James Solomon Casey

1840 - 1863  (23 years)

• Name	James Solomon Casey
  Born	1840	Ripley County, IN, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jan 1863	Arkansas Post, AR, USA
  Person ID	I20711	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas A. Casey,   b. 10 Dec 1821, Cynthiana, Harrison County, KY, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1900, Chicago Ward 32, Cook, Illinois  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Malinda Ferguson,   b. 27 Jan 1815, Wayne, Indiana, USA ,   d. 16 May 1873, Jasper County, Illinois  (Age 58 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1838	Decatur, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F6699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Ann West,   b. 3 Nov 1838, Johnson, Ripley, Indiana ,   d. 2 Mar 1926, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1860	Brown County, IN, USA
  	Joshua Mc Queen, Minister of the Gospel in Brown County, IN, married James and Eliza 29. Oct. 1860.
  Children	1. Martha Ellen West,   b. 9 Jul 1857, Brown County, IN, USA ,   d. 10 Sep 1937, Vinita, Craig Co., OK  (Age 80 years)  [Foster]   2. Charles Thomas Casey,   b. 29 Aug 1861, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 23 Sep 1911, Nineveh, Adair, Missouri  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F6700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joshua Mc Queen, Minister of the Gospel in Brown County, IN, married James and Eliza 29. Oct. 1860. Enlisted Aug. 20th 1862, Versailles, IN for three years. Company E. (Capt. Loyd s Co.) 83rd Regiment Indiana Inf. (Volunteers). Killed in action Arkansas Port. AR Jan 11, 1863. Source https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-arkansas-post Robert M. LaFollette, a second cousin of James Solomon Casey, was a candidate for president in 1924. (his mother, Mary Ferguson was first cousin to James' mother Malinda, and daughter of Benjamin's older brother, John Ferguson, Jr). Robert M. LaFollette 14 Jun 1855 - 18 Jun 1925 Gov/Senator WI 1924 Presidential Election Calvin Coolidge, Republican 382 - 15,725,016 John W. Davis, Democrat 136 - 8,386,624 Robert M. LaFollette, Progressive 13 - 4,831,470