James R. Graves Cason

1858 - 1926  (67 years)

• Name	James R. Graves Cason
  Nickname	Graves
  Birth	31 Oct 1858	Wilson, Tennessee, United States
  Gender	Male
  Census	9 Jun 1860	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States   [1]
  Census	24 Jun 1870	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States   [2]
  Census	Jun 1880	Williamson, Tennessee, United States   [3]
  Occupation	29 Mar 1890	Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [4]
  	appointed to the Baptist church
  Misc	20 Aug 1892	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States   [5]
  	Misc
  	Rev. J.R. Cason is listed as providing the benediction for the Saturday morning session of the Baptist State Convention in New Orleans.
  Residence	2 Jun 1894	Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [6]
  	letter at the post office
  Misc	10 May 1895	Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States   [7]
  	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	23 Jun 1900	Grimes, Texas, United States   [8]
  	James appears alone here. Need to locate the family.
  Misc	3 Sep 1914	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [9]
  	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.
  Residence	3 Sep 1914	Dustin, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States   [9]
  Census	26 Jan 1920	Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States   [10]
  	Address: 308 N. 4th St.
  _AMTID	162485315407:1030:191555462
  _UID	31C2F4339078458C870A670B308C195722EF
  Death	30 Oct 1926	Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States   [11, 12, 13]
  	Cause: after a short illness, in the hospital,
  	From the Henryetta Daily Free Lance Funeral took place 31 Oct 1926 Only daughter - Mrs. Betty Clay Wade, 306 W. Moore St Of the three children, only Mrs. Wade survives
  Burial	1 Nov 1926	Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States   [11, 14]
  	Address: West Lawn Cemetery
  	Buried in a Masonic funeral
  Person ID	I1515	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jeremiah Harris Cason,   b. 16 Dec 1832, Wilson, Tennessee, United States d. 9 Jun 1915, Royse City, Rockwall, Texas, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cooper,   b. 10 Sep 1834, Bedford, Tennessee, United States d. 8 Jun 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1856	Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Louise Savant,   b. 1873, Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States d. 11 Sep 1915, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States (Age 42 years)
  Marriage License	29 Sep 1888	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [15]
  Marriage	1 Oct 1888	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [15, 16, 17, 18]
  	The marriage record calls Marie by Mary A. Savant, as does the 1880 census.
  Children	> 1. Bettie Clay Cason,   b. 14 Jan 1891, Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States d. 4 Feb 1929, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2025

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S665] 1860 US Federal Census, Lowdes Co., MS, Columbus; page 613; dwelling 34, family 34; J.H. Casen. [S549] 1870 US Federal Census, Lowndes Co., MS, Columbus; p. 103; dwelling 974, family 1326; Cason, J.H. [S983] 1880 US Federal Census, Williamson Co, TN, District 19; ED 244; Page 4; Dwelling 27, Family 27; James Cason. [S1470] Newspapers.com Opelousas Courier, announcement; 29 March 1890; 9 March 2019. [S1857] Newspapers.com The Daily Picayune, Baptist Convention; 21 August 1892; Rev. J.R. Cason; 26 June 2022. [S1469] Newspapers.com St. Landry Clarion, List of Letters; 2 June 1894; 9 March 2019. [S1858] Newspapers.com The Town Talk, Baptist Church; 10 May 1895; Rev. J.R. Cason; 26 June 2022. [S984] 1900 US Federal Census, Grimes Co., TX, ED 16; Sheet 10; Dwelling 165, Family 185; James R. Cason. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 3 September 1914; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [S982] 1920 US Federal Census, Okmulgee Co., OK, Henryetta Ward 1; ED 115; Sheet 2A; Dwelling 384, Family 412, 308 N. 4th St; J.R. Casen. [S1859] Newspapers.com Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, Masons to Meet at Hall Today; 31 October 1926; Rev. J.R. Cason funeral plans; 26 June 2022. [S1859] Newspapers.com Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, Locals; 26 October 1926; Rev. J.R. Cason to hospital; 26 June 2022. [S1859] Newspapers.com Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, Good Man Gone to His Reward; Obituary; 31 October 1926; Page 1, Rev. James R Cason; 26 June 2022. [S1859] Newspapers.com Henryetta Daily Free-Lance, The Funeral of James R. Cason; 1 November 1926; Rev. James R. Cason; 26 June 2022. [S985] 1910 US Federal Census, Faulkner Co, AR, Conway Ward 3; ED 24; Sheet 1A; Dwelling 6, Family 6; Marie L. Cason. [S120] Manual or Brief History of First Baptist Church, S. [S879] Lida Cason Higgs Letters, Letter to Ida Bledsoe, 22 Oct 1888, Texarkana, Texas. [S986] Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957, 27 December 2015; J R Cason and Mary A Savant, 1888.