Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Casseday, Henry Clay 1831 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

HENRY CLAY CASSEDAY. The subject of this notice is one of a prominent family 
in Will County, and the son of George W. Casseday, who emigrated to Paris, 
Ill., in 1824, and came to Joliet May 10, 1850. He became well-to-do, 
financially, and was the owner of about four hundred acres of land, running 
from the Michigan Central cut-off to the Illinois Steel Works, and thence to 
the canal north of the old city limits. The family residence is a fine large 
structure, occupying No. 1005 Jackson Street, and with its surroundings forms 
one of the most attractive homes in the city. George W. Casseday was born 
December 1, 1803, about nine miles from the Natural Bridge, Bedford County, 
Va. He there grew to man's estate, and subsequently removed with his parents 
to Troy, Ohio. On the 13th of January, 1824, he was married to Miss Delilah 
Murphy. This lady was a native of his own county, and born July 6, 1806. She 
went with her parents to Troy, Ohio, when quite young, where she was reared to 
womanhood. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Casseday removed to Paris, Ill., from 
there to Danville, and finally to Joliet, May 10, 1850. The father of our 
subject upon coming to this county began dealing in real estate, and became 
owner of a large amount of land in Illinois. He held the most of this up to 
the time of his death, which occurred July 23, 1863. He laid out all that part 
of Joliet lying north of Jackson Street and extending to the city limits, this 
being known as Casseday's Addition. He was not a politician, with the 
exception of voting first the Whig and later the Republican ticket. His 
religious views coincided with the doctrine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
in which he held the various offices and assisted substantially in the 
erection of the church building at Joliet. The widowed mother is still living 
at the old homestead in this city. The five children born to her and her 
husband were named respectively: David, Maria L., Henry Clay, Harriet N. and 
Mary E. David was born July 6, 1826, in Paris. Ill., and attained to manhood 
in Danville; he was a youth piously inclined, and at an early age began to 
study for the ministry. He joined the Illinois Conference, and after the 
removal of the family from Danville became connected with the Rock River 
Conference, with which he remained until the time of his death, May 5, 1862. 
He spent his last days at the home of his mother in Joliet. During the latter 
years of his life he was the Presiding Elder of Galena District. He first 
married Miss Rowena Welch, of Perrysville, Ind., and she bore him two sons—
George E. and David W. For his second wife David married Miss Ellen M. Hoag, 
of Plainfield, November 23, 1853, and of this union there was born one son, 
now Dr. F. F. Casseday,who received his literary education in the Northwestern 
University at Evanston, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. B. 
Later he prosecuted his medical studies at the Homeopathic Medical College, 
Philadelphia, and is now a practicing physician of Kansas City, Mo. Maria L. 
Casseday married Milton Partlow, of Danville, and became the mother of five 
children; she is now deceased. Harriet N. married Elias Tyler and removed to 
California, where she died January 17, 1877; Mary E. became the wife of John 
Durham, and they are now living in Danville, Ill.; Henry Clay, our subject, 
was born June 22, 1831, at Paris, Ill., and is still unmarried. He completed 
his education in Joliet, and has since been his mother's mainstay, looking 
after the old homestead and the business connected with the estate. During the 
Civil War he enlisted, in 1861, in Company B, Twentieth Illinois Infantry, and 
went with his regiment to Cairo. He was Assistant Quartermaster, and 
participated in the battle of Fredericktown, Mo., also in the engagement at 
Springfield, the same State. At the end of six months he received his 
honorable discharge, and is now one of the most honored members of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a Republican. His portrait, together 
with that of his esteemed father, will be noticed in connection with this 
sketch. Mr. Casseday is a man of unassuming demeanor, quiet and retired in his 
habits, and enjoys the confidence of a large circle of friends.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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