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Author: DougCasner70
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Hi,
It's good to hear from you. Thomas Jefferson Casner was my great-grandfather. My
grandfather was Asa C. Casner, my father Thomas Asa Casner. I'm sorry but I had never
heard of Francis M. Casner until your message, so I can't help you there. Also,
unfortunately, my side of the Casner family was never very close. I knew my father's
sister, Clara, and his two half-brothers, Ralph and Raymond, and, of course, my
grandmother Margaret.
My dad used to tell me stories of his experiences with his grandfather, Thomas Jefferson
Casner. One of his stories relates how he accompanied T.J. Casner down the main street of
some town, the name of which I don't know. But T.J. wore six-guns on both hips. Dad
never explained to me why his grandfather felt the need for such firepower, but the story
was intriguing all the same.
I do remember Dad telling me how T.J. moved to Selma, CA., from Southern California to be
close to family, where he raised watermelons, among other crops. Apparently he would load
up a horse drawn wagon with watermelons and bring it to downtown Selma where he would park
it out front of Asa C. Casner's (my grandfather) meat market. When T.J. left Selma
for Southern California I don't know.
Good luck in your quest for information,
Doug Casner
p.s.: How can I get in touch with Em?
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