James Cazier

Brief Life History of James

When James Cazier was born on 13 July 1817, in Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States, his father, William Cazier, was 23 and his mother, Pleasant Drake, was 21. He married Juliette Catherine Hudson on 29 May 1839, in La Grange, Oldham, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska, United States in 1885. In 1880, at the age of 63, his occupation is listed as wood sawyer. He died on 23 October 1891, in Kendrick, Latah, Idaho, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cameron, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Cazier
1817–1891
Juliette Catherine Hudson
1817–1899
Marriage: 29 May 1839
Pleasant Elizabeth Cazier
1840–1862
William Jefferson Cazier
1841–1917
Cazier
1842–1850
Elen Jane Cazier
1844–1882
Jeremiah Cazier Sr
1846–1910

Sources (16)

  • James Cazier, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
  • James Cazier & Juliett C Hudson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954" - FHL F#482,446 - Online image available - Spouse #1
  • James Cazier, "United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

French (northern): variant of Casier (and, in North America, an altered form of this), from casier, a regional form of Old French chasier (from a diminutive of Latin caseus ‘cheese’), a term denoting an openwork basket in which cheese for tasting was displayed; hence by extension an occupational name for a cheesemaker.

History: Philippe Casier from Calais in Pas-de-Calais, France, married Marie Taine in Calais in 1634, died in New York, NY, in 1663.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life sketch compiled by Mormon Battalion Association

James Cazier was born 13 July 1817 in Virginia, the oldest of ten children with three born in Virginia (modern day West Virginia). The family moved to Kentucky by 1824 where the remaining seven child …

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