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Casey Recurring Correspondents

Cast of Characters

The following people show up frequently in the correspondence of Thomas Lincoln Casey. It may be helpful to refer to this list when working on the Casey Family transcription project.

Name Rank/Title Education Notes
Abbot, Henry Larcom (1831-1927) Colonel, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1854
Adams, Henry M. (1844-1909) Captain, Army Corps of Engineers West Point, 1866
Alexander, Barton S. (1819-1878) Corps of Engineers West Point, 1842
Alexander, Edward Porter (1835-1910) President, Central Railraod and Banking Company of Georgia
Allen, Charles J. (1840-1915) Lieut.‑Colonel, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1864
Allen, Robert (1811-1888) General , United States Army West Point, 1836
Almy, John Jay (1815-1895)
Andenried, Joseph C. (1839-1880) Captain, Sixth Cavalry West Point, 1861
Austin, J. O. correspondent about geneaology
Babcock, Orville Elias (1835-1884) Colonel, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1861 Superintending Engineer of Public Buildings and Grounds, and certain Public works in the District of Columbia
Babcock, Alice W.
Baird, Absalom (1824-1905) General , United States Army West Point, 1849 Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral
Barlow, John W. (1838-1914) Brigadier General; Chief of Engineers , Corps of Engineers West Point, 1861
Barnard, John Gross (1815-1882) Bvt. Major-General, United States Army West Point, 1833
Barnes, Joseph (1817-1883) Surgeon General, United States Army Harvard University; University of Pennsylvania, 1838 Collected materials for the Army Medical Museum
Bayard, Thomas F. (1828-1898) Senator, Delaware
Beck, James B. (1822-1890) Senator, Kentucky Transylvania University Kentucky, Democrat, 1877-1890
Belknap, William W. (1829-1890) Secretary of War (1869-1876) Princeton, 1848
Benham, Henry Washington (1813-1884) Colonel, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1837
Benyaurd, William Henry Harrison (1841-1900) West Point, 1863
Billings, John Shaw (1838-1913) Surgeon General, United States Army Miami University; Medical College of Ohio
Bingham, Theodore Alfred (1858-1934) Major, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1879
Bixby, William Herbert (1849-1928) Brigadier-General, Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1873
Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles (1838-1918) Senator, Kentucky Centre College in Danville Kentucky, Democrat, 1885-97; 1901-1907
Blackwood, William Publisher
Blanchard, Newton Crain (1849-1922) Representative, Louisiana Tulane Louisiana, Democrat, 1880-1897
Blashfield, Edwin Howland (1848-1936) Artist, central dome of the Library of Congress.
Bloodgood, John H. Married to Julia Casey, TLC’s half-sister
Blunt, Charles E. (1823-1892) West Point, 1846
Brewerton, Henry General
Brown, Sevallon A. Chief Clerk, Department of State
Brush, Elizabeth (Bessie or Eliza) Cass Hunt (1825-1913) Daughter of Sophia Spencer and John Elliot Hunt (Abby Pearce Casey Hunt’s brother in law)
Brush, Elizabeth Cass Hunt (1854-1871)
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)
Burr, Edward Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct
Burr, William Hubert (1851-1934)
Casey, Silas Army TLC Father = General Silas Casey
Casey, Silas III Navy TLC Brother = Admiral Silas Casey
Casey, Lyman Rufus Senator (1889-1893), Republican, North Dakota not related to TLC
Caswell, John H. Casey Farm Caretaker
Chapman, S. H. H.
Cobb, Samuel Crocker
Cockrell, Francis (1834-1915) Senator, Missouri Chapel Hill College Missouri, Democrat, 1875-1905
Comstock, Cyrus B. (1831-1910) Colonel, United States Army West Point, 1855
Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1824-1889) Senator, Ohio; New York
Craig, John W.
Craighill, William Price (1833-1909) Colonel/Brigadier General, Army Corps Engineer/Chief Engineer (1895) West Point, 1853
Crombe, Charles T. (1824-1903)
Crook, George R. (1828-1890) General , United States Army West Point, 1852
Cullum, George Washington (1809-1892)
Cuyler, James W. West Point, 1864
Davis, Charles E. L. B. Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington District; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct
Davis, George (1839-1918) Major-General
Dawes, Henry Laurens (1816-1903) Senator; Representative, Massachusetts Yale University, 1839
Dolph, Joseph Norton (1835-1897) Senator, Oregon Genesee Wesleyan Seminary Oregon, Republican, 1883-1895
Dortic, John Banker TLC’s banker
Duane, James Chatham (1824-1897) 3, United States Army West Point, 1848
Durham, Milton J. (1824-1911) United States Representative, Kentucky
Edmunds, George F. (1828-1919) Senator, Vermont
Elliot, George Henry (1831-1900) Colonel, Corps of Engineers; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1855
Elliot, Ezekial Brown Treasury Department
Elliott, John H. Rev. Dr.
Ernst, Oswald Herbert (1842-1926) Captain, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds West Point, 1864
Erzdorf, Richard (1848-1926) Chief draftsman and interior designer, State, War, & Navy Building
Evarts, William M. (1818-1801) Secretary of State; U.S. Attorney General; Senator Yale College; Harvard Law School
Fessenden, Francis (1839-1906) Lawyer; General Bowden College, 1858; Harvard Law School
Fieberger, G. J. (1858-1939) Captain West Point, 1879
Fink, Albert (1827-1897) Engineer, Darmstadt
Fish, Stuyvesant (1851-1923) President, Illinois Central Railroad Co. Columbia College Fish was president of Illinois Central Railroad Company 1887-1906
Frye, William Pierce Senator from Maine
Gaillard, D. D. Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct
Gardiner, Asa Bird (1839-1919)
Getty, George W. (1819-1901) West Point, 1840
Gillespie, George Lewis, Jr. (1841-1913) Chief of Engineers, Army Corps Engineer/Chief Engineer (1904-1908) West Point, 1862
Gillmore, Quincy Adams (1825/1888) Colonel, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1849
Goddard, Calvin Colonel; Assistant Adjutant- General
Gorman, Arthur Pue Senator, State of Maryland Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral
Green, Bernard Richardson (1843-1913) Assistant
Hager, John Sharpenstein (1818-1890) Senator, New Jersey [Princeton]
Hains, Peter C. Colonel, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington District
Harris, Isham Green (1818-1897) Senator, Tennessee
Harvey, Thomas
Hazen, William Babcock (1830-1887)
Heap, David P. (1843-1910) Captain West Point, 1864
Herrick, Osgood E. (1826-1906) Reverend
Higgins, Anthony (1846-1912) Senator, Delaware Delaware College Delaware, Republican, March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895
Hodge, J. Ledyard (1834-1902) University of Virginia
Holden, Edward S. (1846-1914) Professor, United States Army; United States Navy; University of California Washington University; West Point, 1870
Houston, David C. (1839-1893) Colonel West Point, 1856
Hoxie, Richard L. (1844-1930) Lieutenant, United States Army West Point, 1868
Hoxie, Lavinia Ellen Ream (1847-1914) Artist
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (1810-1883) Bvt. Maj.‑General/Chief of Engineers, Army Corps Engineer/Chief Engineer (1866) West Point, 1831
Humphreys, Rebecca H. (d. 1897) Wife of A. A. Humphreys
Hunt, Henry J.
Hunt, Lewis Cass (1824-1886) West Point, 1847 husband of Abby Pearce Casey, TLC’s sister
Jenkins, T. S. Admiral
Jones, Charles William (1834-1897) Senator, Florida
Judson, John Andrew
Kautz, E. V. General
King, Horatio
King, William Rice (1839-1898) Lieut.‑Colonel; Major, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1863
King, John Wilson (1818-1905) Engineer-in-Chief , Navy
Knight, John George David Lieutenant, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct
Kretschmar, Ella TLC’s cousin
Kurtz, John D. Colonel; Lieutenant-Colonel
Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834-1906) 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian
Lapham, Alanson Superintendent Folding Room, House of Representatives
Low, Seth (1850-1916) Mayor, Brooklyn
Lydecker, Garrett J. (1843-1914) General , Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1864
Mackenzie, Alexander (1844-1921) Chief of Engineers, Army Corps Engineer/Chief Engineer West Point, 1864
Mackenzie, James U. American District Telegraph of the District of Columbia
Mahan, Dennis Hart (1802-1871) Professor, United States Military Academy at West Point West Point, 1824
Mahan, Frederick A. (1847-1918) Major, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1867
Mansur, Charles H. Comptroller of the Treasury
Marshall, William Louis (1846-1920) Captain, Army Corps of Engineers West Point, 1868
McCook, A. McD. General
McCrary, George W. (1835-1890) Secretary of War His wife askes for a lot of bouquets and often on War Department stationary
Mead, Larkin G. (1835-1910) Artist
Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (1816-1892) Bvt. Maj.‑General, Quartermaster General; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1836
Mendell, George Henry (1831-1902) West Point, 1852
Merrill, C. W. Colonel
Merrill, Abner H. Massachusetts Agricultural College
Michler, Nathaniel (1827-1881) Lieut.‑Colonel, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1848
Money, Hernando DeSoto (1839-1912) United States Representative, Mississippi
Morrill, Justin Smith (1810-1898) Senator, State of Vermont University of Vermont, 1880 Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral; Republican, Rep. 1855-1867; Senator 1867-1898
Morton, James St. C. (1828-1864) Bvt. Brig-General, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct West Point, 1851
Myers, William (1830-1887) Major and Brvt General, Depot Quartermaster’s Office
Newton, John
Niblack, William E. (1822-1893) United States Representative, Indiana
Overman, Lewis C. Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington District
Paine, H. E.
Parke, John Grubb (1827-1900)
Patridge, Frank C. (1861-1943) Secretary of Treasury Columbia from Vermont
Payson, A. H.
Poe, Orlando M. Chief Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers
Post, James C.
Prime, Frederick E. West Point, 1850
Proctor, Redfield (1831-1908) Sec. of War, United States Government Dartmouth 1889-1891, from Vermont
Ramsey, Alexander Secretary of War Reed’s law School in Carlisle, 1839
Raynolds, William F. West Point, 1843
Reese, C. B. Captain of Engineers
Rider, Sydney S.
Robert, Henry M.
Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand Colonel, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
Rogers, William King (1829-1893) private secretary to Pres. Hayes, Executive Mansion
Rowland, Amelia J. board of visitors for St. Elizabeth’s, insane asylum
Samo, Theodore B. Assistant Engineer, Office of Washington Aquaduct
Schriver, Edmund West Point, 1833
Scott, Elizabeth (Bessie) TLC’s sister
Scott, Robert Nicholson Lieut.‑Colonel, United States Army Brother in law, married to Elizabeth “Bessie”
Scott, Nina niece of TLC
Sears , Clinton B. Captain of Engineers West Point, 1867
Sewell, John S. Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
Seymour, Truman (1824-1891) West Point, 1846 Married to Louisa Weir, sister of Emma Weir Casey
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) General, United States Army West Point, 1840
Shufeldt, Robert Wilson (1822-1895) Commander; Commodore, United States Navy
Simpson, James H. (1813-1883) General West Point, 1832
Slocum, Henry Warner (1827-1894) Major-General, United States Army; House of Representatives West Point, 1852
Slocum, Henry W. Tennis player/lawyer?
Smith, Jared A. (d. 1910) Major West Point, 1862
Stanley, David Sloane (1828-1902) General West Point, 1852
Stanton, William S. (1842-1918) West Point, 1865
Stanton, Edwin (1814-1896) Honorable
Stevens, Robert F. Clerk, Committee of Appropriations, House of Representatives
Stewart, C. Seaforth (1824-1904) Colonel West Point, 1846 often signs as “C.S.S”
Stickney, Amos (1833-1924) West Point, 1864
Stout, Charles H. Cashier, National Bank of the Republic
Sturgis, Herbert writes re: genealogy
Taber, Henry S. Captain, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
Temple, William Grenville (1824-1894) Captain, Navy Yard, New York
Thom, George (1819-1891) General West Point, 1839
Tilley, Risbrough Hammett (1850-1910) Editor & Publisher, Magazine of New England History
Tillson, Davis (1830-1895) General , Corps Chief of Artillery West Point, resigned
Totten, Joseph Gilbert (1788-1864) Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1805
Tower, Zealous Bates (1819-1900) Colonel West Point, 1841
Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) General West Point, 1837
Townsend, George Alfred (1841-1914)
Treadwell, Thomas J. (1832-1879) Colonel West Point, 1854
Turtle, Thomas (1844-1894) Captain; Lieutenant, Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington District West Point, 1867
Vest, George Graham (1830-1904) Senator, Missouri
Vincent, Thomas M. (1832-1909) General West Point, 1853 Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral
Voorhees, John Senator, Indiana Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral
Warren, William J.
Warren, Gouverneur K. (1830-1882) General, United States Army West Point, 1850
Weir, Robert Walter (1803-1889) Instructor; artist, United States Military Academy at West Point
Weir, Walter D. (d. 1898)
Weir, John Ferguson (1841-1926) Artist/Professor, Yale University National Academy, New York
Weir, Julian Alden (1852-1919) Artist
Weir, William Bayard (1849-1879) First Lieutenant, United States Army West Point, 1870
Weir, Robert Fulton (1838-1927) Surgeon, Private Practice
Weir, Robert Walter, Jr. (1836-1905) United States Navy
Weir, Charles Gouverneur (1850-1835) Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Weir, Henry “Hank” Cary (1840-1927)
Weir, Gulian Verplanck
Weir, Carrie Mansfield (1855-1937)
Weitzel, Godfrey (1835-1884) Major General, United States Army
West, Joseph Rodman (1822-1898)
Wheeler, George M. (d. 1886) Lieutenant West Point, 1866
Wheeler, Junius Brutus (1830-1886) Colonel/Professor, Corps of Engineers/West Point West Point, 1855
Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906) House of Representatives Alabama
Whitcomb, Francis B. Reverend
Whitelock, W. correspondent about geneaology
Wilson, John M. (1837-1919) Colonel, Officer of the Corps of Engineers, Office of Public Buildings and Grounds; Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Washington Aquaduct Pallbearer at TLC’s funeral
Windom, William (1827-1891) Sec. of Treasury, United States Government May-Nov. 1881; 1889-1891, Republican
Wright, Horatio Gouverneur (1820-1899) Brig-General; Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers West Point, 1841
Wyman, Robert Harris (1822-1882) Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy
Young, Hiram Casey (1828-1899) United States Representative, Tennessee