Mary CASEY

     Mary CASEY, daughter of James Thomas CASEY and Almira Jane BROWN, was born on 2 October 1882 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. She was described as tall and blonde. She tended to be quieter and deferred to her older sister, Dovie.

Mary CASEY appeared on a census, enumerated 2 June 1900, in the household of her father James Thomas CASEY in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. She was listed as daughter, Mary Casey, age 17.¹

Mary CASEY appeared on a census, enumerated 19 April 1910, in the household of James Thomas CASEY in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as J. Thomas Casey, 64-year-old widower and retail merchant, and his daughters Dovie, a 34-year-old sales lady in her father's dry goods store, and 25-year-old Mary who was not working at that time. Living with them was James' sister-in-law, Addie Barnes, a 78-year-old widow with no children.²

Mary CASEY appeared on a census, enumerated 14 January 1920, in the household of James Thomas CASEY in Centreville, Alabama. The household was listed as James T. Casey, 70 widower and owner of a retail grocery; and his two daughters: Dovie, 44, and Mary, 37, who were sales ladies in his store. James owned their home on Court Street.³

Mary CASEY appeared on a census, enumerated 9 April 1930, in the household of James Thomas CASEY in Centreville, Alabama. The household was listed as J. Thomas Casey, 78, a widower and owner of a general store; and his two daughters and sales ladies, Dovie, 52, and Mary, 45. James owned their home on Court Street which had a value of $4,000. He was listed as a veteran of the War Between the States.⁴ She and Dovie CASEY were their father's store and rooming house after their parents deaths.

Mary CASEY died on 30 April 1966 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, at age 83.⁵ She was buried in Centreville Memorial Cemetery.