Brazillia (Cantrell) Caskey (1802 - 1862)

Born 1 Jan 1802 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Leroy Caskey — married about 1819 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1862 at about age 60 in Arcadia, Bienville, Louisiana, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: MG Pitts [send private message]

Biography

Thomas Leroy CASKEY was born in 1798 in Rocky Creek, Chester, SC. He died after 1870 in Arcadia, Bienville, LA. He was buried in Arcadia Cemetery - Arcadia, Bienville, LA.

He was married to Brazilia CANTRELL (daughter of Thomas CANTRELL and Elizabeth NORRIS) about 1819 in Tennessee. Brazilia CANTRELL was born on 1 Jan 1802 in South Carolina. She died in 1862 in Arcadia, Bienville, LA. She was buried in Arcadia Cemetery - Arcadia, Bienville, LA. Thomas Leroy CASKEY and Brazilia CANTRELL had the following children:

1. Hugh Crawford CASKEY.
2. Sarah Mahalia CASKEY.
3. Gabriel Alonzo CASKEY.
4. Robert Warren CASKEY.
5. John Clark CASKEY.
6. Mary Ann CASKEY.
7. Esther Ann CASKEY.
8. Rachel Ann CASKEY. ^[1]

Name

Brazalia Cantrell

Brazallia Cantrell

Birth

1 JAN 1802 Greenville, Greenville Co., SC

1 JAN 1802 South Carolina, USA

Census

1860 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA

Living with son Robert Warren Caskey and family in the 1870 census.

Death

1862 Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA

1862 Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA (from the below comment)

It is stated that she died in Acadia Parish, Louisiana in 1862. I believe she died in the town of Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Acadia Parish is in southern Louisiana. Bienville Parish is in northern Louisiana, the same place that her husband Thomas Leroy Caskey died. ^[2]

No date - Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA (findagrave)

31 DEC 1870 Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA (ancestry.com tree)

Burial

Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Biography source; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laclaibo/CASKEY.TXT
2. ↑ Research by William Lynch, Lynch-3808

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laclaibo/CASKEY.TXT
• History of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Vol. 1; Author: Poland, Billie Gene, 1984
• WFT Vol. 73 Tree 0179.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-PHY : 12 April 2016), Bezala ?Askey in household of Thos ?Askey, Claiborne parish, part of, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States; citing family 554, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPS-22W : 14 December 2017), B Caskey in entry for T Caskey, 1860.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
• Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Cantrell-797 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013.
• This person was created through the import of Spurlock 20110318.ged on 19 March 2011.