William is the son of Thomas Cassidy who was born in Lanark, Glasgow, Scotland (of Irish Decent). Mother is Bridget Cecelia Murphy (of Irish Decent), she was born in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, both of his parents immigrated to PA., and arrived on July 29, 1875, into N.Y. on the U.S.S. Utopia, with young sons Tom & Felix, settling in Larksville, PA. William was the last born child of ten children. On 2-20-1924, William married Gertrude M. Brown, daughter of Martin F. Brown and Bridget Ann Moran, of Wilkes-Barre, PA. They where married at Holy Savior Church, Hillard Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA. They had five children together. William worked in the mines, and became unemployed during the great depression. Wm. and Gertrude separated around 1931, Gertrude took her two daughters moving to Wilkes-Barre, while he took two sons and their daughter Mary Agnes(my mom) and continued to live in the family home in Larksville, on Howard Street in the home his parents bought. William played piano, my mother told me that when she was a little girl he use to sit her on his lap and play the piano for her, calling her my little Mary Agnes. During the flood of 1935 William took his tree children, Thomas, Mary Agnes and living son to see the flood along with a neighbor and their German Shepard Jack. Tom fell into the Susquehanna River while skipping rocks, William an excellent swimmer jumped into save his son, but the current was to strong, and as a result they both drowned. They never found Tom's body, but three days later they found William at Wapwallopen, PA. My mom, her brother, neighbor-Dugan and dog named Jack walked home alone that day, mom was age eight. Wm. was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Church, Plymouth, PA. and was buried in the parish cemetery in Larksville.

After William's death Gertrude cared for all of the remaining children, and still resided in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Many years later, she remarried, Edward Conwell, he died in the late 1950's, Gertrude lived to the age 80, died 12-25-1979, in Wilkes-Barre, PA., and is buried with her second husband, in St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Cemetery, St. Mary's Road, Hanover Township, PA.

Photo: Courtesy of Newspaper(you can request name of newspaper and date published), and research by his granddaughter Mary Emmett Langdon. Posted here by Mary Emmett Langdon, and permission to use this photo on a public site is only allowed when photo is sited as it is here, otherwise permission is not granted.

To find the burial location of William Cassidy, looking at this photograph, William is buried in between and or in the middle of the area between Maher and Monahan tombstones. In the past there use to be a concert urn, that my mother Mary Agnes (Cassidy) Emmett (daughter of William) use to place flowers in as a child when she visited with her Aunt Mary Cassidy Simpson and Uncle John Cassidy, siblings to William. This photo shows the area where William is buried, which is between Maher upright tombstone on the right of this picture to the flat stone of Thomas Monahan's & Family to the left, William and his parents do not have a tombstone.
William is buried in the same plot as his parents, Thomas and Bridget (Murphy) Cassidy. William's son Thomas body was never recovered from the river therefore there is not any burial of him. There is an empty grave in this plot of four burials.

Photo: Taken on 7-7-2002 by and posted here by Mary Emmett Langdon, and permission to use this photo on a public site is only allowed when photo is sited as it is here, otherwise permission is not granted.

This is the side of the Gate exiting St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery, Mountain Road, Larksville, PA.

Created by: Mary (Emmett)Langdon 9-17-12