M. E. Casshire
The following narrative describing M.E. Casshire
was extracted from the book, “The First White Woman in the
“One day my husband and I were invited by Mr. Jackson, manager of the Bay State Cattle Company, to take dinner with him and Mrs. Jackson at the round-up which was camped at the double crossing about three miles below Big Trails on the No Wood River. Along in the afternoon, a cowboy came riding up to the camp mounted upon a beautiful black horse. He stopped in front of the tent, his horse dancing and prancing.
This cowboy’s name was Mollie Cashier. He was a very
attractive looking young fellow, I would say almost handsome. This was the first time I had ever seen
him. Upon being introduced, he handed me
a copy of the first issue of the Bonanza Rustler, saying that he had just came
up from Bonanza and had taken the paper from the press. This happened in the summer of 1889 and was
the first newspaper to be published in the
He drowned in Thermopolis in December of that year, less than three months after he was married.”
There is strong evidence that Mr. Mollie Cashier described by Mrs. Bull is M.E. Casshire who is buried in the Ten Sleep Cemetery (lot 15A) very near to Emma Buckmaster Smith (lot 15H). The Smith lots in the cemetery are also adjacent to the Buckmaster Lots. It is assumed that the spelling of Mr. Casshire’s name on his headstone is the correct spelling of his name, whereas the spelling of his name in Mr. Frison’s book was submitted by Mrs. Bull from memory. The information on the headstone is “M.E. Casshire, died December 31, 1890, aged 31 and 44 days, a loved one from us has gone.”
The dates that appear on Mr. Casshire’s headstone, the location of his burial plot in the Ten Sleep Cemetery and the information carved on his headstone indicate that he is the person described by Mrs. Bull in Paul Frison’s book.
John F. Haggerty, Secretary/Treasurer
Ten Sleep Cemetery District
October 4, 2011.