Robert Casey^{[1, 2, 3]}

1839 - 1910  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Casey
  Born	Oct 29, 1839	Delaware, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Claymont, Delaware, USA   [4]
  Died	Aug 19, 1910	Claymont, New Castle county, Delaware, USA
  Buried	Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle county, Delaware, USA
  Person ID	I77810	mykindred
  Last Modified	Aug 4, 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Casey,   b. circa 1802, New York, USA ,   d. Y
  Mother	Mary E. Goodley,   b. circa 1820, Delaware, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F70667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Mary Cloud,   b. Sep 03, 1841, Delaware, USA ,   d. Aug 19, 1910, Claymont, New Castle county, Delaware, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Y  [4]
  Notes	Robert and Ann (Cloud) Casey, storekeepers, were murdered in their sleep, clubbed to death, in their second-floor bedroom above the store the night of August 19, 1910 (see Genealogical Notes of the Cloud Family" by Thos. Maxwell Potts, p. 172). The death certificate gives Aug. 20, 1910, but that's when the bodies were discovered. - HANGED FOR THE MURDER OF ROBERT AND ANN CASEY REESE ROBERTS Reese Roberts, Convicted of Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Casey, to Be Hanged Today. WILMINGTON, Del., July 13. Reese Roberts, a negro of Chester, Pa., will be hanged at the New Castle county workhouse tomorrow for the murder of Robert Casey and Ann, his wife, an aged couple of Claymont, on Saturday, August 20, 1910. He was tried and convicted of the murder of Mrs. Casey only, but there is no doubt that the double crime was committed by the same hand. Roberts' fate was decided this morning by Governor Pennewill. Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Friday, July 14, 1911 - ROBERTS IS HANGED DECLARING INNOCENCE WILMINGTON, Del., July 14. - With a smile upon his face and declaring his innocence, Reese Roberts, colored, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Ann Casey, at Claymont on August 20 last, and indicted for the murder of Robert Casey, Jr., her husband, was hanged at the New Castle County Workhouse this morning. The drop fell at 10:22 o'clock and at 10:37 he was declared dead by the physicians and cut down at 10:55. Final religious services were conducted by Rev. Ralph T. Coursey, of this city, and Rev. Luther F. Mezick, of Philadelphia, a singing Evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The body was given over to relatives for burial. Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Friday, July 15, 1911
  Children	1. Lot Cloud Casey,   b. Jul 03, 1876, Claymont, New Castle county, Delaware, USA ,   d. Jan 07, 1903, Chester, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 26 years)   2. Robert P. Casey, Jr.,   b. Jan 15, 1880, Claymont, New Castle county, Delaware, USA ,   d. Mar 13, 1885, Wilmington, New Castle county, Delaware, USA  (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F26375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Vol IX, No. 3, p. 3. [S2514] Gedcom - Roberts, Amanda. [S5198] Genealogical Notes of the Cloud Family. [S2515] A History Of The Talley Family On The Delaware And Their Descendants.