Bulletins on Families of Orange Co., NY and Sussex Co., NJ. By: William J. Coulter Of Middletown, NY The Caskey family of Sussex & Orange Counties NY & NJ 22 Oct 1938, page 1 It would seem that the best way to approach the CASKEY family history would be to give some data found in the deeds of Sussex County. QUOTE: 3 Jul 1805, Deed Book N, pg. 221, Moses COYKENDALL & Hannah his wife of Wantage (she was Hannah DECKER) to John CASKEY, SR., John CASKEY, JR. & Robert CASKEY of the same place, a tract of land on the Deep Clove Kill for $50.00 for 90 years. Robert CASKEY purchased land in Oxford, Sussex County, 22 Aug 1798, this passed on to Jane CASKEY and also Jane CASKEY bought land in Oxford 30 Apr 1803-also see pg. 709 of Sussex & Warren counties history, which says that Robert CASKEY & Jane TODD CASKEY his wife had a daughter, Elizabeth CASKEY who married Laurence Lommerson, also that Jane TODD CASKEY was sister of Major TODD of Revolutionary Fame. Who knows the story of Major TODD & was he the ancestor of the TODD family who had so many tanneries in Sussex & Orange Counties during the 19th century of which Benjamin TODD of Middletown, NY was a descendent? 1 Apr 1809, John CASKEY, SR & Mary CASKEY his wife, John CASKEY, JR & Elizabeth CASKEY his wife of Wantage, to Robert CASKEY of same place heir 2-3 right land bought of Ogden Coykendall, witnessed by Thomas CASKEY & George BACKSTER. W3, pg. 531, 16 Jan 1826, Robert CASKEY & Leah his wife & Margaret CASKEY of Wantage, all heir rights in the property of John CASKEY deceased. Y3, pg. 451, Margaret CASKEY of Wantage 17 Mar 1839 to Alvah CASKEY of Wantage all her right to property of her father deceased & one share or tenth part by conveyance from Robert CASKEY & wife, one from herself, one from Mary CASKEY, widow & heir, one from someone in right of John CASKEY. John CASKEY, JR died young & in debt. W3, pg. 533, John Z. Drake & wife Sarah of Wantage for $100.00 convey all their undivided right or share to property of John CASKEY deceased. (Chas. Drake & Irving Drake at m.__) W3, pg. 582, 24 Sep 1835, between Margaret MEEKER & widow of William MEEKER of the county of Chenango in the town of Smithville for $100.00 her share of estate of John CASKEY, deceased. See B-3, pg. 93. X3, pg. 581, 17 Apr 1839, Mary BUCHANAN of the township of Wantage one of four children of Jane BUCHANAN, deceased, her mother, conveys 1-4 part land due from John CASKEY as an heir, conveyed to Alvah CASKEY. W3, pg. 303, Martha CASKEY wife of Alvah CASKEY one of heirs at law of Samuel WILLSON late of Hardyston, see will of Mrs. Catherine Lawrence, late of Wantage for Catherine J. LAWRENCE, Thomas J. LAWRENCE, other heirs were Thomas J. WILLSON, Isaac WILLSON, Peter WILLSON, James C. WILLSON, Elizabeth WILLSON & Sarah WILLSON. A4, pg. 491, 1832, Gideon COLE & Eleanor his wife, Joseph COLE, Hannah PERRY, late Hannah WILLSON, Moses CORTRIGHT & Esther his wife, Late Esther WILLSON, Cleophes LETEER & Martha his wife, Late Martha WILLSON & Addy C. WILLSON heirs-at-law of Moses COLE deceased, all of Lechawanna in state of PA to Peter COLE of Wantage, three equal undivided sixth parts of real-estate of Abraham COLE deceased, see book of Divisions also rights of Moses COLE see Apr 4, 1811. Book A, 4 Apr 1811, see Deed of Samuel SWARTWOUT & Jemima his wife to Mathew WRITER, Benjamin CUDDEBACK, Simeon VAN FLEET, William CUDDEBACK, Cornelius W. COLE, Lewis VAN INWEGEN, Brazilla RANSOM, Alfred BARKLEY, Margaret CARPENTER, John D. CARPENTER, John CASKEY, Andrew J. CASKEY, Levi VAN ETTEN, JR, James TERWILLIGER, Benjamin VAN INWEGEN, Charles ST. JOHN, James BENNETT & Co., Daniel HILFERITY, Wilhelmus WESTFALL, James BENNETT, James D. SWARTWOUT, David SWARTHOUT & Richard ELEMENDORF. This was a partition Deed in which some of the CASKEY family entered in about which we may have a lot to say at a later date. 29 Oct 1938, page 4 B4, pg 544, 1812, Isaac WILLSON & Matilda his wife, Joel DECKER & Elizabeth his wife, Late WILLSON, Samuel C. WILLSON & Phoebe Ann his wife, Thomas WILLSON & Abigail his wife, Sarah WILLSON all of Sussex County to Martha CASKEY, late Martha WILLSON, being property of Samuel WILLSON & Martha his widow, land in Hardyston. F4, pg 493, 25 Dec 1842, Joseph BUCHANAN JR of Wantage, heir of Jane BUCHANAN, heir of John CASKEY deceased. We assume that the father was probably Joseph BUCHANAN who married Jane CASKEY. F4, pg 493, 4 Mar 1843, Martha BUCHANAN, of Frankford, heir of Jane BUCHANAN, heir of John CASKEY deceased, her 1-4 right to Alvah CASKEY. From this setup of deeds we judge that Robert CASKEY & Jane TODD were the parents of John CASKEY who m. Mary & the latter had children, Thomas, John, Robert, Margaret, Mary CASKEY MEEKER, Jane CASKEY BUCHANAN, Sarah CASKEY DRAKE, & William CASKEY. If the records should appear that makes this any different we will make note of same as we come to them. F4, pg 298, 1863, from Margaret Jane BUCHANAN of Wantage, heir of Jane BUCHANAN, heir of John CASKEY, to Alvah CASKEY. We also find in the records a William K. CASKEY of Andover, NJ who apparently had a relative of some degree named Wilson A. CASKEY and the latter’s relatives seem to be Adelbert H., CASKEY, Alaenetto CASKEY, Peter J. CASKEY & wife Lillian, these are mentioned in 1911. We also find the following CASKEY marriages at Newton, NY, pg 99. Book A, by Samuel PRICE, Justice of the Peace, 16 Jun 1810 Joseph CASKEY to Catey STRUBLE; by Rev. Moses SWAYZE, 13 Oct 1813 Thomas CASKA to Coreliaugh HAYNES-this should read Thomas CASKEY to Cornelia HAYNES. Mathew MARTIN to Ann CASKEY by Rev Joseph CAMBELL on 14 Feb 1811; By Rev Joseph CAMPBELL Apr 1817 Thomas MARTIN to Mary CASKEY; by Rev. Abraham KELCHAM 16 Nov 1828 Alvah CASKEY to Melinda DEWITT; By Rev. Peter KANOUSE 2 Apr 1831 William CASKEY to Eliza PITTS; by Rev. Geo PIERSON 5 Nov 1857 Silas C. SCHOFIELD to Eliza CASKEY of Wantage. 8 Apr 1836 Henry CASKEY to Mariah SCOFIELD of Wantage. Will Book D, PG 611, Margaret CASKEY of Wantage, appoints her son, Alvah CASKEY sole heir & executor 7 Mar 1831. Probated 23 Aug 1855, witnesses-James EVANS, Samuel LAMBERT & John EVANS. The will of Alvah CASKEY, 1882, probated 1885, Book I, pg 225 names daughter, Margaret, daughter, Mary J. CLARK, son, Wilson A. CASKEY, son John CASKEY. Where does William K. CASKEY above come into picture? 1910, Wilson A. CASKEY, Book, pg 188-89, wife Algenelle CASKEY, son Adelbert W. CASKEY, son Peter J. CASKEY, father Alvah CASKEY. 7 Jan 1939, page 25 Perhaps it would be best to take the daughter of Robert CASKEY And Jane TODD as a start for this genealogy of their descendents, namely, Elizabeth CASKEY, who married Laurence LOMMERSON, who was the son of a German Tory Sympathizer, who come from Germany about the middle of the 18th century and settled near Belvidere, now Warren county., NJ, than Sussex County. He had eight children among whom were Laurence above, who married Elizabeth CASKEY, daughter of Robert & Jane. Laurence LOMMERSON was born in 1770 and his wife, 23 Aug 1781 & died 20 Dec 1841. She was said to have been a woman of fine character. Laurence LOMMERSON & Elizabeth CASKEY had twelve children born between 6 Apr 1803 & 4 May 1824, namely Jane C. LOMMERSON, wife of Samuel WILLSON; William LOMMERSON born 18 Oct 1804 and died 30 May 1849; Robert C. LOMMERSON born 9 Aug 1806 and died 15 Mar 1839; Eliza Ann LOMMERSON, wife of Philip D. WELLER, born 18 Dec 1807 and died 20 Mar 1852; Margaret LOMMERSON, wife of Cornelius CARHART, born 29 Mar 1810 and died 18 Oct 1873; Julia Ann LOMMERSON, wife of William CARHART and by second marriage, wife of Philip D. DWELLER, born 21 Apr 1812, still living 1881, residing at Stewartsville, NJ; James LOMMERSON born 22 Mar 1814; Rebecca LOMMERSON, wife of George H. WELLER, born 29 Jan 1816 and died 12 Jul 1849; Mary LOMMERSON, wife of Adam WANDLING, born 15 Jan 1818 and died 26 Mar 1852. It just seems to us there was a family in Matamoras, PA years ago by this name. Caroline LOMMERSON died young; Sarah LOMMERSON, wife of William MCCULLOUGH, born 22 Aug 1821 and died 20 Dec 1870; and Laurence LOMMERSON born 4 May 1824 and died 18 Oct 1872. After the marriage of Laurence LOMMERSON & Elizabeth CASKEY they settled in Belvidere, NJ where he worked at his trade as a miller right and during the spring season he ran Durham boats & acted as steersman on rafts in the Delaware shipping lumber to Philadelphia & bringing back goods on the return, at that period those in charge of a raft were obliged to force the raft upstream by means of long polls and the journey in returning was long and teatious. In 1810 he purchased a farm of 106 acres and than 34 acres and another of 100 acres in Franklin Twp. It being part of the Joseph Shippen tract which was endured in the land office at Burlington, NJ in 1744. His first dwelling was a log house but he erected two substantial brick residences on his property and commodious barns, which were standing & in good repair 1880. It is said that Laurence LOMMERSON was a man of little book knowledge but of excellent practical judgement and common sense. He was the possessor of a large property at his death 19 Nov 1864. 21 Jan 1839, page 28 ***Fuller - One who fulls cloth; one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth *** Peter CASKEY owned a farm and a Fulling Mill at which is Hackettstown in Independence Twp. In 1776. Yet three years prior to this were only five houses in the township and Peter CASKEY’S was apparently one of them. Than we have Robert CASKEY and his wife Jane TODD in Oxford Twp. adjoining and they have a family which we are now trying to trace cut. From the records we rather imagine Robert CASKEY was born about 1730 if he lived out his natural life. Than we have Samuel CASKEY here in Port Jervis marrying one of the DECKER family. Records of later years show one of his branch marrying one of the Wantage Branch and they call themselves second cousins. To be this relationship the grandparents must be brothers. This would make John of Wantage and Samuel of Port Jervis brothers. Now we have Peter CASKEY of Hackettstown who could be brother of Samuel & John and apparently sons of Robert & Jane TODD CASKEY. Than we have dug up another son or grandson, possibly of Robert & Jane, Robert C. CASKEY, who married Jane STEPHENS and this article says that Robert C. CASKEY’S father was Robert and that he was a farmer in or near Hackettstown. In that branch of the CASKEY family we so often find among the male & female branches the letter “C” for the middle name. This had us puzzled but we have concluded after some search that the “C” stands for Campbell. Campbell for the Rev. Campbell who officiated at the old Oxford Church in Oxford Twp., Warren County as early as 1740-45. This leads us to wonder if the CASKEY family was contemporary with the other Scotch-Irish families of Kennedy’s, McCullough’s, Thomson’s, Stewart’s etc. In that part of what was then Sussex & prior to that Hunterdon County. A search might reveal some interesting things. 4 Feb 1939, page 31 Peter MCCRACKEN farm was owned & occupied by Peter CASKEY in 1776. His house stood in the field just back of the Calamis Hole in 1778. He built the stone house now standing on the farm & ran a Fulling Mill. There was a forge standing on the riverbank, which was used during the revolution period. The foundation timbers were still visible in the bed of the river in good preservation in the 1880-90’s. In the year 1764 the Presbyterian Church of Independence at Hackettstown was founded. One of the Trustees was John TODD. Most likely some relation to Jane TODD. We will take up now the family of John CASKEY, SR & Mary his wife, last name unknown to us at the present time. Although we sometimes wonder if she was a Decker because on 3 Jul 1805, Moses COYKENDALL & Hannah DECKER his wife, of Wantage, for $50.oo deed to John CASKEY, SR., John CASKEY, JR & Robert CASKEY of the same place, a tract of land on the Deep Clove Kill for $50.00 for 90 years. In book C2, page 15 on Dec. 21 1812, Robert CASKEY & Leah his wife (Leah MASTERSON) of the town of Minisink, Orange Co., NY, deed to William JENNINGS, of the township of Wantage, land situate on both sides of the Deep Clove Kill, including the Fulling Mill now belonging to said CASKEY and beginning at the lower corner of the land of John CASKEY, SR containing about 49 acres. In the meantime on 23 Sep 1811, Robert CASKEY & Leah MASTERSON, his wife, purchased of Lewis LAMBERT & Mary, his wife, for $1750.00 321 acres of land situate on the Shinglekill Brook-this is the stream that runs through Cahoonzie & empties into the Delaware River at Bolton Basen-situate on the Delaware River & on the old Indian path. We also know where the old Indian path ran or at least where it was said to be having been pointed out to us in our younger days by our uncle. 4 Mar 1939, page 36 In our last article we mentioned Robert CASKEY & wife, Leah MASTERSON, purchasing land from Lewis LAMBERT & Mary his wife. Lewis LAMBERT in turn purchased this land from his father, David LAMBERT (see Orange Co., Deeds). Just how long Robert CASKEY lived at Sparrow Bush or Honesville, we do not know but in the census of 1825 he had 2 males, 3 females, no land, 6 cattle, 5 sheep, 3 hog’s. Also Lewis LAMBERT was still living in Deerpark at this same time. We have wondered several times to whom Robert CASKEY sold his far, but recently while in Goshen we omitted to look it up but will later. The Bible records of Robert CASKEY & Leah his wife are as follows; Robert CASKEY b. 11 Mar 1773; Leah CASKEY b. 11 Jan 1782. He was born prior to and she after the Revolution. Robert CASKEY & Leah CASKEY married 15 Sep 1799. The birth of their children; Mary CASKEY b. 4 Nov 1800 on Tuesday; Hila CASKEY b. 25 Oct 1804 on Thursday; James CASKEY b. 15 Sep 1815 on Friday In the census of 1835 at which time he was 63 years old, Robert CASKEY is listed with 1 male, 3 female, 1 cow, 4 pigs, no land mentioned. Mary CASKEY, the first child of Robert & Leah, according to the family Bible, married 13 Dec 1827 to Stephen TRAVIS; what became of him we do not know at this writing. There is a Nathaniel TRAVIS buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery who may have been a younger brother. The only TRAVIS family we have come across in the early days of Orange County was in the town of Wallkill adjoining the old Weller family. We think Stephen TRAVIS died rather early because in the Bible Record we find Mary JACKSON departed this life 10 Nov 1863 hence we think she married a second time. Robert CASKEY & Leah his wife died as follows; Robert CASKEY departed this life 24 Apr 1855. Leah CASKEY departed this life 9 May 1856. 25 Mar 1939, page 42 Hila CASKEY, the second child of Robert CASKEY & Lea MASTERSON, born 25 Oct 1804, married as per Bible record 14 Dec 1824 to Samuel B. SMITH: his granddaughter says she had a lumber yard & built canal boats, which is probably right. The question is where was the boatyard? We think it was at Bolton Basen, which as you older folks remember was at the very West End of what is now Sparrow Bush. Although in those days it was West of Honesville & before that it was called Boydville. In the 1835 census Samuel B. SMITH is listed with 2 males, 3 females, 4 acres of improved land, 5 cows, 2 horses & 7 hogs. A granddaughter says Hila Estelle CASKEY married Samuel Bouse SMITH, but she does not know where; According to our records they were married at Minisink, now Port Jervis, by the Rev. Cornelius ELLING. Also we have discovered the same record that Lewis LAMBERT, who sold the property to Robert CASKEY, married Mary CASKEY 25 May 1806. So the LAMBERTS & CASKEY’S were possible brothers-in-law or relatives of some degree. We will discuss this later. Also this granddaughter of Samuel B. SMITH & Hila E. CASKEY says, “ My great Aunt, Mary CASKEY JACKSON, was a widow (many years) and lived at Pond Eddy. I now cherish the memory of happy days spent in her little cottage when I was very young. Red letter days they were too”. Strange how the things of long ago cling. It will not be many years before our present generation will be saying that same thing. This granddaughter says “ for some time I have had a desire to visit Port Jervis, the place of my birth & the spot where our family took root. I had been in NY & before returning home in Elmira, decided that the time was ripe for me to gratify that visit, The trip was rather a disappointment. I was only seven years of age when my people moved away & now I am over 80. I suppose it was not strange in the few hours that I was there that I found no one that remembered my people or me. Mother was born there 20 Jul 1831 & of course all her old friends had long since solved the great problem”. The granddaughter of Hila CASKEY & Samuel Bouse SMITH says “ I do remember my mother telling me that her father was at one time considered a wealthy man-for those times- but that he lost heavily signing notes. A very common custom in those days. I do know he was a rafts-man for I own a chest that he used to pack food in on their trips for logs. My Aunt, Mrs. Robert KNOX, who lived Port Jervis a greater part of her life was an invalid for several years before her death & boarded with a family by the name of HUNTER at Monticello. There is where she died. I went to Port Jervis to attend her funeral 3 Mar 1905. Mr. & Mrs. Clark CASKEY also attended the services. I asked to ride in the carriage with them from the station where we met the remains to the little church where the burial service was held. Of course Clark CASKEY & I were practically strangers as I had not seen him since I was a child. I think Mrs. CASKEY was his second wife (right). When I was in Port Jervis this last time I tried to see her but she was out of town. I rather regret I did not remain over another day & go out to the cemetery as grandfather & his wife, also many of my other relatives, are buried there”. *The granddaughter is H. Estelle STOWELL of Elmira, NY* 29 Apr 1939, page 54 The writer recently found a survey & map made by Peter E. GUEMAR, covering lot # 42 of the town of Deerpark, showing lands of William LAMBERT & Lewis LAMBERT. Yet the present day lots show this as lot # 43. We wonder why! Certainly older Peter E. GUEMAR knew his business. This was around 1807. It shows the lot line running straight to the Delaware but not striking it. Striking rather the very up end of Shinglekill Brook & then running around a short way from the Delaware to the Southeast lot line. One thing that puzzles us is why the line does not follow the river edge, but rather is just a little way back. This takes in what is now Eddy Farm, all of Sparrow Bush, west of a line drawn through Sparrow Bush about where the House of Mr. KERN the butcher formally stood, as near as we can tell by comparing old & new maps. The strange thing about this map is the fact William LAMBERT took in the Shinglekill Brook mostly, while his relative, Lewis LAMBERT, only had a small part of the Shinglekill on his tract & that being the very lower end of the brook. The old West Farm in western Sparrow Bush was apparently in the tract of Lewis LAMBERT. Peter E. GUEMAR says “ May 10th & 11th surveyed the SW end of William LAMBERT’S lot according to the course of his deed & the SW side of the old Kehoonse (Cahoonzie) foot path. Than run along the Delaware the course of the Delaware to where Mr. LAMBERT said the south corner of the lot was. Than we began at the road leading from Simon WESTFALL’S (whose farm took in all of Sparrow Bush last of Sparrow Bush Brook (see map in Goshen deeds) all the way to the Delaware River) to Mr. LAMBERT’S where Mr. LAMBERT & John DECKER said that the S. E. line of lot no. 2 was and run from hence South 4471/2 East 52 chains than 433/4 East to cross the road leading from Swartwouts to Koshecton. This of course; the Huguenot-Cohoonzie road. 20 May 1939, page 59 As we have already indicated, the first 3 children of Samuel Bouse SMITH & Hilah CASKEY died young; namely Charles, Sarah & James SMITH. Adeline SMITH, the child of Samuel B. & Hilah, married Ryerson Hull STUART, who was a conductor on the Erie R&R out of Port Jervis many years & finally moved to Elmira & it is their daughter Etta Stuart, born in Port Jervis, NY 11 Apr 1854, (which was the year after our grandfather VAN SECHLE came to Port Jervis) who finally stirred us up enough to make this CASKEY sketch possible. She married William H. STOWELL, of Elmira & they had a son, Stuart STOWELL, of New York City and a daughter, Ruth, who is married, living in Elmira & have 2 grown daughters. Henry SMITH, a son of Samuel B. SMITH & Hilah CASKEY, born in or near Port Jervis in 1832 died 2 May 1896 at his home in Wellsboro, PA. His obituary states that his father at one time operated the Grist Mill, later owned by Thomas SHARP in back of the library; (the old stone Mill we as a boy remember going there for feed with our uncle), & built the present residence of Mrs. George MALUM; At one time we knew where this was but there are those of you in Port Jervis who will remember. Henry SMITH was in the employ of the Erie many years ago. He went to Wellsboro & engaged in the livery business & married Helen EVERETT, a sister of Mrs. D. R. EMMIS, formerly of Port Jervis. He left his wife, a son & a daughter surviving. 29 Jul 1939, page 79 Now we come to the next child of Robert CASKEY & Lea MASTERSON, James CASKEY born 22 Jan 1810 on Monday & married Ann DRAKE on 15 Dec 1831. The first child of James CASKEY & Ann DRAKE was George CASKEY born 24 Sep 1832; the second son, Erastus was born 25 Jul 1834 on Friday. We think he married Lydia PELTON of Monticello. There was a time we knew but it passed from our memory. They had a son, George CASKEY, who married and had a daughter, Hazel CASKEY & she married her husband, name unknown to us. The third son, Marsene CASKEY m. Nellie SMITH. 14 Oct 1939, page 103 Courson D. CASKEY, better known as Coe CASKEY-have heard my father speak of him many times-the fourth child of James CASKEY & Ann DRAKE, born 14 Apr 1840, is buried at Sparrow Bush, NY. Married Libbie, probably Elizabeth, last name unknown to us, of Monticello, NY. She may have been a TAGGETT, not sure. They had no children. In the Sparrow Bush cemetery of which we have a partial copy of the tombstones, it says Corson W. CASKEY born 14 Apr 1840,died 28 Jan 1892. The tombstone of the father & Mother reads: Ann DRAKE, wife of James CASKEY died 12 Jun 1865 aged 52 years, 9 months, 4 days. James CASKEY died 7 May 1865 aged 55 years, 3 months, 16 days. I have heard my father say an epidemic of some sort was responsible for their early death & split up the family of children. Albert CASKEY, the 5th child of James & An, married 1st, we believe, Mary E. OSTERHOUT. They lived at Rockford, ILL. Both deceased years ago & left 2 daughters. Laforge CASKEY, who was one of the youngest of the family, although he seems to be marked sixth on our list, was born, we believe, Sparrow Bush at Caskey’s Eddy or at Least lived there in his younger days. He married about 1872 Sarah M. COULTER of Cahoonzie, daughter of John COULTER & Jane THOMPSON & a great granddaughter of Robert COULTER & Sarah KEENAN, who owned the old COULTER homestead at Carnagran, Downpatrick, Ulster, Ireland. Laforge CASKEY & Sarah COULTER lived at Neversink Flats, Sullivan County where their son, Harry CASKEY, was born 1876. They later lived at Cahoonzie, where they ran the Maguire boarding house; at Sparrow Bush where they ran the hotel which proceeded the Raymar hotel; at Columbia Druung Park Hotel on the Huguenot road; at Hickory Grove Hotel on the Milford road, which has long disappeared; at the halfway house on the Milford road, which is still going & where he died in 1905. His wife died in Port Jervis in 1927. Their son, Harry CASKEY, married Blanch CARLEY of Brooklyn St., Port Jervis, NY, daughter of Charles CARLEY. They lived in New York city, Cold Spring & Port Jervis where how worked for Ridleyu & co…, Bull Bros., John Wannamaker, operated a hotel at Cold Spring, later coming to Port Jervis with Schoonover & Kalmbach, later Schoonover & CASKEY & Finally H. CASKEY, overloaded himself with real-estate in addition to his business, was caught in the depression & died on Delaware street in Port Jervis. Their son, Kenneth L. CASKEY, born in New York City, if we recall correctly, educated in Port Jervis Schools, graduated from Port Jervis high, from Cornell University as an Engineer, associated with Semet Solvay Co., now with the Harrisburgh Steel Co., Harrisburg, NY, married Miss BREWSTER of northern NY. They had three children, daughter unknown, daughter Claire & a son, William born this year. 1939, page 110 Laforge CASKEY mentioned in last article died at the halfway house on the Milford road 15 Feb 1905 age 52 years, was born at Cuddebackville, NY. Morris CASKEY, son of James CASKEY & Ann DRAKE, married Mary FLAVIN of Woodstock, ILL where they lived & later moved to Beloit, WIS. He deceased but his widow was living the last we knew & with her youngest son, Earl CASKEY. An attorney at 249 Whitman Heights, Beloit. The other son was Charles T. CASKEY, 6191/2 College Avenue, Beloit. Lorinda CASKEY, next child of James & Ann never married. Deceased. Sarah CASKEY, daughter of James & Ann, born 3 Jul 1846, died 2 May 1922, married 13 Oct 1875 to Charles I. Terwilliger of Port Jervis, NY. Lived at Huguenot, NY born 18 Nov 1850. They had one son, Fred Terwilliger, member of the firm of Terwilliger & Woolsey, Front St., Port Jervis, married Eva WESTBROOK, d/o Stacey WESTBROOK, mentioned in our articles in the Johannes WESTBROOK & Antje ROOSABRANCH. Kate CASKEY, d/o James & Ann, married William CONRAN & lived at Dryden, NY in the Western part of the state near Ithaca. They had a son, William CONRAN. We remember some years ago coming through Dryden & looking the cemetery over. At that time we did not know the CONRAN family lived there. We have heard our father speak many times of Billy CONRAN when they lived at Sparrow Bush, we think. Susan CASKEY, d/o James & Ann, deceased, not married. This covers the family of James CASKEY & Ann DRAKE so far as we have it now.