Okay listers, I won't keep the information on the two Casner brothers who were
murdered in West TX a secret.
William 'Bill' Casner and Daniel 'Dan' Casner are the who were murdered
1-20-1877 in Palo Duro Canyon, TX. They are two of the fourteen children of Henry Casner
and Jincy Jane Fields Casner. The children were:
(1) John Casner (b1822 MO) - from the West TX stories along with his son John Lewis Casner
(b1851)
(2) Frank Casner (b1823)
(3) Benjamin Casner (b1824)
(4) William 'Bill' Casner (b1825 IA dd1-20-1877 Palo Duro Canyon, TX)
(5) Ebenezer Casner (b1827)
(6) Jonas 'James' Carsner (b9-24-1827 MO)
(7) David Casner/Caskey (b1832 MO)
(8) Andrew Jackson 'A.J.' Carsner (b10-10-1836 IA)
(9) Moses/Moses H. Casner (b1837 MO)
(10) Daniel 'Dan' Casner (b1837 MO d1-20-1877 Palo Duro Canyon, TX)
(11) Nancy Jane 'Jo' Casner/Carsner (b1-25-1839 Ray Co., MO)
(12) James 'Jim' A. Carsner/Casner (b12-1839 MO)
(13) Henry Casner (b1840 MO)
(14) Riley Casner (b7-9-1843 IA)
Most of the family migrated to OR in 1852 and spread from there. Several of the sons
struck it rich in the gold/quartz mines in CA. There was a split (fight) among some of the
sons circa 1870 in OR. Those that remained in the Pacific Northwest changed the spelling
of hte name to Carsner; others retained the spelling Casner.
Henry Casner (father to all those children) is a son of Jonas Casner/Kestner who died
between 1821-1830 in MO. It is believed that Jonas is a cousin to Isaac Casner
(d10-16-1848 TX). We (descendants of Jonas) are still working on verification of this.
I would be glad to field questions (if I have the answers - if not I will say so). I
would also be glad to communicate with any Casner/Carsner researchers of my line (Henry
& Jincy).