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Note: Sep 1850 NY CENSUS: Dwelling-49 Value-? Family-157 Page-569 Bridget Conley/Carley, 19, F, b. Ireland Cornelius Caskey, 31, M, b. Ireland Catherine J. Caskey, 32, F, b. Ireland Margaret J. Caskey, 7, F, b. Ireland Sarah E. Caskey, 4, F, b. Ireland Naomia Caskey, 2, F, b. Ireland Martha J. Caskey, 1, F., b. Ireland Nathan Depew, 19, M, b. Ireland There is obviously a mistake here for Cornelius nor his wife or children were born in Ireland. All were born in NY except Catherine & Margaret who were born in NJ. Also I think Martha listed is suppose to be Asenath for she is listed before Martha in 1855, 1860 & 1865. 17 Jun 1855 NY CENSUS: Dwelling-110 Value-$300, owner of land Family-126 C. Caskey, 35, M, b. Orange, married 1, lived here 35 yrs, Farmer Jane Caskey, 36, F, wife, b. Orange, married 1, lived here 12 yrs M.J. Caskey, 12, F, child, b. Orange, lived here 12 yrs S. E. Caskey, 10, F, child, b. Orange, lived here 10 yrs Naoma Caskey, 7, F, child, b. Orange, lived here 7 yrs ?Soenia? Caskey, 5, F, child, b. Orange, lived here 5 yrs Martha Caskey, 3, F, child, b. Orange, lived here 3 yrs Agriculture & Domestic Manufacturers: Cornelius owned 25 acres of improved land & 130 acres of unimproved land. Value of farm was $2,700. Value of stock was $600. Value of Tools & Implements was $100. He owned 6 acres of Meadow, 8 tons of hay, 8 acres of rye sown with 30 bushels harvested , 5 acres of corn planted with 70 bushels of it harvested, 3 acres of potatoes sown with 75 bushels of it harvested. he had 3 meat cattle under the age of one and 3 over the age of one. He had 8 cows for milk & 8 cows for butter which produced 368 lbs. He had 5 horses and 3 swine under the age of six months and three over the age of six months. 1860 NY CENSUS: Dwelling-1809 Value-$1100 Family-2048 C. Caskey, 40, M, b. NY, Farmer Catherine J. Caskey, 42, F, b. NJ Margaret J. Caskey, 16, F, b. NJ Sarah E. Caskey, 14, F, b. NY Naomi Caskey, 11, F, b. NY Senath Caskey, 9, F, b. NY Martha Caskey, 7, F, b. NY Samuel Caskey, 5, M, b. NY Ada H. Caskey, 2, F, b. NY Urilla E. Caskey, 1/12. F, b. NY Jane Caskey, 74, F, b. PA (Mother of Cornelius) 6 Jun 1865 NY CENSUS: Dwelling-14 Value-$700 Family-15 Page-2 Cornelius Caskey, 45, M, b. Orange, married 1, Farmer Catherine J. Caskey, 46, F, wife, b. NJ, married 1, 9 child born to her Elizabeth Caskey, 19, F, child, b. NJ Naomy Caskey, 16, F, child, b. Orange Asenath Caskey, 15, F, child, b. Orange Martha Caskey, 13, F, child, b. Orange Samuel Caskey, 11, M, child, b. Orange Ady H. Caskey, 8, F, child, b. Orange Urilla E. Caskey, 5, F, child, b. Orange Case Funeral Home took care of his Funeral arrangements. And in it's records it states his death as 26 Jul 1902. Portrait And Biographical Record Orange County, New York, pg. 1416 & 1417 CORNELIUS CASKEY: Cornelius Caskey was born in the town of Deerpark. On the banks of the Delaware River, August 11, 1819. His father, Martin Caskey, was born in the old Buckley House of Port Jervis, February 11, 1783, and was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Decker) Caskey, who located there before the Revolution. Martin Caskey was married, December 30, 1808, to Jane Meaddagh, daughter of Henry C. Meaddagh, who cleared the flats on the Pennsylvania side below where Matamoras now stands, and ran the ferry. He lived there before the War for Independence. Martin Caskey died February 2, 1839. He owned all the property along the Delaware River now included in Germantown, and was a lumberman and craftsman, piloting the rafts down the river to the Philadelphia market. Cornelius Caskey began this work as a boy, and at the age of fourteen became a steersman, steering a raft the third time he went down the river. During his first years' work at that business he made five trips and has made as high as thirteen trips in a season, receiving from $40 to $55 per trip, and each trip took from two and a half to seven days. During all the time he was on the river he never had but one mishap; his third raft, however, ran into the rocks at Trenton Falls, where he did not know the stream very well, and was broken into pieces. The Delaware contains a number of dangerous rapids, but he was careful and painstaking, and therefore had but one accident. On one occasion he took a company of tourists from Port Jervis to Philadelphia on a flatboat. When the Erie Railroad Bridge, two miles above Port Jervis, was carried off by the ice, he was called upon to take a rope across the river, and just a few days before this he and his son were engaged in ferrying passengers across the river at Matamoras. When the bridge was destroyed the supervisor, E. J. Thomas, sent for Mr. Caskey, told him to get what supplies he needed and begin the work of repairing the bridge, which he did on the 19th of March, and on the 27th the cars were able to cross. The Railroad Company had ordered out two thousand men, and they spent two days in doing nothing, but Mr. Caskey dispatched the work quickly and faithfully. He and his Son moved the stone of the old abutments of the old bridge on flatboats to the position for the new bridge. He has been connected with nearly every piece of work on the river and knows every turn and bend in the stream. In 1868, when an engine exploded at bridge No. 1, and the engineer was thrown into the canal, the company had several men out searching for the body for hours, but they were not successful, and called upon Mr. Caskey, who found the body in a few minutes. On another occasion when a car loaded with cheese ran off of bridge No. 2 into the river, he succeeded in recovering within a short time seven of the cheeses, and the next day a number of additional ones. No one is more familiar with the Delaware, and several times he has crossed the stream when no one else would attempt it. He has almost made the fastest time with rafts that has ever been made on the river, and in his work was usually assisted by his son, who was also an expert in such work. He had many narrow escapes, but his thorough knowledge of every rock and bend in the river enabled him to always reach home in safety. Mr. Caskey was married, June 5, 1841, to Catherine J. Stearns, who died December 8, 1886. There children were as follows: Margaret, wife of Sanford Clawson, of Port Jervis; Joel, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, wife of John Osterhout; Naomi, who was the wife of John McAllister, and died May 1, 1882; Asenath, wife of Joseph Westbrook, of New Jersey; Martha Alice, wife of Ford Ackerson, of New Jersey; Ada Hortense, widow of Hon. Charles St. John; Urilla E., wife of Benjamin Carpenter, of New Jersey City; and Samuel F., who married Annie Westbrook, of Port Jervis. Mr. Caskey is a Democrat in politics. Some fifteen years ago he retired from the river and has since lived upon his farm in the neighborhood where his entire life has been passed, and where he is an honest and respected citizen.
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