Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Casey, Martin E. 1834 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    MARTIN E. CASEY. — Though a native of a distant country, Martin E. Casey has
become a thorough Californian, representative of the class of men who give
freely of their support to their State and community, and believe in helping as
they go through life to make the world better for their having lived in it. Born
in County Galway, Ireland, November 11, 1834, he came to the United States in
1851, and settled for a time in the Southern States, where he served on the
Confederate side during the Civil War, seeing action in the first battle of Bull
Run. After one year in active service he was appointed by the Confederate
government as a chemist, at a salary of ten dollars per day, at Richmond, Va.,
and served in that capacity for three years, until the close of the war. 

    In 1867 he came to Marysville, where his brother, Tom Casey, had preceded
him, in 1855. Tom Casey was born in 1833, and came to Virginia in 1848, where he
engaged in the commission business in Richmond. In 1855 he came to Marysville
and purchased an interest in the Valley Meat Company, with Jacob Darmstadt, the
founder of the business. When Martin E. Casey arrived in Marysville, he
purchased Mr. Darmstadt's interest; and they continued together and in time had
a very large commission business. They also acquired large holdings in real
estate, as well as cattle interests. At his death, Tom Casey, who had never
married, willed his holdings to his brother, Martin E., as all of their holdings
were mutual. 

    Now in his ninetieth year, and retired from active business life, Martin E.
Casey is one of the largest property-owners in Marysville. He owns a two-thirds
interest in the Valley Meat Company Building, is the owner of the Casey Block,
on D and Fifth Streets, and has a fine home in Oakland, besides choice town
property and other business blocks in Marysville, and also residence property.
He also owns a mine near Virginia City, Nev. At various times he has owned
valuable ranch property in Yuba County, and valuable property in the city of
Oakland, which he has given to his near relatives. He gives freely to all
movements which will help Marysville, and was one of the largest subscribers to
the fund to build the New Marysville Hotel. Having seen Marysville and environs
grow from the small settlement in evidence in the sixties, he has unbounded
faith in the further advancement in store for this section of the State, and
ardently champions all measures looking toward the development of the
commonwealth. For the share he has had in this, his name will be long and
honorably remembered in the community. 

    The marriage of Martin E. Casey, which took place in Sacramento, united him
with Katherine Bonfrid, also a native of Ireland. She was also born in County
Galway, Ireland, and was descended from a fine old family in the Emerald Isle.
Coming to Marysville in 1876, she here married Mr. Casey. She was to him a good
helpmate, and by her encouragement assisted him in gaining his ambition. Like
her husband, she was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church. Being practical
Catholics, they were always liberal contributors to the benevolences of St.
Joseph's Church, of which they were among the oldest members. They made it
possible for St. Joseph's Church to have the splendid new pipe organ, paying its
entire cost, which amounted to $6000. Mr. Casey was bereaved of his faithful
wife on the 20th day of December, 1923, two days before she reached the age of
eighty-five years. While actively engaged in business, Mr. Casey took an active
and interested part in civic and social affairs, and was a member of the Chamber
of Commerce. He is enterprising and progressive, and believes in improving the
city and forging ahead. He is kind-hearted and liberal, and takes pleasure in
helping others. 


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HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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