Louisa (Smith) Casey (abt. 1823 - 1892)

Born about 31 Jan 1823 in Maine, United States

Wife of John Casey — married 11 Aug 1839 in Hartford, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1892 at about age 69 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

Nothing is known of the ancestry of Louisa Smith. The 1850 Census shows her as 29 years old, the 1860 Census as 38 years old, and the 1880 Census as 58 years, old, with her birthplace given as Maine in all three.^[1][2][3] Based on her age at her death from her gravestone, she was born about 31 Jan 1822.^[4]

Marriage

Louisa Smith and John Casey, both of Livermore, Maine, married at Hartford, Maine, on 11 Aug 1839.^[5]

Children

Louisa (Smith) Casey was the mother of seven known children, born between 1842 and 1861, and they are listed in the "Children" section of her husband's profile.

Death

A gravestone at the Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, gives the death date of Louisa (Smith) Casey as 24 Dec 1893 and her age at her death as 70 years, 10 months, 25 days.^[4] The date show on the gravestone is off by one year; a notice of her death from her widow's pension file is dated 18 Apr 1893 and says that she died on 24 Dec 1892.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ John Casey household, family #532, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Massachusetts > Norfolk > Randolph > image 59 of 114; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).,
2. ↑ John Casey household, family #336, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > image 41 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Louisa Casey household, family #169, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > ED 17 > image 15 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Photo of gravestone of "Louisa, wife of John Casey" (Find A Grave: Memorial #40596863)
5. ↑ Certificate executed in 1866 by Edward Blake, Justice of the Peace, in the Civil War widow's pension application file of Louisa Casey (fold3.com subscription required), in Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910, fold3.com > WC94775 > page 11
6. ↑ Certificate dated 18 Apr 1893, reporting the death of Lousia Casey, in the Civil War widow's pension application file of Louisa Casey (fold3.com subscription required), in Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910, fold3.com > WC94775 > page 19