CASEY, IRA CARTER "PETE" - Benton County, Arkansas | IRA CARTER "PETE" CASEY - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Ira Carter "Pete" CASEY

Bentonville City Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Nov 16 1866 - Apr 30 1923

*Obituary
Gravette News-Herald
Friday, May 4, 1923

CASEY, Ira Carter "Pete" - I.C. {Pete} Casey, county clerk of Benton county, died suddenly Sunday night, or about 2 a.m. Monday, at his home in Bentonville. Mr. Casey was in his usual good health when he went home from town in the evening but had an attack of acute indigestion. A doctor was called and gave him treatment and he apparently recovered and spent the evening reading. About 1 o'clock he awoke from sleep with another attack and died in a few minutes. Clerk Casey was scheduled to be in Gravette this week Friday, as he had informed the News Herald by phone last week; but while man proposes he has no insight into the future. "Pete" Casey has figured in Benton County's official family for many years and was known to about everyone in the county. Following his death came the necessity of a successor and many county seat people at once espoused the appointment of Mr. Casey's daughter, who has been his deputy, to take his place, same being put up to the governor. Gravette was alert to secure this place for A.P. Dunagin, who ran second to Casey in the late election. We understand, however, that an appointment is only temporary and an election is required by law where a term of office is not half out.

*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Friday, May 4, 1923

Word came from Bentonville Monday of the sudden death of I.C. Casey, county clerk of Benton county on last Sunday from acute indigestion. Mr. Casey had many friends over the county who will regret very much to hear of his untimely death. The Rogers Post of April 30 contains the following concerning Mr. Casey's death, which we reprint: County Clerk I.C. Casey died very suddenly this morning at about 3 o'clock of acute indigestion at his home in Bentonville. This news came as a decided shock to the county at large as Mr. Casey seemed to be in his normal health Saturday. Mr. Casey is a brother-in-law of our fellow townsman, W.T. Maxwell. Funeral arrangements have not been fully completed at this writing. A petition is being sent to Gov. McRae to appoint Miss Hoover Casey to fill out the unexpired term of the deceased. She has been acting as deputy clerk and is familiar with all the details of the office, having served under the father for some time. There is no doubt but that Miss Casey is the logical one to receive the appointment from the standpoint of unruffled continuation of the work.

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, May 3, 1923

{from The Bentonville Democrat} County Clerk I.C. Casey died very suddenly Monday morning at his residence in Bentonville of acute indigestion. He was 56 years old and was serving his fifth term as county clerk. This is his third successive term and he served two terms some years ago. He is survived by his wife, a son who is playing ball in Nebraska, and one daughter, Miss Hoover, who has been deputy since her father went in office. He was a brother-in-law of W.T. Maxwell of Rogers and has many relatives in the county. "Pete" Casey, as he was intimately known by his friends, was as popular and well known as any man in the county and his sudden and unexpected death came as a great shock. Governor McRae has been asked to appoint Miss Hoover Casey to fill out her father's unexpired term.

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, May 10, 1923

Ira Carter Casey was born November 16, 1866 near Carlyle, Ill. and died at his home in Bentonville April 30, 1923, aged 56 years, five months and fourteen days. He has been a resident of Arkansas since the year 1881 when with his parents he moved from his birthplace to the vicinity of Pea Ridge, a spot which he learned to love as he grew to manhood. With the exception of four years when he lived at Van Buren, Ark. and had charge of the Frisco express office there, he has been a continuous resident of Benton county. In August 1890 he was married to Addie P. Maxwell, who survives him, together with G.W. Casey of Rogers and A.S. Casey of Healing Springs. In the year 1900 Mr. Casey was elected county clerk of Benton county and served two terms in that office. In 1918 he was again honored by election to the same position and had served in that office since, having been elected to a third term in the fall of 1922 because of the esteem in which he was held by the electorate of Benton county. Mr. Casey had been for years a member of the M.E. Church, South, being an active member. For years he had been a member of the Masonic fraternity, being honored in that order by election to the various offices. He had served as worshipful master of the Blue Lodge and at the time of his death was secretary of the order of Knights Templar and worthy Patron of the Eastern Star.

Contributed on 11/6/12 by wfields55
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Submitted: 11/6/12 • Approved: 11/6/12 • Last Updated: 11/9/12 • R778648-G0-S3

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