Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485315407:1030:191555462
• _UID: 31C2F4339078458C870A670B308C195722EF
• Census: 9 Jun 1860, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 24 Jun 1870, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
• Census: Jun 1880, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
• Occupation: 29 Mar 1890, Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States; appointed to the Baptist church
• Misc: 20 Aug 1892, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; attended Louisiana Baptist State Convention and offered the bendediction
• Residence: 2 Jun 1894, Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States; letter at the post office
• Misc: 10 May 1895, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; preached in the Court House
• Census: 23 Jun 1900, Grimes, Texas, United States
• Misc: 3 Sep 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; visited his sister from Dustin, Oklahoma
• Residence: 3 Sep 1914, Dustin, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 26 Jan 1920, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  308 N. 4th St.

Notes:

Called: Graves in many of J.H. Cason's letters.

He was a Baptist preacher and missionary as well, serving the same church his father served in Seymour, TX.

Nannie called him Uncle Jimmy. It appears that he served churches in Wetumka, Claremore, Dustin, and Henryetta in Oklahoma late in his life.

Misc:
Rev. J.R. Cason is listed as providing the benediction for the Saturday morning session of the Baptist State Convention in New Orleans.

Misc:
Preaching in the Court House by Rev. J.R. Cason on the 1st and 3rd Sunday's of each month at 11 a.m.; Pineville at 7:30 p.m. Sunday School every Sunday in the Court House at 9:30 a.m.

Census:
James appears alone here. Need to locate the family.

Misc:
Eld. J.R. Cason arrived in the city from Dustin, Okla for a few days visit to his sister, Mrs. J.W. Higgs, and to see his father who is also visiting here.

Buried:
Buried in a Masonic funeral

James married Marie Louise Savant on 1 Oct 1888 in Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States. Marie (daughter of Edmund Savant and Mary L.) was born in 1873 in Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States; died on 11 Sep 1915 in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States; was buried in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485322099:1030:191555462
• _UID: 8942B20294954097B3A35D0925B6A1BA7184
• Census: 15 Apr 1910, Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Clifton St.
• Misc: 1 Jul 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; visted her cousin in Idabel
• Residence: 1 Jul 1915, Dustin, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 26 Jan 1920, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  308 N. 4th St.
• Occupation: 26 Jan 1920, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; teacher in the public school
• Residence: 31 Oct 1926, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Bettie Clay Cason is not the same person as Bettie Clay who married Ned Paulk. This Bettie Clay apparently married a Wade, according to her father's obituary.

Before marriage, she taught school in Wetumka and in Henryetta.

I have not yet found this marriage or any children from it.

Misc:
Miss Bettie Clay Cason of Dustin, Oklahoma arrived in the city this morning and is a guest of Miss Lida Higgs.