Casady, Wear

CASADY

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Date: 6/28/2021 at 23:27:17

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.796

WEAR CASADY
Wear Casady, deceased, was born in Fayette county, Indiana, on the 12th of December, 1823, his parents being Simon and Dilla (Call) Casady. He acquired his education in the district schools and was reared to the pursuits of the farm, becoming connected with agricultural interests in his native county when he arrived to man's estate. In 1856 he came to Iowa, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of partially improved land in Linn township. Though in moderate circumstances, he could not pay for all of the land at that time, but as the years passed by he was very successful in his undertakings and at one time owned five hundred and forty acres of well improved and productive land. The farm on which he first located when coming to this county remained his home until he was called to this final rest on the 3d of April, 1881, his death being widely mourned and deeply regretted.
In 1849, in Fayette county, Indiana, Mr. Casady was united in marriage to Miss Hannah J. Hart, whose birth occurred in that county on the 10th of February, 1830, her parents being William and Eliza J. (Terry) Hart. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Casady were born thirteen children, namely: Emma J., the wife of H. P. Dyer, of Dexter, Iowa; Elmer, who is married and resides at Salt Lake City, engaged in the real-estate business; Simon, an agriculturist of Cass county, Iowa; Lizzie, who is employed in a large department store at Salt Lake City; P. M., who resides in Kansas City, is also in the real estate business; William, an attorney in Idaho; George, who follows farming in Mahaska county, Iowa; Helen, the wife of Melvin Haggard, of Texas; Warren, an attorney of Bucyrus, Ohio; Frank, who operates the old homestead farm; Louis, whose demise occurred at Seattle, Washington, two years ago; Charles, who passed away at the age of seven years, and J. N., a banker of Norwalk, who is mentioned on another page of this volume.
Mr. Casady was a democrat in his political views but never sought nor desired public office. He was a lifelong member of the Christian church, the teachings of which he exemplified in his daily life, and was a great lover of his home and family. His widow, who now makes her home in Norwalk, has attained the age of seventy-eight and is unusually bright and active for one of her years, still enjoying good health. Like her husband, she has been a lifelong member of the Christian church and is highly esteemed and respected throughout this county, in which she has now made her home for more than a half century.