History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, MO
Cedar County Biography Section

     Levi Vassar, a substantial farmer, residing seven miles 
west of Stockton, Mo., was born in Cannon County, Tenn., 
November 9, 1825, his parents being Daniel and Ruthie (Lowry) 
Vassar.  The former was born in Tennessee, and died in 
Arkansas in 1832 where there on a visit.  He was a farmer and 
blacksmith by occupation.  His father, Joshua Vassar, was an 
early settler of Tennessee.  Mrs. Vassar died in Gentry County,
Mo., in 1850.  Levi Vassar was the fourth of eight children, 
four of whom survive, and made his home with his mother until 
eighteen years of age, when he went to Clinton County, Mo., 
but a year later returned to Gentry County, where he married, 
and resided seventeen years.  In August, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H, Third Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers, U. S. A.,
and was in active service for about three years, being a 
participant in the battles of Lexington, Pea Ridge, Luka,
Champion's Hill, Grand Gulf, Corinth, Farmington and Vicksburg,
being taken prisoner at the latter place.  After his return 
home, he resumed farming, and now owns 160 acres of land, of 
which 100 are under cultivation.  He has resided in Cedar 
County since 1875, and is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. 
His wife was a Miss Margaret Lucinda Bryson, who was in 
Tennessee in 1831, and by her he has eight children: Amanda P.,
wife of A. W. Martin; Narcissus P., William B., Robert E., 
Linda W., wife of C. N. Philpott; Alice, Maggie and Jessie.  
Mrs. Vassar's parents are Samuel and Isabel Bryson.  Mr. Vassar
cast his first vote for Fillmore for the presidency, and is 
now a Democrat in politics.  He served for about seventeen 
months in the Mexican War, being in Company H, under Capt. 
Simmons.  Owing to the death of his father when he was seven 
years of age, Mr. Vassar's educational advantages were very 
limited, but his is considered a man of sound judgment, and 
is well informed on all the topics of the day.

History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889--Pages 783, 784
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