PLEASANT CASEY (8.2.3) is the son of Abner Casey and Elizabeth (Bowen) Casey.  Pleasant was born on December 12, 1810 in Tennessee.  Pleasant Casey married Lucy Webb (born 1811 in Tennessee).  Pleasant and Lucy Casey were the parents of nine children:

  Emaline Casey, b. 1831, Tennessee
  Ellsbury B. Casey (8.2.3.2), b. October 15, 1837, Bradley County, Tennessee
  Abner A. Casey, b. 1838, Bradley County, Tennessee
  Elizabeth A. Casey, b. 1841, Bradley County, Tennessee
  Leroy Casey, b. 1844, Bradley County, Tennessee
  Pleasant Houston Casey (8.2.3.6), b. September 6, 1847, Bradley County, Tenn.
  John Casey, b. 1851, Tennessee
  William Casey
  Lafayette Casey

From 1840 to 1850, Pleasant and Lucy Casey were living in Bradley County, Tennessee.  In 1860 and 1870, Pleasant Casey was living in Titus County, Texas.  Pleasant Casey died in 1877 and was buried in Franklin County, Texas.  Lucy (Webb) Casey died in 1877 and was buried in Franklin County, Texas.  Emaline Casey married Hiram Fitzgerald.  Elizabeth Casey married John Carson and they had four children:  -  Robert Lee Carson,  -  Thomas Albert Carson,  -  Nannie Elizabeth Carson,  -  John Columbus Carson.  John Casey never married.  William Casey married Martha Combs.

References:  1)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  2)  1840 and 1850 Censuses, Bradley County, Tennessee;  3)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992

ELLSBERRY B. CASEY (8.2.3.2) is the son of Pleasant Casey and Lucy (Webb) Casey.  Ellsberry was born on October 15, 1837 in Bradley County, Tennessee.  On November 1, 1860, Ellsberry Casey married Emaline Newman in Mount Pleasant, Texas.  Emaline was born on January 26, 1831 in Jefferson County, Tennessee and is the daughter of Jonathan Newman.  Ellsberry and Emaline Casey were the parents of seven children:

  Mary Elizabeth Casey, b. September, 1861, Texas
  Cathrine Victory Casey, b. December 19, 1867, Texas
  Jonathan Leroy Casey (8.2.3.2.3), b. September 11, 1869, Arkansas
  Pleasant Lafayette Casey (8.2.3.2.4), b. September 8, 1871, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
  Nora R. Casey, b. January 14, 1873, Texas
  Flora L. Casey, b. April 14, 1876, Arkansas
  Dora N. Casey, b. November 3, 1879, Arkansas

On June 11, 1863, Ellsberry Casey enlisted as private in the Union Army in Indianopolis, Indiana and served in Comany D, Sixth Regiment of the Seventy-first Indiana Volunteer Cavalry.  He served in Kentucky and Tennessee in late 1863 and early 1864 under General Burnsides at one time.  In the Spring of 1864, he served under General Sherman in Georgia.  Under General Staneman, he was taken prisoner on a raid against Macon, Georgia on August 5, 1864.  He was kept prisoner in Andersonville, Georgia, Florenc, South Carolina and then Richmond, Virginia.  He was then paroled and sent Annapolis, then a Baltimore, Maryland Hospital and then to Indianopolis.  He was discharged on June 12, 1865.  In 1870, Ellsberry and Emaline Casey were living in Scott County, Arkansas.  In 1880, Ellsberry and Emaline Casey were living in Logan County, Arkansas.  In 1888, Ellsberry Casey was elected Justice of the Peace in Logan County, Arkansas.  Ellsberry Casey died on June 18, 1899 and was buried in the Mansfield Cemetery in Arkansas.  In 1900, Emaline (Newman) Casey was living in Scott County, Arkansas.  Emaline (Newman) Casey died in August of 1939 in Abbott, Arkansas and was buried in the Mansfield Cemetery in Arkansas.

On October 10, 1883, Mary Casey married William C. Ellington in Logan County, Arkansas.  William was born on March 31, 1861 in Arkansas and is the son of Thomas Nathan Ellington and Martha Charlotte Ellington.  William and Mary Ellington had five children:  -  Thomas Elza Ellington, b. September 24, 1884, Arkansas,  -  William Leroy Lee Ellington, b. January 17, 1890, Arkansas,  -  Minyard Ellington, b. 1892, Arkansas,  -  Laura Ellington, b. 1895, Arkansas,  -  Etta Ellington, b. January 21, 1889, Arkansas.  Mary (Casey) Ellington died of typhoid in 1895 in Abbott, Arkansas and was buried in Garden City, Arkansas.  William C. Ellington died on January 3, 1927 and was buried in the Ellington Cemetery in Logan County, Arkansas.  Nora Casey married Walter Jones.  Nora (Casey) Jones died in 1966 and was buried in Abbott, Arkansas.  Flora Casey married Oscar L. Jones.  Dora (Casey) Jones died in 1964.

References:  1)  1870 and 1900 Censuses, Scott County, Arkansas;  2)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992

JONATHAN LEROY CASEY (8.2.3.2.3) is the son of Ellsberry B. Casey and Emaline (Newman) Casey.  Jonathan was born on September 11, 1869 in Arkansas.  On December 23, 1900, Jonathan Casey married Myrtle Benton Looper in Scott County, Arkansas.  Myrtle was born on December 10, 1879 in Abbott, Arkansas.  Jonathan and Myrtle Casey were the parents of five children:

  Reba Bernice Casey, b. June 29, 1903, Abbott, Arkansas
  Fern Casey, d. in infancy
  Elmer Ellsberry Casey, b. July 5, 1909, Abbott, Arkansas
  Charles Lafayette Casey, b. November 14, 1911, Abbott, Aransas
  Irma Lee Casey, b. October 22, 1914, Abbott, Arkansas

In 1920, Jonathan and Myrtle Casey were living in Logan County, Arkansas.  Jonathan Casey died on January 8, 1959 in Abbott, Arkansas and Myrtle (Looper) Casey died on August 5, 1956 in Abbott, Arkansas.  Both were buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Abbott, Arkansas.  Reba Casey died on March 3, 1980 and was buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Abbott, Arkansas.  Elmer Casey married Eva Wiley.  On February 19, 1914, Charles Casey married Frances M. Shackelford in Abbott, Arkansas.  Irma Casey married Robert W. Adair.

References:  1)  1920 Censuses, Logan County, Arkansas;  2)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992

PLEASANT LaFAYETTE CASEY (8.2.3.2.4) is the son of Ellsberry B. Casey and Emaline (Newman) Casey.  Pleasant was born on September 8, 1871 in Mount Pleasant, Texas.  On May 9, 1893, Pleasant Casey married Florence Rosalee Dugan in Silver Hills, Arkansas.  Florence was born on September 14, 1875 in Silver Hill, Arkansas and is the daughter of Michael Dugan and Mary Elizabeth (Rawls) Dugan.  Pleasant and Florence Casey were the parents of ten children:

  Claude LeRoy Casey, b. January 24, 1894, Silver Springs, Arkansas
  Lanora Rosalee Casey, b. December 7, 1897, Sevier County, Arkansas
  Dewey Victor Casey, b. September 10, 1898, Sebastian County, Arkansas
  Ruby Esther Casey, b. March 5, 1901, Silver Springs, Arkansas
  LaRetha Emily Casey, b. October 9, 1903, Abbott, Arkansas
  Jewell Viola Casey, b. May 15, 1907
  Glen Taft Casey, b. November 24, 1910, Porum, Oklahoma
  Theo Gertrude Casey, b. January 29, 1912, Porum, Oklahoma
  Ferrell Juanita Casey, b. March 4, 1914, Porum, Oklahoma
  Kathleen Casey, b. April 3, 1917, Porum, Oklahoma

Pleasant Casey died on December 26, 1948 in Warner, Oklahoma and Florence (Dugan) Casey died on December 29, 1963 in Warner, Oklahoma.  Both were buried in the Fields Cemetery in Porum, Oklahoma.  Claude Casey died as an infant on January 1, 1895 in Silver Spring, Arkansas.  On July 1, 1920, LaNora Casey married Rufus D. Hodge in Stigler, Oklahoma.  LaNora (Casey) Hodge died on March 23, 1990 in Norman, Oklahoma and was buried in the Fields Cemetery in Porum, Oklahoma.  On October 12, 1927, Dewey Casey married Ollie Margarette Robinson in Warner, Oklahoma.  Ollie was born on July 8, 1905 in Lamar, Arkansas and is the daughter of Charles Robinson and Lesolla Bell (Haulmark) Robinson.  Dewey and Ollie Casey had at least one daughter:  -  Louis Casey, b. September 18, 1928, Warner, Oklahoma.  Dewey Casey died on March 8, 1974 in Porum, Oklahoma and Ollie (Robinson) Casey died on October 17, 1985 in Warner, Oklahoma.

In 1920, Ruby Casey married Rastia Cruce Lansford in Muscogee, Oklahoma.  Rastia was born on December 6, 1899 in the Indian Territory and is the son of Mack Bryan Lansford and Nannie C. (Kerr) Lansford.  Rastia and Ruby Lansford had at least one daughter:  -  Betty Jo Lansford, b. January 11, 1922, Warner, Oklahoma.  Ruby married a second time to Isom Lewis.  LaRetha Casey married Mickey Rainwater.  LaRetha (Casey) Rainwater died in January of 1954 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.  In 1927, Jewell Casey married Charlie Floyd.  Jewell married a second time to Lee Bishop.  Glen Casey married Scottie Collins.  Theo Casey married William Joe Ray in Muscogee, Oklahoma.  On June 4, 1937, Ferrell Casey married Charles Karr in Vinita, Oklahoma.  Kathleen Casey died as an infant on January 1, 1918 in Porum, Oklahoma and was buried in the Coleman Cemetery near Porum, Oklahoma.

References:  1)  Pedigree Chart of Art Brown, April, 1986;  2)  Letter, Louise Casey to Harold Casey, 1990;  3)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992

PLEASANT HOUSTON CASEY (8.2.3.6) is the son of Pleasant Casey and Lucy (Webb) Casey.  Pleasant was born on September 6, 1847 in Bradley County, Tennessee.  Pleasant H. Casey married Nancy Jane Smith in Titus County, Texas.  Pleasant and Nancy Casey were the parents of four children:

  Robert Lee Casey (8.2.3.6.1), b. 1868, Mount Vernon, Texas
  Thomas Albert Casey, b. February 28, 1871, Mount Vernon, Texas
  Nannie Casey, b. 1873, Mount Vernon, Texas
  John C. Casey, b. 1875, Mount Vernon, Texas

On March 18, 1886, Pleasant Casey married a second time to Abbie Adeline Hall in Elmo, Texas.  Pleasant and Abbie Casey were the parents of seven children:

  Emma Louetta Casey, b. September 13, 1889, Emory, Texas
  Lucy Medline Casey, b. March 16, 1892, Winnsboro, Texas
  Abbie Adell Casey, b. August 27, 1894, Winnsboro, Texas
  Roy Tipton Casey, b. June 1, 1898, Eustace, Texas
  Rufus Garland Casey, b. November 12, 1901, Eustace, Texas
  Lonnie Cecil Casey, b. October 29, 1904, Emory, Texas
  Oma Elinor Casey, b. March 24, 1909, Mount Pleasant, Texas

Pleasant Casey died on May 15, 1920 in Burkburnett, Texas and was buried in Burkburnett, Texas.  Thomas Casey married Ida Belzora Morris and they had eight children:  -  Buna Elizabeth Casey, b. May 2, 1892, Lone Oak, Texas,  -  Ada Charlotte Casey, b. February 12, 1895, Winboro, Texas,  -  Emma Louetta Casey, b. December 14, 1898,  -  Julia Myrtle Casey, b. March 3, 1901, Emory, Texas,  -  Bertie Maye Casey, b. November 14, 1904,  -  Tommie James Casey, b. September 16, 1907, Lone Oak, Texas,  -  Arthur John Casey, b. April 18, 1910, Paducah, Texas,  -  Ewell Edward Casey, b. December 21, 1912, Paducah, Texas.  Thomas A. Casey died on January 24, 1956 in Northfield, Texas.

Nannie Casey died in Badveah, Texas.  John C. Casey married Della Butler.  John and Della Casey had four children:  -  Richard Casey,  -  Aubray Casey,  -  Valley Casey,  -  Mattie Casey.  John C. Casey died in New Mexico.  Richard Casey lives in Roswell, New Mexico.  Aubray Casey lives in Cimmaron, New Mexico.  Emma Casey died on November 28, 1980 in Dublin, Texas.  In 1915, Lucy Casey married Curtis Boyle.  Lucy (Casey) Boyle died on November 28, 1980 in Dublin, Texas.  On August 14, 1918, Abbie Casey married John Bell Williams and they had three children:  -  J. B. Williams, b. October 3, 1919,  -  Opal Williams, b. March 13, 1922, Chrisman, Texas,  -  Gene Williams, b. June 12, 1924.  Abbie (Casey) Williams died on July 7, 1987 in Brownwood, Texas and was buried in Brady, Texas.  On June 30, 1940, Opal Williams married Fred A. Langford.

In 1942, Roy Casey married Lizzie Alvada Perkins.  Roy Casey died on December 8, 1983 in Dublin, Texas.  In 1949, Rufus Casey married Rosa Malone.  Rufus Casey died on June 16, 1974 in Dublin, Texas.  Lonnie Casey married Eva Belyew.  Lonnie Casey died on April 6, 1927 in Scranton, Texas.  In 1929, Oma Casey married Leroy Wesley and they had one son:  -  Stanley Courtney Wesley, b. November 14, 1941.  Oma (Casey) Wesley died on January 7, 1987 in Dublin, Texas.

References:  1)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  2)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992;  3)  Letter, Bill Hensley to Robert Casey, July, 1994

ROBERT LEE CASEY (8.2.3.6.1) is the son of Pleasant Houston Casey and Nancy Jane (Smith) Casey.  Robert was born in 1868 in Mount Vernon, Texas.  In 1910, Robert Casey and his wife, Lollie B. Casey (b. 1871, Texas), were living in Franklin County, Arkansas.  Robert and Lollie Casey were the parents of four children:

  John H. Casey, b. 1902, Texas
  Joseph I. Casey, b. 1903, Texas
  Wilmire Casey, b. 1907, Oklahoma
  Lillian Casey, b. 1909, Oklahoma

Robert L. Casey died in Arkansas.

References:  1)  1910 Franklin County, Arkansas;  2)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  3)  Letter, Jo Hodges to Robert Casey, May, 1992

POLLY ANN CASEY (8.2.4) is the son of Abner Casey and Elizabeth (Bowen) Casey.  Polly was born on February 26, 1813 in Roane County, Tennessee.  Polly Casey married Braxton Edgemon (born March 26, 1813 in Tennessee).  Braxton and Polly Edgemon were the parents of eleven children:

  Sarah Ann Edgemon, b. February 18, 1833, Arkansas
  Rachael Edgemon, b. March 26, 1834, Illinois
  John E. Edgemon, b. December 29, 1837, Illinois
  Samuel Edgemon, b. February 4, 1839, Arkansas
  Abner Edgemon, b. February 4, 1842, Arkansas
  William T. Edgemon, b. July 20, 1844, Arkansas
  Jesse Columbus Edgemon, b. January 4, 1847, Newton County, Arkansas
  James Kembel Edgemon, b. April 20, 1852, Newton County, Arkansas
  Nancy Edgemon, b. December 18, 1849, Arkansas
  Marion Edgemon, b. November 8, 1855, Newton County, Arkansas
  Andrew Jackson Edgemon, b. February 28, 1860, Newton County, Arkansas

In 1833, Braxton and Polly Edgemon moved to Illinois but returned to Newton County, Arkansas in 1838.  Braxton Edgemon was killed on February 2, 1863 by renegades during the Civil War.  Polly (Casey) Edgemon died on July 27, 1886 and was buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  Sarah Edgemon married Joe Villines and they had two children who died of smallpox during the 1860s.  Rachael Edgemon married Miles H. Casey.  For additional information on the descendants of Miles and Rachael Casey, see the sketch of Miles H. Casey (2.3).

John E. Edgemon married Sarah Jane Casey and they had twelve children:  -  Abner Edgemon,  -  Braxton Edgemon,  -  John Edgemon,  -  James Tilden Edgemon,  -  Bee Edgemon,  -  Sam Edgemon,  -  Charlie Edgemon,  -  Docie Edgemon,  -  Mary Edgemon,  -  Lou Edgemon,  -  Dora Edgemon,  -  Mauda Edgemon.  Sam Edgemon married Martha Penn and they had two children:  -  Tilda Edgemon,  -  Sammie Edgemon.  Sam Edgemon enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed on February 6, 1863.  Abner Edgemon never married.  Abner Edgemon enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed on May 26, 1861.  William Edgemon and his wife, Polly Edgemon, had thirteen children:  -  Jackson L. Edgemon, b. 1863,  -  Amanda Edgemon, b. 1864,  -  Sarah E. Edgemon, b. 1865,  -  Mary E. Edgemon, b. 1867,  -  John A. Edgemon, b. 1868,  -  Nancy A. Edgemon, b. 1870,  -  Ester Lee Edgemon, b. 1877,  -  Pleasant H. Edgemon, b. 1879,  -  Will Edgemon,  -  Annie Edgemon,  -  Belle Edgemon,  -  Tipton Edgemon,  -  Alexander Edgemon.  Jesse C. Edgemon enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed in 1864 at the age of seventeen.  James K. Edgemon died as a small child on September 23, 1855.

On February 24, 1875, Marion Edgemon married Tennessee Sparks.  Marion and Tennessee Edgemon had ten children:  -  John Edgemon, b. September 17, 1874, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Fate Edgemon, b. 1880,  -  Dora Edgemon, b. 1882,  -  Samuel Edgemon, b. 1885,  -  Ola Edgemon, b. September 30, 1886, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Eliza Edgemon, b. 1888,  -  Minnie Edgemon, b. September 1, 1890, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Jesse Edgemon, b. 1892, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Maud Edgemon, b. February 28, 1894, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Francis Edgemon, b. March 12, 1898, Newton County, Arkansas.  Marion Edgemon died on April 3, 1898.  Marion Edgemon and Tennessee (Sparks) Edgemon were both buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.

Andrew Edgemon married Belle Sexton.  Andrew and Belle Edgemon had ten children:  -  Abner Ellsberry Edgemon, b. December 26, 1884, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Elizabeth Della Edgemon, b. February 26, 1887, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Hez Columbus Edgemon, b. January 11, 1889, Montague, Texas,  -  Ava Edgemon, b. April 9, 1891, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Turner D. Edgemon, b. March 28, 1893, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Alice Pearl Edgemon, b. December 28, 1895, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Ola F. Edgemon, b. 1899, Lebanon, Oklahoma Territory,  -  Buford Oren Edgemon, b. September 2, 1902, Romulus, Oklahoma,  -  Alma Edgemon, b. November 1, 1904,  -  Velma G. Edgemon, b. October 16, 1907, Romulus, Oklahoma.  Andrew Edgemon died in 1948 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

Reference:  1)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964

ABNER ELLSBERRY CASEY (8.2.8) is the son of Abner Casey and Elizabeth (Bowen) Casey.  Abner was born in 1820 in Roane County, Tennessee.  Abner Casey married Phoebe Jane Whiteley.  Phoebe was born in November, 1827 in Arkansas and is the daughter of Samuel Whiteley (born 1797, Virginia) and Lucy (Maynard) Whiteley (born 1798 in North Carolina).  From 1850 to 1860, Abner and Phoebe Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  Abner and Phoebe Casey were the parents of seven children:

  Issac Hiram Casey, b. 1849, Arkansas
  John P. Casey (8.2.8.2), b. October 28, 1850, Newton County, Arkansas
  A. J. (Jessie) Casey, b. 1851, Arkansas
  Archibald Yell Casey (8.2.8.4), b. March 18, 1852, Newton County, Arkansas
  Susan E. Casey, b. October 11, 1855, Newton County, Arkansas
  Alexander Franklin Casey (8.2.8.5), b. 1857, Newton County, Arkansas
  Amanda J. Casey, b. 1859, Newton County, Arkansas
  Josephine Casey, b. September 18, 1860, Newton County, Arkansas

Abner E. Casey was killed on October 12, 1862 during the Civil War by renegades.  In 1870, Jane (Whiteley) Casey was living with her children in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1880, Phoebe (Whiteley) Casey was living with her son, John Casey, in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1900 and 1920, Phoebe (Whiteley) Casey was living with her son, Alex Casey, in Newton County, Arkansas.  Phoebe (Whiteley) Casey died on May 5, 1925 and was buried in the Boxley Cemetery.

Isaac Casey had two sons:  -  Hiram Elsberry Casey,  -  Fred Casey (killed at the age of sixteen years).  Hiram Casey was killed on May 18, 1864 near Dandanelle, Arkansas.  Isaac was killed in the line of duty serving the Confederate Army during the Civil War.  A. J. Casey and his wife, Mary E. Casey (born 1855), had three children:  -  William M. Casey, b. 1874, Arkansas,  -  Susan M. Casey, b. 1875,  -  Sarah Casey, b. 1880, Arkansas.  Susan M. Casey died in 1922.  In 1851, Susan E. Casey married William B. Beckham.  William was born in 1854 in Arkansas and is the son of Zachariah Beckham and Elizabeth (Casey) Beckham.  For additional information on the Beckham line, see the sketch of Elizabeth Casey (8.1.5).  William B. Beckham died on May 20, 1934 and Susie (Casey) Beckham died on April 25, 1938.  Amanda Casey married W. Anderson Beasley and they had two children:  -  Arch Beasley,  -  Lola Beasley.  Amanda moved to Oklahoma.  Arch Beasley lived in Dallas, Texas.  Lola Beasley marrie Oliver Hudson and lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Josephine Casey married James Walter Ellis (born October 5, 1858, Virginia) and they had six children:  -  William Alexander Ellis, b. February 5, 1885, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Robert Alvin Ellis, b. January 7, 1889, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Stella Ellis, b. March 14, 1891, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Carl Casey Ellis, b. August 3, 1896, Boxley, Arkansas,  -  Virginia Ellis, b. March, 1900, Cass, Arkansas,  -  Pearl Ellis, b. February 28, 1902.

References:  1)  1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1920 Censuses, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  3)  Whiteley Book (?), pages 58 - 60, 1982 (or earlier);  4)  Pension application Number 8390, Service of Isaac H. Casey;  5)  “Carroll County Families,” by Jim Lair, 1991, Page 110

JOHN P. CASEY (8.2.8.2) is the son of Abner Ellsberry Casey and Phoebe Jane (Whiteley) Casey.  John was born on October 28, 1850 in Newton County, Arkansas.  On May 29, 1870, John Casey married Susan F. Sparks (born January, 1845, Tennessee).  From 1870 to 1900, John and Susan Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  John and Susan Casey were the parents of five children:

  Hiram E. Casey, b. 1872, Arkansas
  Mary C. Casey, b. October, 1874, Arkansas
  James Alexander Casey, b. 1877, Arkansas
  Ora J. Casey, b. March, 1880, Arkansas
  Joel Walter Casey (8.2.8.2.5), b. September, 1884, Newton County, Arkansas

Susan (Sparks) Casey died on November 3, 1918 and was buried in the Boxley Cemetery.  In 1920, John P. Casey was living with his son, Walter Casey, in Boone County, Arkansas.  John P. Casey died on March 27, 1934 and was buried in the Boxley Cemetery.  Mary Casey never married.  James A. Casey was a Warden at the Arkansas Penitentiary and was living in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1955.  Ora Casey never married.

References:  1)  1870, 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  1920 Census, Boone County, Arkansas;  3)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964

JOEL WALTER CASEY (8.2.8.2.5) is the son of John P. Casey and Susan (Sparks) Casey.  Walter was born in September, 1884 in Newton County, Arkansas.  Walter Casey married Florence Biddie Carlton.  Florence was born in 1887 in Arkansas and is the daughter of Eliza Carlton.  Walter and Florence Casey were the parents of four children:

  Thelma Casey, b. 1906, Arkansas
  Fannie Casey, b. 1908, Arkansas
  Virginia Casey, b. 1912, Arkansas
  Susie Casey, b. 1915, Arkansas

In 1920, Walter and Florence Casey were living in Boone County, Arkansas.  In 1920, Walters father, John P. Casey, was living with them.  While serving as Deputy Sheriff of Boone County, Arkansas, Walter was shot to death by Eula Sullivan.  Sullivan was convicted of first degree murder but escaped before the date set for execution.  Soon after, Sullivan was shot and killed while resisting arrest.

References:  1)  1920 Census, Boone County, Arkansas;  2)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964

ARCHIBALD YELL CASEY (8.2.8.4) is the son of Abner Ellsberry Casey and Phoebe Jane (Whiteley) Casey.  Archibald was born on March 18, 1852 in Newton County, Arkansas.  On September 23, 1876, Archibald Casey married Cynthia Ciotha Moore in Newton County, Arkansas.  Cynthia was born on February 17, 1858 in Chinese Camp, California and is the daughter of William Summers Moore and Permelia Caroline (Smith) Moore.  In 1880, Archibald and Cynthia Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1900, Archibald and Cynthia Casey were living in Indian Nation (later Oklahoma).  Archibald and Cynthia Casey were the parents of seven children:

  William Ellsberry Casey (8.2.8.4.1), b. October 24, 1878, Newton Co., Arkansas
  Ella Casey, b. March 8, 1881, Newton County, Arkansas
  Alice Casey, b. February 18, 1883, Indian Territory
  Minnie Jane Casey, b. January 22, 1888, Lebanon, Indian Territory
  John Hugh Casey, b. January 22, 1888, Lebanon, Indian Territory
  Iva Casey, b. October 4, 1890, Indian Territory
  Beulah Susie Casey, b. June 22, 1893, Indian Territory

Archibald Casey later moved to California.  Ella Casey married Ross Foust and they had two children  -  Bill Foust, b. 1903,  -  Iva Belle Foust, b. 1904.  Ella (Casey) Foust died on October 9, 1904.  Alice Casey married Ed Alford and they had five children:  -  E. Cynthia Alford, b. 1901,  -  Juanita Alford, b. 1902,  -  Fred Alford, b. 1904,  -  Bulah Alford, b. 1906,  -  Ben Alford, b. 1908.  On April 4, 1905, Minnie Casey married Thomas Wilson Greenwood.  Around 1951, Minnie married a second time to Wade Cotton.  Minnie (Casey) Cotton died on January 17, 1962.  John Casey married Martha Kuhlman.  John Casey died in 1976.  Iva Casey married Lorah Klutts.  Iva (Casey) Klutts died on July 6, 1980.  On June 24, 1922, Beulah Casey married Henry A. Mobert.  Beulah (Casey) Mobert died on November 1, 1949.

References:  1)  1880 Census, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  1900 Census, Indian Nation Territory;  3)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  4)  Letter, Sadie Bransford to Harold Casey;  5)  Letter, Jerry Young to Robert Casey, December, 1997;  5)  Letter, Alva Smith to Robert Casey, November, 1998

WILLIAM ELLSBERRY CASEY (8.2.8.4.1) is the son of Archibald Yell Casey and Cynthia Ciotha (Moore) Casey.  William was born on October 24, 1878 in Newton County, Arkansas.  William and his wife, Mary Ann Casey, were the parents of four children:

  Oliver Hugh Casey
  Newton Archibald Casey, b. September 8, 1905
  Arthur Casey, b. 1907
  Ella Casey

Oliver Casey married Wanda Walls and they have three children:  -  Robert Hugh Casey, b. June 22, 1932,  -  William Leroy Casey, b. June 4, 1940,  -  Ronald Wayne Casey, b. February 20, 1944.  Robert H. Casey married Leane Sorenson and they have three children:  -  Craig Casey,  -  Michael Casey,  -  Kellene “Kelley” Casey.  William L. Casey married Vickie Bruce.  Ronald W. Casey married Pamela Smerczynsky.  Newton A. Casey married Mildred Edna Whitehurst and they have three children:  -  Robert Newton Casey, b. November 28, 1931,  -  Ronald Casey, b. 1936,  -  Richard Wyman Casey, b. December 1, 1941.  Ella Casey married Fred Hilmer Caudell and they have four children:  -  Kenneth Caudell,  -  David Caudell,  -  Phillip Caudell,  -  Timothy Caudell.

Reference:  1)  Letter, Jerry Young to Robert Casey, December, 1997

ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CASEY (8.2.8.5) is the son of Abner Ellsberry Casey and Phoebe Jane (Whiteley) Casey.  Alex was born in 1857 in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1884, Alex Casey married Miranda M. Brooks (born December, 1862, Arkansas).  In 1900, Alex and Miranda Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1900, Alexs mother, Phoebe (Whiteley) Casey, was living with him.  Alex and Miranda Casey were the parents of eight children:

  William Burton Burt Casey, b. February 23, 1885, Boxley, Arkansas
  John Edward Casey, b. July 21, 1886, Newton County, Arkansas
  Charles Brooks Casey, b. December 30, 1887, Newton County, Arkansas
  Flora Casey, b. September 11, 1889, Newton County, Arkansas
  William Ellsberry Casey, b. December 15, 1890, Newton County, Arkansas
  Lizzie Casey, b. April 22, 1892, Newton County, Arkansas
  Nellie Casey, b. September 3, 1895, Newton County, Arkansas
  Samuel Davis Casey, b. February 8, 1900, Newton County, Arkansas
  Alexander Franklin Casey, Jr., b. March 7, 1905

Alex Casey was elected as Assessor for Newton County, Arkansas from 1880 to 1882.  In 1891, Alex was elected to the Arkansas State Senate and was elected again in 1893.  From 1910 to 1920, Alexander and Miranda Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1920, Alexs mother, Phoebe (Whiteley) Casey, was living with them.  Alex Casey died in 1944.  Alex Casey and Miranda (Brooks) Casey were buried in the Boxley Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  Burt Casey graduated from the University of Arkansas and taught at the Agricultural College in Russelville, Arkansas.  Burt Casey never married.  Burt Casey died on March 23, 1967 and was buried in the Boxley Cemetery.  John Casey graduated from University of Arkansas.  John Casey married and had two children:  -  John E. Casey, Jr.,  -  Nellie Casey.  John E. Casey died on February 9, 1951.  Charles B. Casey was postmaster at Jasper, Arkansas for many years.  Charles Casey married Viola Spears (born 1893 in Arkansas) and they had two children:  -  Jack Raymond Casey, b. 1916, Arkansas (died young),  -  Charles B. Casey, Jr.  In 1920, Charles and Viola Casey were living in Benton County, Arkansas.  Charles B. Casey, Sr. died in January, 1956.  Charles B. Casey, Jr. was appointed postmaster for Jasper, Arkansas.  Flora Casey married Claude Sisco.  Flora (Casey) Sisco died on November 17, 1967.

Ellsberry Casey married Myrtle Villines (born 1895, Arkansas) and they had three daughters:  -  Erma Jean Casey,  -  Virginia Casey, b. October 5, 1921,  -  Berry Ruth Casey, b. July 7, 1928.  In 1920, Ellsberry and Myrtle Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  Ellsberry Casey died on August 11, 1928 and was buried in the Boxley Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  Myrtle (Villines) Casey married a second time to Roy Kirkpatrick and lived in Green Forest, Arkansas.  Erma Jean Casey married William E. Brady and they have two children:  -  Gene Brady, b. 1941,  -  Marilyn Brady, b. 1943.  Virginia Casey married Larry Weadmark and they have two children:  -  Jane Ann Weadmark, b. 1943,  -  Jimmie Weadmark, b. 1945.  Berry Ruth Casey married Buddy Griever and they have three children:  -  Charles L. Griever, b. 1955,  -  Janet Griever, b. 1955,  -  James Griever, b. 1957.

Lizzie Casey died as a child on June 22, 1895.  Nellie Casey was killed in an automobile accident on March 27, 1921 while returning from Conway, Arkansas where she was attending college.  Nellie Casey was buried in the Boxley Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  On October 15, 1924, Sam D. Casey married Lavina C. Pless (born November 1, 1901) and they have one daughter:  -  Flora Lee Casey, b. August 18, 1925, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.  Sam D. Casey died on June 2, 1974 and Lavina (Pless) Casey died on December 9, 1979.  Alexander F. Casey was also killed in the same accident with her sister, Nellie Casey, he was also attending college in Russelville, Arkansas at the time.  Alexander F. Casey was also buried in the Boxley Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  Flora Lee (Casey) Thompson is a granddaughter of William Franklin Casey and is an active Casey researcher.

References:  1)  1900 and 1920 Censuses, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  1920 Benton County, Arkansas;  3)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  4)  Lee (Casey) Thompson to Harold Casey, August, 1991

JESSIE TIPTON CASEY (8.2.9) is the son of Abner Casey and Elizabeth (Bowen) Casey.  Jessie was born on October 31, 1824.  Jesse T. Casey married Elizabeth Jennie Netherton (born 1831 in Tennessee).  Jesse and Elizabeth Casey were the parents of at least five children:

  John Marion Casey, b. December 27, 1848, Arkansas
  Nerisus Elizabeth Casey, b. January 9, 1850, Arkansas
  Marshall Lafayette Casey (8.2.9.3), b. January 23, 1852, Johnson County, Ark.
  Maude Louisa Casey, b. May 5, 1854, Arkansas
  Susan Eveline Casey, b. April 17, 1856, Arkansas
  Malissa Angeline Casey, b. March 17, 1858, Arkansas
  Wade Hampton Casey (8.2.9.7), b. February 24, 1860, Arkansas
  George Dallas Casey, b. May 13, 1863, Arkansas
  Mary Jane Casey, b. September 13, 1867, Texas

In 1850, Jessie and Virginia Casey were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1860, Jessie and Jennie Casey were living in Madison County, Arkansas.  In 1870, Jessie and Jennie Casey were living in Hopkins County, Texas.  In 1880, Jessie Casey was living in Wise County, Texas.  Jessie T. Casey died on September 14, 1897 in Oregon and Jennie (Netherton) Casey died on August 15, 1901 in Oregon.  John M. Casey died as a child on September 2, 1850.  Elizabeth Casey died at the age of twenty on January 17, 1870.  Maude L. Casey died as a child on June 16, 1855.  Susie Casey married Robert Casey.  Malissa Casey married George Morris.  George Casey died as a child on November 18, 1864.  Mary J. Casey died as a child on July 17, 1869.

References:  1)  1850 Census, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  1860 Census, Madison County, Arkansas;  3)  1870 Census, Hopkins County, Texas;  4)  1880 Census, Wise County, Texas;  5)  Letter, Norma (Martin) Trammell to Harold Casey, August, 1982;  6)  Family Group Sheets of Norma (Martin) Trammell, March, 1989

MARSHALL LAFAYETTE CASEY (8.2.9.3) is the son of Jessie Tipton Casey and Elizabeth Jane (Netherton) Casey.  Marshall was born on January 23, 1852 in Johnson County, Arkansas.  On December 16, 1875, Marshall Casey married Dora Ann Nail in Denton County, Texas.  Dora was born on January 3, 1855 and is the daughter of Pleasant M. Nail and Martha Ann (Rountree) Nail.  Marshall and Dora Casey were the parents of five children:

  Della May Casey, b. September 12, 1878, Denton County, Texas
  Emma Casey, b. November 30, 1879, Texas
  Edna Dora Casey, b. July 30, 1885, Ronson, Oklahoma
  Jennie Casey, b. January 4, 1887, Wise County, Texas
  Infant Son, b. March, 1891

In 1880, Lafayette and Dora Casey were living in Wise County, Texas.  Dora (Nail) Casey died on March 23, 1891 in Greenwood, Texas and was buried in Wise County, Texas.  Marshall Casey died on September 10, 1942 in Arapaho, Oklahoma and was buried there.  On October 17, 1895, Della Casey married Charles Alexander Wilhite.  Charles was born on September 12, 1868 in Cleburne, Texas and is the son of Washington Marion Wilhite and Sarah Ann (Jaynes) Wilhite.  Charles and Della Wilhite had fourteen children:  -  Arthur Wilhite, b. December 11, 1896, Wise County, Texas,  -  Emmett Wilhite, b. May 12, 1898,  -  Marion Wilhite, b. May 7, 1900,  -  Robert Wilhite, b. 1902,  -  Edith Wilhite (twin), b. June 16, 1903,  -  Elmer Wilhite (twin), b. June 16, 1903,  -  Jennie Wilhite (twin), b. October 14, 1906, Arnett, Oklahoma Territory,  -  Juanita Wilhite (twin), b. October 14, 1906, Arnett, Oklahoma Territory,  -  Walter William Wilhite (twin), b. April 6, 1909,  -  Infant Son (twin), b. April 6, 1909, d. May, 1909,  -  Cecil Martin Wilhite, b. May 14, 1910,  -  Infant Daughter, b. 1912 (stillborn),  -  James Hampton Wilhite, b. March 7, 1917, Arnett, Oklahoma,  -  Ruthene Wilhite, b. December 1, 1918.  Charles A. Wilhite died on December 8, 1935 in La Grange, Texas and Della (Casey) Wilhite died on March 1, 1970 in Wichita, Kansas.  Both were buried in La Grange, Texas.

Emma Casey never married and died prior to December of 1974.  On December 17, 1908, Edna Casey married Mark Bishop and they had no children.  Edna (Casey) Bishop died on June 24, 1979.  On February 14, 1913, Jennie Casey married John Thomas Allen.  Jennie (Casey) Allen died on September 24, 1972.  Marshall and Della Caseys last child, Infant Son (born March, 1891), died the same month that he was born, March, 1891.

References:  1)  1880 Census, Wise County, Texas;  2)  Family Group Sheets of Norma (Martin) Trammell, March, 1989

WADE HAMPTON CASEY (8.2.9.7) is the son of Jessie Tipton Casey and Elizabeth Jane (Netherton) Casey.  Wade was born on February 24, 1860 in Arkansas.  On November 2, 1884, Wade Casey married Mahala Rennels (born August 13, 1865 in Coles County, Illinois) in Wise County, Texas.  Wade and Mahala Casey were the parents of five children:

  Francis Marion Casey, b. August 16, 1885, Wise County, Texas
  Bertha Casey, b. February 7, 1887, Wise County, Texas
  Earl Casey, b. March 7, 1889, Wise County, Texas
  Robert Virgil Casey, b. February 4, 1894, Wise County, Texas
  Jewel Casey, b. November 18, 1902, Wise County, Texas

Wade Casey died on March 29, 1928 in Arapaho, Oklahoma and Mahala (Rennels) Casey died on May 20, 1947 in Arapaho, Oklahoma.  Francis M. Casey married Ada Meeks and they had three children:  -  John Casey,  -  Marie Casey,  -  Wade Casey.  Francis M. Casey died on March 17, 1943 in Alamogardo, New Mexico.  John Casey never married.  Marie Casey married Marvlin Dee May and they had two children:  -  Marion Gentry May,  -  Mona May.  Bertha Casey married Carl Austin and they had two daughters.  Bertha married a second time to Edwin Mote and they had no children.  In 1971, Bertha (Casey) Mote was living in Bowie, Texas.  Earl Casey married but had no children.  Earl Casey died on February 2, 1960 in McKinney, Texas.  On February 4, 1915, Robert Casey married Ethel Mae Thomason in Vernon, Texas and they had one daughter:  -  Doris Pauline Casey.  Doris Casey married Everett Earl Baker and they have two children:  -  Ronald Carroll Baker, b. Butler, Oklahoma,  -  Michael Steve Baker, b. Arapaho, Oklahoma.  Jewel Casey died as a child on August 3, 1913 in Vernon, Texas.

Reference:  1)  Family Group Sheets of Norma (Martin) Trammell, March, 1989