Found this in a book on Adair Co., OK in the library at Tulsa, OK.
GEORGE E. CASEY
by Jan Lockard
G.S. Casey, born 1820, and died 1860, married Martha Cox, born April 17, 1822,
and died July 12, l906 who was the daughter of Thomas Cox, who died
October 1899, of Flu, and Berthena Cox, who died July 1886.
Their son, U.S. Casey, born March 4, 1853, died July 1, 1938. Elisebeth Casey,
born December 20, 1851, his wife. Their son, G.E. Casey was born January 28,
1898, Tazewell, Tennessee, married Callie Dingus, born Apr 22, 1884, in
Verdant, Virginia, the daughter of Rollie and Mattie Dingus. George Estel Casey
volunteered to serve in Spanish American War during the Philip Insurrection
1899-1901. He belonged to the "Fighting Forty-First", the U.S. Volunteer
Infantry called "Around the World Regiment'. He served in Co C under Captain
John C. Hegarty from Forty Forty, Pennsylvania. He recalled his Regimental
Chaplain Captain Ruter W. Springs, pointing out to them in the far distance,
Mount Sinai, the mountain where Moses received the ten commandments from God, a
sight and experience he never forgot.
Upon returning to the U.S., he married Callie on March 8, 1902, in
Verdant, Virginia. Estel worked in the coal mines of Virginia, Tennessee, and
Kentucky. He also ran a general store during these early years of marriage. On
March 30, 1903, in Wheeler, Virginia, their first child, Bertha Irene, was
born. A daughter, Hellen was born August 30, 1904. A son, Arthur followed in
1905 or 1906. Both Hellen and Arthur died when an epidemic of influenza
struck in January of 1910 or 1911. Arthur died on the 18th, Hellen on the 31st.
It was a heartbreaking blow to family. The youngest child, Joseph Everett had
been born May 30, 1909, in Fort Ridge, Tennessee. He Bertha were cared for by a
kindly black woman while the other children were so sick. Edith was born May
23, 1911, in Middlesboro, Kentucky and Naomi was born May 17, 1913.
In 1914, Callie became ill and was later diagnosed as having pellegra. Her
sister, Verda, suffered with that disease later, but by then the vitamins,
niacin, thiamin, and riboflavin were discovered and added to the unbleached
flour of the day which saved many from death. On February 12, 1915, Callie
died and was buried in Colson Cemetery in Middlesboro.
G.E. was devastated by his wife's death and long illness. A young woman named
Rosa, who had watched after the four young children during Callie's illness,
became his second wife. In 1917, the family moved to Bunch, Oklahoma, to join
his father and sister, Easter Burch: already living there. Noble Allison Casey
was born on December 1, 1916, in Middlesboro and was the seventh member of
the family to move to Oklahoma. Son John Moss, born November 19, 1918, in
Bunch, Archie C, born June 9, 1924, in Stuwell and Charles Roddy Barton,
born in Bunch on March 23, 1927, comleted the family. C E.
established a store and later served as postEflaster for many years.
In later years, G.E. and Rosa moved to Quinton, OK. When G.E. died, Rosa moved
back to Bunch to live her remaining years in a home built for her by Joe Casey.