Marie Louise Savant

1873 - 1915  (42 years)

• Name	Marie Louise Savant
  Birth	1873	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [3]
  	Address: 5th Ward
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  	Address: Clifton St.
  	In the 1910 census, James is not enumerated with is family. He must be living elsewhere or traveling as a preacher. The 1910 census lists her has being married for 20 years, married once, with three children born but only one living. Living in Arkansas in 1910 could be explained if Bettie is in school at the Ouchita college. She starts as a school teacher shortly after this. And the college in Conway is one that her grandfather started. But why was she living in Norman, Oklahoma while James was in little towns further south? Was it a health thing or something else?
  Name	Marie I. Savant
  Name	Mary Ann Savant
  _AMTID	162485319449:1030:191555462
  _UID	9BB5FE23FEFD4FAAACAE34147E876D3BB42D
  Death	11 Sep 1915	Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States   [4, 5, 6]
  	In the 1920 Census, J.R. Cason is listed as a widower. Newspaper account indicate Bettie was called away by her mother's death and a stone for Marie is in Norman.
  Burial	Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States   [6]
  	Address: IOOF Cemetery
  Person ID	I5467	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Edmund Savant,   b. 1851, Louisiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary L.,   b. 1849, Louisiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James R. Graves Cason,   b. 31 Oct 1858, Wilson, Tennessee, United States d. 30 Oct 1926, Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage License	29 Sep 1888	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [2]
  Marriage	1 Oct 1888	Saint Landry, Louisiana, United States   [1, 2, 7, 8]
  	The marriage record calls Marie by Mary A. Savant, as does the 1880 census.
  Children	1. Bettie Clay Cason,   b. 1891, Louisiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Address: Clifton St. - 15 Apr 1910 - Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States Death - 11 Sep 1915 - Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States Burial - Address: IOOF Cemetery - - Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The 1910 census lists her as Marie L. Savant. Other records have an I. Her tomb stone says Marie Louise.

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] Manual or Brief History of First Baptist Church, S. [S985] 1910 US Federal Census, Faulkner Co, AR, Conway Ward 3; ED 24; Sheet 1A; Dwelling 6, Family 6; Marie L. Cason. [S1860] 1880 US Federal Census, Saint Landry Parish, LA, 5th Ward; 43; Page 78; Dwelling 771, Family 835; Edmund Savan. [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, Good Man Gone to His Reward; Obituary; 31 October 1926; Page 1, Rev. James R Cason; 26 June 2022. [S641] Find A Grave, 26 June 2022; Marie Louise Cason; Marie Louise Cason; 37043487 ; Robert Bennett. [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.