William Wallace Casper (1821 - 1908)

Born 12 Mar 1821 in Bellville Richland County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Bean) Casper — married 29 Aug 1844 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States

Husband of Margarette (Mattice) Casper — married 12 Feb 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Erickson) Casper — married 26 Mar 1864 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1908 at age 87 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

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Biography

William Casper was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Private William Casper served with the Iowa Volunteers during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Jul 1846
Unit(s): Company A, Mormon Battalion
Service Ended: Jul 1847

William Wallace Casper was born March 12, 1821 in Bellville Richland County, Ohio, the son of William and Avarilla (Durbin) Casper.

William married Sarah Ann Bean (1828 - 1882) in 1844 in Adams County, Illinois.^[1]

He was a Private in Company "A" of the Mormon Battalion.

In August of 1847, William and family moved to the Utah Territory.^[2]

The 1850 U.S. Census lists William at age 30 living with his wife Sarah and three children in Great Salt Lake County, Utah.^[3]

From June 1 to September 30, 1866, William served as a Major, Cmdng. Bn. of Inf., Utah Territory Militia, Blackhawk.^[4]

William later married Elizabeth Ann Erickson from Sweden.

In 1880, the U.S. Census shows William at age 59 living with his first wife Sarah and second wife Anna and nine children living in Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah.^[5]

Sarah Ann (Bean) Casper died April 30, 1882 in Utah.^[6]

In the 1900 U.S. Census, William and wife Elizabeth are shown living alone in Mill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah.^[7]

William Wallace Casper died July 17, 1908 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah and was buried at Elysian Burial Gardens in Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah.^[8]

Research Notes

Marriage dates and locations added for the 2nd and 3rd spouses based on familysearch trees. Marriage records need to be located.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2T7-LPL : 3 March 2016), William W Casper and Sarah Ann Bean, 1844; citing Adams, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,870,158.
2. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZXBX : 20 May 2016), William Wallace Casper, 1847.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-YBP : 9 November 2014), William Casper, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 576, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-ZX9 : 6 December 2014), William Wallace Casper, 07 Jul 1908; citing Elysian Gardens Cemetery, , military unit Cmdng Bn of Inf, Ut Terr Mil, Blackhawk War, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,491.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSK-P51 : 14 July 2016), Wm W Casper, Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 55, sheet 240A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1337; FHL microfilm 1,255,337.
6. ↑ "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSF-YHK2 : 8 October 2015), Sarah Ann Casper, 30 Apr 1882; citing Salt Lake Herald, 1880-1884, The University of Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRP-LNV : 22 January 2015), William Casper, Mill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing sheet 17B, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,685.
8. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZLT-L9B : 11 September 2015), William Wallace Casper, 1908.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #21210489
• Members of the Mormon Battalion, A Sesquicentennial Remembrance, compiled by Dr. Susan Ward Easton, p. 14. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5417209
• LDS Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868 web site: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/43203/william-wallace-casper
• "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-ZM4 : 17 March 2018), William Wallace Casper, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).