John Norvell Caskie was born in to one of the wealthiest families in Virgina, the Caskies, however his parents died when he was very young. It appears he was raised by his grandfather John Norvell Caskie More to be written.
John Norvell Caskie married Sarah Pritchartt They had two daughters, one Norvell and the other named Emma Armistead Russell (EAR) who died young. John was an accountant in St. Louis with his own business. He is interred in same grave with infant grandson named Caskie Munger. Emma, his daughter is buried next to him.
Obit:
St. Louis Post Dispatch April 21, 1900
CASKIE-Entered into rest, at 4:30 a.m. April 21, 1900, in his 55th year, John N. Caskie, husband of Sarah Pritchartt Caskie, and father of Mrs.(Norvell) C.K. Voorhees. Funeral from Trinity Episcopal Church, April 22 at 2 p.m. Member of Tuscan Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Richmond (VA), Rocheport (MO) and Natchez (Miss) papers please copy Surname Given Name Middle Initial
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about John N Caskie
Name: John N Caskie
Rank at enlistment: Priv
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 3rd Infantry Regiment.
Details:
3rd Infantry Regiment Virginia Muster: Date 2 Apr 1865 Organization Date: 23 Sep 1864 Regiment Type: Infantry State: Virginia
Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data:
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Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance
Caskie John N. D 3 Virginia Infantry, Local Defense. Private Private Confederate
Note: John Norvell Caskie was the son of John Norvell Caskie and Emma Armistead Russell, and grandson of John Caskie and Martha Norvell. Both his parents died when he was only 2 and he was raised by grandfather John. He may have been the only surviving child from this union. We believe he had an uncle much influenced by Col Robert Alexander Caskie also known as "Hermit of Wabash".
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Many thanks to Angela Smythe ([email protected]) who had an interest in "The Hermit of Wabash" Robert A Caskie and through her Caskie research, produced the military record for John Norvell Caskie. This verified his service record and the headstone application was accepted.
See her article focusing Robert Alexander Caskie's pivotal role in allowing John Wilkes Booth to come with the 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers to Charles Town – AND his inclusion as the "man in the middle" in what has become THE "go to group picture" when representing the American Civil
May 2014 - headstone placed this date after 114 years beneath an "unmarked grave". Testimony to "never give up" and all things are possible" Amen!
4/4/2016. Now if we could just find a photo of you. I know one is out there either in Richmond Va, St Louis, Natches Ms, or California.
The hermit of Wabash aka Robert Alexander Caskie would be uncle to John Norvell Caskie. Probably raised with him like a son. They both speculated in tobacco.
John Norvell Caskie married Sarah Pritchartt They had two daughters, one Norvell and the other named Emma Armistead Russell (EAR) who died young. John was an accountant in St. Louis with his own business. He is interred in same grave with infant grandson named Caskie Munger. Emma, his daughter is buried next to him.
Obit:
St. Louis Post Dispatch April 21, 1900
CASKIE-Entered into rest, at 4:30 a.m. April 21, 1900, in his 55th year, John N. Caskie, husband of Sarah Pritchartt Caskie, and father of Mrs.(Norvell) C.K. Voorhees. Funeral from Trinity Episcopal Church, April 22 at 2 p.m. Member of Tuscan Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Richmond (VA), Rocheport (MO) and Natchez (Miss) papers please copy Surname Given Name Middle Initial
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about John N Caskie
Name: John N Caskie
Rank at enlistment: Priv
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 3rd Infantry Regiment.
Details:
3rd Infantry Regiment Virginia Muster: Date 2 Apr 1865 Organization Date: 23 Sep 1864 Regiment Type: Infantry State: Virginia
Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data:
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Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance
Caskie John N. D 3 Virginia Infantry, Local Defense. Private Private Confederate
Note: John Norvell Caskie was the son of John Norvell Caskie and Emma Armistead Russell, and grandson of John Caskie and Martha Norvell. Both his parents died when he was only 2 and he was raised by grandfather John. He may have been the only surviving child from this union. We believe he had an uncle much influenced by Col Robert Alexander Caskie also known as "Hermit of Wabash".
***********
Many thanks to Angela Smythe ([email protected]) who had an interest in "The Hermit of Wabash" Robert A Caskie and through her Caskie research, produced the military record for John Norvell Caskie. This verified his service record and the headstone application was accepted.
See her article focusing Robert Alexander Caskie's pivotal role in allowing John Wilkes Booth to come with the 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers to Charles Town – AND his inclusion as the "man in the middle" in what has become THE "go to group picture" when representing the American Civil
May 2014 - headstone placed this date after 114 years beneath an "unmarked grave". Testimony to "never give up" and all things are possible" Amen!
4/4/2016. Now if we could just find a photo of you. I know one is out there either in Richmond Va, St Louis, Natches Ms, or California.
The hermit of Wabash aka Robert Alexander Caskie would be uncle to John Norvell Caskie. Probably raised with him like a son. They both speculated in tobacco.
John Norvell Caskie was born in to one of the wealthiest families in Virgina, the Caskies, however his parents died when he was very young. It appears he was raised by his grandfather John Norvell Caskie More to be written.
John Norvell Caskie married Sarah Pritchartt They had two daughters, one Norvell and the other named Emma Armistead Russell (EAR) who died young. John was an accountant in St. Louis with his own business. He is interred in same grave with infant grandson named Caskie Munger. Emma, his daughter is buried next to him.
Obit:
St. Louis Post Dispatch April 21, 1900
CASKIE-Entered into rest, at 4:30 a.m. April 21, 1900, in his 55th year, John N. Caskie, husband of Sarah Pritchartt Caskie, and father of Mrs.(Norvell) C.K. Voorhees. Funeral from Trinity Episcopal Church, April 22 at 2 p.m. Member of Tuscan Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Richmond (VA), Rocheport (MO) and Natchez (Miss) papers please copy Surname Given Name Middle Initial
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about John N Caskie
Name: John N Caskie
Rank at enlistment: Priv
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 3rd Infantry Regiment.
Details:
3rd Infantry Regiment Virginia Muster: Date 2 Apr 1865 Organization Date: 23 Sep 1864 Regiment Type: Infantry State: Virginia
Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data:
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Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance
Caskie John N. D 3 Virginia Infantry, Local Defense. Private Private Confederate
Note: John Norvell Caskie was the son of John Norvell Caskie and Emma Armistead Russell, and grandson of John Caskie and Martha Norvell. Both his parents died when he was only 2 and he was raised by grandfather John. He may have been the only surviving child from this union. We believe he had an uncle much influenced by Col Robert Alexander Caskie also known as "Hermit of Wabash".
***********
Many thanks to Angela Smythe ([email protected]) who had an interest in "The Hermit of Wabash" Robert A Caskie and through her Caskie research, produced the military record for John Norvell Caskie. This verified his service record and the headstone application was accepted.
See her article focusing Robert Alexander Caskie's pivotal role in allowing John Wilkes Booth to come with the 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers to Charles Town – AND his inclusion as the "man in the middle" in what has become THE "go to group picture" when representing the American Civil
May 2014 - headstone placed this date after 114 years beneath an "unmarked grave". Testimony to "never give up" and all things are possible" Amen!
4/4/2016. Now if we could just find a photo of you. I know one is out there either in Richmond Va, St Louis, Natches Ms, or California.
The hermit of Wabash aka Robert Alexander Caskie would be uncle to John Norvell Caskie. Probably raised with him like a son. They both speculated in tobacco.
John Norvell Caskie married Sarah Pritchartt They had two daughters, one Norvell and the other named Emma Armistead Russell (EAR) who died young. John was an accountant in St. Louis with his own business. He is interred in same grave with infant grandson named Caskie Munger. Emma, his daughter is buried next to him.
Obit:
St. Louis Post Dispatch April 21, 1900
CASKIE-Entered into rest, at 4:30 a.m. April 21, 1900, in his 55th year, John N. Caskie, husband of Sarah Pritchartt Caskie, and father of Mrs.(Norvell) C.K. Voorhees. Funeral from Trinity Episcopal Church, April 22 at 2 p.m. Member of Tuscan Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Richmond (VA), Rocheport (MO) and Natchez (Miss) papers please copy Surname Given Name Middle Initial
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about John N Caskie
Name: John N Caskie
Rank at enlistment: Priv
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 3rd Infantry Regiment.
Details:
3rd Infantry Regiment Virginia Muster: Date 2 Apr 1865 Organization Date: 23 Sep 1864 Regiment Type: Infantry State: Virginia
Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data:
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Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance
Caskie John N. D 3 Virginia Infantry, Local Defense. Private Private Confederate
Note: John Norvell Caskie was the son of John Norvell Caskie and Emma Armistead Russell, and grandson of John Caskie and Martha Norvell. Both his parents died when he was only 2 and he was raised by grandfather John. He may have been the only surviving child from this union. We believe he had an uncle much influenced by Col Robert Alexander Caskie also known as "Hermit of Wabash".
***********
Many thanks to Angela Smythe ([email protected]) who had an interest in "The Hermit of Wabash" Robert A Caskie and through her Caskie research, produced the military record for John Norvell Caskie. This verified his service record and the headstone application was accepted.
See her article focusing Robert Alexander Caskie's pivotal role in allowing John Wilkes Booth to come with the 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers to Charles Town – AND his inclusion as the "man in the middle" in what has become THE "go to group picture" when representing the American Civil
May 2014 - headstone placed this date after 114 years beneath an "unmarked grave". Testimony to "never give up" and all things are possible" Amen!
4/4/2016. Now if we could just find a photo of you. I know one is out there either in Richmond Va, St Louis, Natches Ms, or California.
The hermit of Wabash aka Robert Alexander Caskie would be uncle to John Norvell Caskie. Probably raised with him like a son. They both speculated in tobacco.
