TEMPERANCE MALINDA CASEY (8.1.3) is the daughter of Jesse E. Casey and Martha Patsy (Coe) Casey.  Temperance was born around 1822 in Tennessee.  A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region indicates that Temperance Casey married Thomas Farmer of Texas.  Thomas Farmer was born in 1810 in Georgia and is the son of Aquilla Farmer and Mary Farmer.  Thomas and Temperance Farmer were the parents of at least sixteen children:

  Angeline Farmer, b. 1843, Arkansas
  Rhoda Farmer, b. 1843, Arkansas
  Clarissa Farmer, b. 1844, Arkansas
  Polly Ann Farmer, b. 1845, Arkansas
  Thomas Benton Farmer, b. 1846, Arkansas
  Martha Farmer, b. 1847, Arkansas
  Samuel Farmer, b. 1848, Arkansas
  John Riley Farmer, b. 1850, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Stephen Farmer, b. 1850, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Elizabeth Farmer, b. 1854, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Elvira Farmer, b. 1855, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Sarah Farmer, b. 1856, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Cynthia Farmer, b. 1857, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Malinda Farmer, b. 1858, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Jesse Farmer, b. 1859, Johnson County, Arkansas
  Joseph Farmer, b. 1862, Johnson County, Arkansas

From 1850 to 1880, Thomas and Temperance Farmer were living in Johnson County, Arkansas.  Rhoda Farmer married Richard Gant.  Clarissa Farmer married Joe Beaty.  Polly Ann Farmer married Thomas Hill.  Thomas Farmer married Catherine Blundell.  Samuel Farmer married Bethany Nancy Sevier.  Samuel Farmer was killed in Texas and Bethany later married Samuels brother, Jesse Farmer.  John Farmer married Sarah Geneva Blundell.  Jesse Farmer married Bethany Nancy (Sevier) Farmer.  David R. Mills is a grandson of Thomas and Temperance Farmer.

References:  1)  1850, 1860 and 1880 Censuses, Johnson County, Arkansas;  2)  “A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region,” by Goodspeed, 1894;  3)  David R. Mills to Walter E. Casey, July, 1974

ELIJAH SIMMONS CASEY (8.1.4) is the son of Jesse E. Casey and Martha Patsy (Coe) Casey.  Elijah was born in 1823 in Tennessee.  In 1840, Elijah Casey married Nancy Wilkins in Johnson County, Arkansas.  Nancy Wilkins was born in 1823 in Tennessee and is the daughter of James Wilkins and Mary Wilkins.  In 1842, Elijah and Nancy Casey moved to a farm about 8 ½ miles above Jasper in Newton County, Arkansas.  Elijah and his family moved to Marion County, Arkansas in the early 1850s and was still living there in 1860.  Elijah and Nancy Casey were the parents of at least seven children:

  Mary Elender Casey, b. 1843, Arkansas
  Jesse Newton Casey (8.1.4.2), b. October 13, 1844, Arkansas
  James Casey, b. 1847, Arkansas
  William T. Casey, b. 1848, Arkansas
  Elijah Jasper Casey, b. August 27, 1849, Arkansas
  Marion Casey, b. 1852, Arkansas
  Nancy Casey, b. 1856, Arkansas

Fireside Stories of the Early Days in the Ozarks has the following quote:  One day my little brother, Marion, only a year old took violently sick, and to get rid of the noise made by my brothers, Jesse and Jim and my sister Elender and I (Jasper) were told to go on the hillside about 250 yards from the house and gather some wild grapes.  - - On the second day after this my little brother died.  Elijah Casey died in March of 1894 while living in Tarrant County, Texas.

References:  1)  1850 Census, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  1860 Census, Marion County, Arkansas;  3)  “A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region,” by Goodspeed, 1894;  4)  “Fireside Stories of the Early Days in the Ozarks,” by S. C. Turnbo, 1900 - 1910;  5)  Biographical Memoranda, Jesse Newton Casey, Arkansas, Historical Commission, ca. 1911

JESSE NEWTON CASEY (8.1.4.2) is the son of Elijah Simmons Casey and Nancy (Wilkins) Casey.  Jesse was born on October 13, 1844 in Newton County, Arkansas.  On July 16, 1865, Jesse Casey married Mary Jane DePriest.  Mary was born on May 18, 1847 in Tennessee and is the daughter of John A. DePriest and Delilah Catherine (Lancaster) DePriest (born 1828 in Tennessee).  Jesse and Mary Casey were the parents of six children:

  Martha Ellen Casey, b. October 29, 1866, Boone County, Arkansas
  William Whitfield Casey (8.1.4.2.2), b. January 17, 1869, Boone County, Ark.
  Elija Alfred Casey, b. April 12, 1870, Boone County, Arkansas
  Della Alice Casey, b. March 11, 1873, Boone County, Arkansas
  Nancy Jane Casey, b. February 12, 1875, Boone County, Arkansas
  Francis Marion Casey, b. March 3, 1879, Boone County, Arkansas

In 1870, Jesse and Mary Casey were living in Boone County, Arkansas.  Mary (DePriest) Casey died on April 11, 1897.  On July 18, 1897, Jesse Casey married a second time to Mahala Roberts in Marion County, Arkansas.  Mahala was born on October 25, 1848 and is the daughter of William Roberts and Malinda Roberts.  Jesse Casey died on January 3, 1920 in Boone County, Arkansas and Mahala (Roberts) Casey died on January 16, 1929.  On January 14, 1883, Martha Casey married James George Richey (born April 22, 1862) and lived in Loraine, Texas.  James and Martha Richey had five children:  -  Boyd Richey, b. October 27, 1884,  -  Floid Richey, b. May 7, 1889,  -  Erey Richey, b. November 10, 1890,  -  Alfurd Richey, b. September 28, 1893,  -  Omey Richey, b. March 22, 1898.  Martha (Casey) Richey died on September 8, 1894 in Mitchell County, Texas.

Elija Casey died as a teenager on September 5, 1885.  Della Casey married Tom Slape.  On November 26, 1896, Nancy Casey married Arch Steve Bolding.  Arch and Nancy Bolding had five children:  -  Purley Bolding, b. July 17, 1897,  -  B. J. Bolding, b. August 30, 1899,  -  J. N. Bolding, b. March 10, 1902,  -  J. B. Bolding, b. March 3, 1904,  -  Paul Bolding, b. November 24, 1904.  Nancy (Casey) Bolding died on January 1, 1961.  J. N. Bolding died on April 6, 1903.  On August 26, 1900, Marion Casey married Allie Nance and lived in Loraine, Texas.  Marion Casey died on June 7, 1967 in Texas.

References:  1)  1870 Census, Boone County, Arkansas;  2)  Biographical Memoranda, Jesse Newton Casey, Arkansas, Historical Commission, ca. 1911;  3)  Family Group Sheets, Vonda (Fairbanks) Dihm, August, 1993;  4)  Email, Dianna Richardson to Robert Casey, July, 2001

WILLIAM WHITFIELD CASEY (8.1.4.2.2) is the son of Jesse Newton Casey and Mary J. (DePriest) Casey.  William was born on January 17, 1869 in Boone County, Arkansas.  On March 20, 1887, William Casey married Lucy Virginia Looney (born January 10, 1865).  In 1900, William and Lucy Casey were living in Benton County, Arkansas.  William and Lucy Casey were the parents of six children:

  Nancy Jane Casey, b. October 14, 1888, Marion County, Arkansas
  Pleasant Newton Casey, b. July 4, 1890, Arkansas
  James Marion Casey, b. August 7, 1892, Lowell, Arkansas
  Lessie Dora Casey, b. April 3, 1896, Lead Hill, Arkansas
  Otto Bryan Casey, b. July 30, 1900, Lowell, Arkansas
  Garland Casey, b. December 7, 1907, Abilene, Texas

Lucy (Looney) Casey died on January 13, 1921 in Hollis, Oklahoma.  William Casey died on March 13, 1940.  On December 9, 1904, Nancy Casey married William Andrew Jackson Weldon.  In 1911, Pleasant Casey married Winnie Kincade.  Pleasant Casey died on January 5, 1924 in Harmon (or Tillman) County, Oklahoma.  On December 7, 1913, James Casey married Mittie Opal Blake in Shamrock, Texas.  James Casey died on January 2, 1977 in Mangum, Oklahoma.  On September 21, 1911, Lessie Casey married Charles Lewis Kincade in Mangum, Oklahoma.  On March 7, 1926, Otto Casey married Thelma Viola Fancher in Wichita Falls, Texas.  Otto Casey died on March 17, 1973.

References:  1)  Biographical Memoranda, Jesse Newton Casey, Arkansas, Historical Commission, ca. 1911;  2)  Family Group Sheets, Vonda (Fairbanks) Dihm, August, 1993

ELIZABETH CASEY (8.1.5) is the daughter of Jesse E. Casey and Martha Patsy (Coe) Casey.  Elizabeth was born in 1825 in Tennessee.  Elizabeth Casey married Zachariah Beckham (born 1824 in Tennessee).  Zachariah and Elizabeth Beckham were the parents of at least eleven children:

  John Allen Beckham, b. 1844, Arkansas
  Sarah Isabelle Beckham, b. 1845, Arkansas
  Martha G. Beckham, b. 1847, Arkansas
  Rebecca Beckham, b. 1849, Arkansas
  Lydia Caroline Beckham, b. March 25, 1852, Newton County, Arkansas
  William B. Beckham, b. 1854, Newton County, Arkansas
  Minerva Elizabeth Beckham, b. February 2, 1857, Newton County, Arkansas
  Neoma Angeline Beckham, b. 1858, Newton County, Arkansas
  Celia Beckham, b. 1859, Newton County, Arkansas
  Sceleta Celta Beckham, b. 1861, Newton County, Arkansas
  Mary Ann Beckham, b. 1863, Newton County, Arkansas

According to the manuscript written by George and Abner Casey, Zachariah and Elizabeth Beckham were also the parents of two other children:

  Temple Beckham, died in infancy
  Yell Beckham, died at an early age

From 1850 to 1860, Zachariah and Elizabeth Beckham were living in Newton County, Arkansas.  In 1870, Elizabeth (Casey) Beckham was living with her children in Newton County, Arkansas.  Elizabeth (Casey) Beckham died on October 4, 1909 and was buried in the Walnut Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.  John A. Beckham died in 1863.  Sarah Beckham married Sam Sparks and they had ten children:  -  Will Sparks, b. 1869,  -  Talitha Sparks, b. 1869,  -  John Sparks,  -  Hiram Sparks,  -  Mary Susan Sparks,  -  Lillie Sparks,  -  Della Sparks,  -  Lafayette Sparks,  -  Malburn Sparks,  -  Richard Sparks.  Martha Beckham married Harry Robinson and they had one son:  -  John Allen Robinson.  Martha married a second time to William W. McAfee and they had four children:  -  Caroline McAfee, b. 1877,  -  Jim McAffe,  -  David C. McAffe,  -  Henry Lafayett McAffe, b. November 23, 1880.  Martha (Beckham) McAfee died in 1885.

On July 27, 1867, Rebecca Beckham married George W. Snow and they had eight children:  -  Charlotte Snow,  -  Mason Snow,  -  Willis Snow,  -  Jeff Snow,  -  Bee Snow (male),  -  Elizabeth Snow,  -  Margaret Snow,  -  Marion Snow.  Rebecca (Beckham) Snow died in 1944.  On August 3, 1871, Lydia Beckham married Francis Calloway Stephens and they had nine children:  -  William Frank Stephens, b. March 26, 1872, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Zack Stephens (died as infant),  -  Dennis Stephens,  -  infant child (died as infant),  -  Mary Stephens (died as infant),  -  George Samuel Stephens, b. February 14, 1877, Newton County, Arkansas,  -  Ellis Stephens (twin), b. December 1, 1885, Auburn, Texas,  -  Ella Stephens (twin), b. December 1, 1885, Auburn, Texas,  -  Bazel Malone Stephens, b. May 29, 1889, Avalon, Texas.  Lydia (Beckham) Stephens died on January 10, 1891.

On January 12, 1873, William Beckham married Suzie Casey and they had seven children:  -  Jennie Beckham,  -  Josie Beckham,  -  Larkin Beckham,  -  Garland Beckham,  -  Fanny Beckham,  -  Hiram Beckham,  -  Laurie Beckham.  William Beckham died around 1934.  On September 14, 1871, Minerva Beckham married Joseph Richard Stephens and they had five children:  -  William Franklin Stephens, b. October 17, 1874,  -  Josh Stephens,  -  Presley Stephens,  -  Charlie Stephens,  -  Jasper Stephens.  Minerva (Beckham) Stephens died around 1927.  Tava (Stephens) Johnson is the granddaughter of William Franklin Stephens.  Neoma Beckham married John Pruitt.  Celia Beckham married Bill Pruitt.

Celta Beckham married Samuel Whitley and they had four children:  -  Minerva Pricilla Belle Whitley,  -  Matilda Jane Whitley,  -  Mary Suzanne Elizabeth Whitley,  -  Minnie Caroline Whitley.  Celta married a second time to Rafe Sherfield and they had six children:  -  Minnie Caroline Sherfield,  -  Gracie Sherfield,  -  Josie Sherfield,  -  Emma Sherfield,  -  Vergie Sherfield,  -  Alonza Sherfield.  Mary Ann Beckham married Horace McPherson and they had five children:  -  Perry McPherson,  -  Ella McPherson (twin), b. 1900,  -  Ida McPherson (twin), b. 1900,  -  Orby McPherson (twin), b. November 15, 1904,  -  Orpha McPherson (twin), b. November 15, 1904.  Mary (Beckham) McPherson died in 1926.

References:  1)  1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses, Newton County, Arkansas;  2)  “A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region,” by Goodspeed, 1894;  3)  “Casey History,” by George and Abner Casey, 1964;  4)  Letter, Tava (Stephens) Johnson to Harold Casey, April, 1979