Quiz: In which U.S. State did the Casbons first settle and where did they come from?What year is the earliest U.S. Census with the surname Casbon?What is the first U.S. military conflict for which there are service records of a Casbon family member? Answers: 1. The U.S. State with the earliest records of the Casbon… Continue reading The French Connection
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This just in…
I juste learned that the University of Illinois Library has an online archive with over 6 million newspaper articles, located at http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois. I did a quick search on "Casbon" and came up with this article. (Click on image to enlarge) The article is from The Republican-Atlas, of Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, dated December 8, 1899. "The Fire… Continue reading This just in…
From England to Indiana, Part 5
This the fifth in a series of posts examining a handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. The date and authorship of the manuscript is unknown. So far we’ve looked at Isaac Casbon’s family in Meldreth, England; his son Thomas’ marriage, family, and emigration first to Ohio and later to Porter County, Indiana;… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 5
From England to Indiana, Part 4
This the fourth in a series of posts examining the handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. The manuscript, unsigned and undated, was written by someone with apparently first-hand knowledge of many of the people and events. (Click on image to enlarge) They concluded to go to the State of Ind Silvester went… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 4
From England to Indiana, Part 3
This is the third post in a series discussing the handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. This post focuses on Thomas Casbon’s emigration to the United States with his family. (Click on image to enlarge) Thomas Casbon emigrated to United States in the year of 1865 1846. Although I haven’t been able to… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 3