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Submitted: 11/19/21 • Approved: 11/19/21 • Last Updated: 11/22/21 • R469525-G469523-S3
Lee
January 17, 1876-September 19, 1948
Abbie
March 26, 1877-December 24, 1965
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Lee
Pioneer Rancher Passes Away At Wheeler Hospital
Lee McCasland, 73, pioneer farmer and rancher, Wheeler, died at 10 o'clock Monday Sept. 19, in the Wheeler hospital. He is the father of Mrs. Clarence Holt, 621 Austin, and Mrs. Sam E. Morris, 506 Bowie.
(Published in HUTCHINSON COUNTY HERALD - September 23, 1949)
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The McCaslands moved to Wheeler County in 1912 from Stamford, Texas, a small town in Jones County. They lived one mile south of Wheeler. Lee and Abbie raised their family of two boys and six girls, all of whom attended school in Wheeler.
The oldest of their children was Jim McCasland who married Anna Lee and later moved to Atlanta, Texas. Jim was the first of the McCasland family to graduate from Wheeler High School. He was the editor of the first annual published for the Wheeler High School.
Kitty Lee was the first in line of six girls. She married Gus Ware from Mobeetie.
Birdie Violettie was the second girl, she fell in love at an early age of fourteen and married Chester Hampton. The Hampton family were also long time residents of Wheeler and their family is still a part of the community.
Mary Pearl was the third girl in the family and after graduation attended college at Canyon, Texas where she married Sam Morris, a druggist from Amarillo. They later made their home in Borger, Texas.
Ruby Fay was the fourth girl in the family and after graduating from College married Marshal Adams. They lived in Amarillo many years and later moved to Shamrock where they operated Adams Hardward. Their son Robert Adams still operates the hardware store in Shamrock.
Orville Parthena was the fifth daughter. She married Aubrey Greenhouse and made their home in Mobeetie. Orville still lives on the Greenhouse farm today.
Mildred Jewel was the youngest daughter of the McCasland family. She also received her college education and was married to Clarence Holt. They resided in Borger, Texas. The Holt family was prominent in making Wheeler the place it is today. Mr. D.E. Holt was owner of the Citizens State Bank in Wheeler. They resided in the house which is now across the street south of the Methodist Church.
The youngest McCasland, Lindsey Edmund, made the family very happy by being born a boy after six girls. Being the youngest of 8 children, the McCasland girls were very proud they had a brother and spoiled him like any youngest child should be. Lindsey married Lula Barr and they lived on the McCasland farm south of town. Their children Elaine, Kenneth, Terry and Brenda all attended school in Wheeler. Their 11 children also all graduated from Wheeler High School. Elaine and Terry were teachers in the Wheeler School and are now retired. Kenneth was in the Insurance business and is now retired. Brenda works in the County Clerks Office at the Wheeler County Courthouse. Lula still resides on the family farm south of town.
(Family history written for inclusion in 'Dust on Your Heart, Celebrating 100 Years 1905-2005, published by Wheeler Centennial Celebration Committee)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Lee McCasland
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 73
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1876
Birth Place: Tennessee
Residence: Rural Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Sep 1949
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Lee McCasland
Mother: Kathryne Shivers
*Obituary Abbie
Mrs. Lee McCasland, 89, Wheeler resident and mother of two Borger residents, died at 9:35 p.m. Friday at Parkview Hospital in Wheeler.
Funeral services will be under the direction of Wright Deuson Funeral Home of Wheeler at 2:30 p.m. today.
Mrs. McCasland had been a resident of Wheeler County for 53 years.
She is the mother of Mrs. Sam E. Morris and Mrs. Clarence Holt, both of Borger.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 26, 1965)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Irena Abigail McCasland
[Irena Abigail Clark]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 88
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1877
Birth Place: Illinois
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 24 Dec 1965
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: James Edmond Clark
Mother: Elizabeth Stockdale
Contributed on 11/19/21
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