The Family Cemetery

Virgil Preston Kessinger

Father of William Netter Kassinger by his first wife Martha Ann Daugherty. William Netter Kassinger and his wife Martha Jane Hicks are the parents of James Jackson Kassinger who married Halie Ann Daugherty. Their son is Darrell Kassinger who married Rhoda Betty Stone. They are the parents of Michael Kassinger (me). Mount Vernon Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky.

 

Sarah Gilstrap Kessinger

(184?-1909) Wife of Virgil Preston Kessinger. Mother of Luellen Palestine Kessinger who married Alfred Judson Daugherty, They are the parents of Halie Ann Daugherty who married James Jackson Kassinger, They are the parents of Darrell Kassinger who married Rhoda Betty Kassinger. Darrell and Betty Kassinger are the parents of Michael Eugene Kassinger (me). Mount Vernon Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky.

 

James Kessinger

(1829-1908) A brother to Virgil Preston Kessinger. Mount Vernon Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky.

 

Eliza Jane Kessinger

(1832-1914) Wife of James Kessinger. Mount Vernon Cemetery in Butler County, Kentucky.

Alfred Judson Daugherty

(1863-1943) Alfred is the son of Thomas Jefferson Daugherty and Sarah Ferguson. He is buried in Hackett Cemetery in Livermore, Kentucky which is in Mclean County. He married Luellen Palestine Kessinger, the daughter of Virgil Preston Kessinger and Sarah Gilstrap. Alfred and Luellen's daughter, Halie Ann Daugherty, married James Jackson Kassinger. Their son is Darrell Kassinger who married Rhoda Betty Stone. They are the parents of Michael Eugene Kassinger (me). Alfred Judson Daugherty's wife Luellen died after 1908 during child birth and the baby did not live either. Family members were told by Halie that her mother was buried in Richland Baptist Church Cemetery just outside of Livermore. She has no stone and no one knows exactly where she is buried.

 

Rhoda Betty Stone Kassinger

(1925-1979) Daughter of Joseph Robert Stone and Ida Bell Foster. She married Darrell Kassinger, son of James Jackson Kassinger and Halie Ann Daugherty, and is my mother. The stone is located in Fairview Cemetery in the city of Henderson, Kentucky.

 

Ida Bell Foster Stone

(1895-1985) She is the daughter of James Foster and Delitha Yates. She married Joseph Robert Stone and their daughter is Rhoda Betty Stone Kassinger (My mother). The Stone is located in Poole which is near Sebree, Kentucky in Webster County.

 

Joseph Robert Stone

(1891-1956) Son of Joseph Sorrell Stone and Nancy Margaret Fraser. He married Ida Bell Foster. They are the parents of Rhoda Betty Stone Kassinger (My mother). The Stone is located in Poole which is near Sebree, Kentucky in Webster County.

 

Joseph Sorrell Stone

(1844-1919) He married Nancy Margaret Fraser. They are the parents of Joseph Robert Stone who married Ida Bell Foster. Their daughter is Rhoda Betty Stone Kassinger (My mother). The Stone is located in Poole, Which is located near Sebree, Kentucky

Nancy Margaret Fraser Stone

(Died 1928) She married Joseph Sorrell Stone. They are the parents of Joseph Robert Stone who married Ida Bell Foster. Their daughter is Rhoda Betty Stone Kassinger who married Darrell Kassinger. They are the paraents of Michael Eugene Kassinger (me). The Stone is located in Poole which is near Sebree, Kentucky.

 

James Jackson "Jack" Kassinger & Halie Ann Daugherty

James Jackson "Jack" Kassinger is the son of William Netter Kassinger and Martha Jane Hicks. Jack's wife, Halie Ann Daugherty is the daughter of Alfred Judson Daugherty and Luellen Palestine Kessinger. Jack's father William Netter Kessinger is the son of Virgil Preston Kessinger and his first wife Martha Ann Daugherty. Halie's Mother Luellen Palestine Kessinger is the daughter of Virgil Preston Kessinger and second wife Sarah Gilstrap. Meaning that Jack's father and Halie's mother were siblings making Jack and Halie first cousins. (This has confused many family members.) Jack and Halie are the parents of Darrell Kassinger who married Rhoda Betty Stone. Michael Eugene Kassinger (me) is their son.

 

Frank Kassinger Family

Franklin Kassinger (1925-2000) and Mary Frances Frasure (1926-1999) are the parents of Franklin Kassinger Jr. He died before them (1948-1969) and left a wife Shelia and daughter Stacy Kassinger Maddox. Frank Senior is the son of James Jackson Kassinger and Halie Ann Daugherty. Frank and Frances are my aunt and uncle and Franklin Jr. is my cousin.

Frank Kassinger Family (Back View)

The family had a beautiful carving put on the back of the stone of the homeplace of Frank and Frances. We had many wonderful Kassinger family reunions there. The home is located in Livermore, Kentucky as is the stone which is in Oak Hill Cemetery.