Springfield and wife, Nancy. He was a mail carrier, Star Route. Erastus Rowe boarded with them, he was a foreman on lock and dam.
Cora Rowe, a widow, her children: Albert A., Jennie M., Bessie and Solomon. Elizabeth Frasher, mother-in-law and Inez Frasher, sister-in-law. Mr. C. Frasher was a seamstress and worked out.
William C. Bartram and wife, Sarah E., lived in the house with Ramsey Bartram, their son. He was the proprietor of a hotel at the entrance to Wayne Street. The former Cardwell Hotel. It was torn down several years ago. Francis M. Hewitt, Louvena Hewitt and Russell A. Hewitt appeared to be husband, wife and child. Mr. Bartram ran a sawmill, Francis Hewitt was the operator of the sawmill.
Walter Osborne and wife, Martha. He was merchant of general store. The store was located where the old Ray Ailiff store was in the 1960's. It has since been torn down. Bascomb Workman, their grandson, lived with them. He was a telegrapher for the railroad.
13. Polk Street:
James Billups, wife Mary, and children: Harmey, Harry, Nelly and Sherly. His brother, Taylor, lived with them. James worked on a railroad tie gang. His brother, Taylor, was a timber man on the river.
George Bartram, wife, Julie, and children: Bertha, Roy, Dorothy (Dott), Gladys and granddaughter, Blanche. They lived all their lives in a large house across from City Hall. He was a teamster and farmer.
Fred Wilson, wife, Lizzie, and children: Charles, Harry, Ethel and son Elda. They lived in a house below the pumphouse. The house had a two-story extension on the end, that is where the store was, and they lived in the rest of the house. He ran a retail grocery.
Byron Reid, wife Eveline, and children: Aunita and Minnie W. He was a railroad section foreman and lived where Gabe Pennington now lives. Mr. Ried lived to be 103 years old.
Samuel Crabtree, wife, Nancy J., and son, Elisha. Daughter-in-law, Frankie, and grandson, Samuel D. Samuel was retired, son, Elisha, was a railroad section laborer. Samuel was the father-in-law of Byron Ried.
William Wellman, wife, Nancy, and children: Morgan, Minervie, Willie and Luther. He was a railroad section worker, his wife was a dressmaker at home. Son, Morgan, was a railroad brakeman. They lived in next to the last house on the hill.
Mont Wellman, wife, Montie, and children: Rufas, Paul, Sue, Caroline, Charles and Ilene. He was a laborer at odd jobs.
14. Cass Street:
Samuel Haney and wife, Fronie and child, Lucy. He was a laborer at odd jobs.
Jay Blodgett, wife, Mae Eliza and children: Frank, William and daughter Jessie. Mr. Blodgett worked on railroad extra force. They lived in a small house behind the Mack Bailey house, where Virginia Bailey now lives.
Usher Workman, wife Lizzie and children: Bruce, Alfred, Ruth, Lace, Theodore, Willie, Martha, Ethel and Lucian. Mr. Workman was a railroad laborer.
Strother Frasher, a widow and laborer at odd jobs. He lived in the house across the road from the section house on the side of the hill. It was a very small house.
15. Harrison Street
James S. Bartram and wife, Julia. He was a restaurant proprietor.
Maggie Wellman had her own income. Mahalia Wells lived in the house as a servant.
16. Jackson Street
Virgil Burnett, wife, Louella, and children: Laurence and Louvenia. Mr. Burnett was a farm laborer.
Eva Bardley and children, Thomas and Nancy. She was a laundress and worked outside of the home.
Henry F. Frasher, wife, Minnie, and children: charlene and Minnie Mae, unknown third child. He was a merchant of the general store. His store was located beside the City Hall. His home was directly behind the store. William Darst, a boarder, also lived there. He was a laborer at odd jobs.
Gideon Hampton, wife, Addie, and daughter, Alice Ferguson, and son-in-law, Lou Ferguson. Gid Hampton was a merchant with a general store. L. Ferguson plumbed houses.
17. Cass Street:
John Wellman, wife, Caroline, and children, Hiram and Harry. He was a laborer at odd jobs.
Chales See, wife, Lizzie, and children: Fred, Ira, Adain, Celesta, Garnett and Marion J. (Marion J. is Jack See, a lawyer in Louisa). Mr. See was a merchant in a general store and his son, Fred, taught school.
Samuel Crum, wife, Myrtle, and children: Jinnie C., Edward, Florence and Leonard. They lived in the house where Hessie Hall lives (his father built it after the Civil War). Samuel was the county sheriff.
John L. Billups, wife Mary, and daughter, Ida Wellman, and granddaughter, Hazel. Mr. Billups was a stock dealer.
Samuel Welch, wife, Myrtle, and children: Scott, Daisy and Cathrine. His mother, Mary Welch, lived with them. Mr. Welch was a stationery engraver.
William Russel and wife, Mary B. He was a railroad section hand.
Giles Rowe, wife, Rebecca and children: Clara, Lucy, Mary, William, Frank and granddaughter, Ellan, grandson, Charles. He was a farmer doing general farming. They lived in back of the Jay New house on land facing the river.