City: Kenton
CASEY, William W., public official, farmer; born Lauderdale Co., Ala., Dec. 6, 1834; English descent; son of Jacob D. and Charity (Whitmire) Casey; father’s occupation farmer; educated in the local schools of Lauderdale Co., Ala., and Newberry, S. C.; entered the farming and mercantile business in early life; married Josephine A. Westmoreland, Dec. 15, 1856; served as first lieutenant Company “B,” Ninth Tenn. Cavalry, 1862-1865;took part in battles at Lexington Cross Roads, Tenn., Franklin, Tenn., Vandorn’s raid, 1862, and in raid to Rome, GA., under Forrest; member Golden Cross, of Tenn., U.C.V., of Tenn., Company “E,” the only surviving company whose organization has continued since the war; Democrat; justice of the peace of Obion Co., Tenn., 1888-1911; notary public Obion Co., 1892- 1903; mayor of Kenton, elected for term June, 1909 to June, 1911; member of M. E. Church, South, steward of same fifteen years.
