Casler-Vedder Genealogy

Isaac Casler (15 Apr 1849: Little Falls, NY - 8 Mar 1930: Millers Falls, NY)
married on 19 Dec 1874 in Columbia, Herkimer County, NY
Mary Ann Stroup (27 Dec 1852-5 Dec 1974)

They had four children:

Deborah Gertrude Casler
Frederick Jacob Casler
David Isaac Casler
Grace Evelyn Casler

I believe this photo is one of Isaac Casler. From left: Grace Casler, Bob's cousin, probably the daughter of Frederick Jacob; Bob Casler on Howard Casler's shoulders (Howard is probably the son of Frederick Jacob; we know he is Grace's brother); Isaac Casler (grandfather of all others; father of David Isaac Casler).

Their tombstone in the "Old Section" of the Millers Mills, NY, cemetery.

Tombstone of Isaac Casler & Mary Ann Stroup

One of Isaac's children, David Isaac Casler married Isabel Adams. They had two children: David Robert Casler and Ruth Casler. David Robert, "Bob", was my father; he was born May 27, 1920, and passed away December 10, 2006. He married Daisy Vedder, who was born May 22, 1924, and passed away January 4, 1984. Bob and Daisy had two children: George (b. October 31, 1946) and Marsha (b. March 15, 1950). George had one son, David Dale (b. April 11, 1974); Marsha had one daughter, Shantih (I don't know the date of her birth). David has two sons, Nicholas and Daniel; on May 29, 2009, Shantih graduated from Bryant and Stratton; as of June 7, 2009, Shantih is engaged to be married.

On the Vedder side, this is the oldest I can find. It is of Charles H. Vedder Sr. in front of his business truck. The quality needs some work; it was scanned from a negative found among my mother's effects.

Frederick Casler (~1779: Tyron County, NY - 19 Oct 1849)
married ~1800 in German Flats Church
Margaretha Klock (~1783-<1850)

They had eight children:

Abraham Casler (27 Mar 1801: Little Falls, NY - 1871); he married Eve Billinger
Elizabeth Casler (8 Sep 1803: Little Falls, NY - 14 Sep 1875); she married Isaac H. Keller, son of Margaretha's sister Barbara.
Isaac Casler (1805: Little Falls, NY - 1871); he married Miss Perry
Catharine Casler (1807: Little Falls, NY - ); she married Harris
Henry Casler (1809: Little Falls, NY - 14 Mar 1871); he married Mary Helmer
Mary Casler (1811: Little Falls, NY - ); she married Michael Mingall
Delia Casler (29 Jan 1818 - ); married King
Jacob F. Casler (23 Jul 1820: Little Falls, NY - 18 May 1893: Millers Falls, NY)

Frederick Casler was the son of John Jacob Casler and Elizabeth Miller. John Jacob Casler was the son of John Jacob Casler, the original patentee of Lot 45 near Rankins Lock, about two miles above Little Falls on the Mohawk River. Frederic and Margaret Casler lived in the Casler homestead.

From a list of Herkimer County Jurors in 1884:

Grand Jury:

Harvey Casler
John Vedder

Petit Jury:

Isaac Casler
Charles Vedder
Isaac Casler
John Vedder
M. Vedder

From a list of Herkimer County Officers in 1917:

Myron Casler of Jordanville: Superintendent of Poor

From a list of Town Offices in Herkimer County in 1917:

Isaac Casler, RD 2, Ilion: School Director
Bert Casler, Little Falls: Assessor, City of Little Falls

David Stroup (21 May 1818 - 8 Aug 1885)
married
Deborah Ackler (16 Jul 1820 - 6 Mar 1908)

They had five children:

Jacob Philo Stroup (9 Feb 1844 - )
Emily (or Emma C) Stroup (19 Nov 1848 - )
Daniel Stroup (18 Jan 1852)
Mary Ann Stroup (27 Dec 1852-5 Dec 1974)
Ira Stroup (1 Mar 1857-23 Jul 1946); he married Eva Shaul (1864 -) on 19 Sep 1883)

John Keller (~1800)
married Catherina Casler in 1823 at the German Flats RPD Church.
They lived in Oriskany 1835-1840, migrated to Wisconsin between 1840 and 1850. He died in Wisconsin after 1860.

Howard F. Casler 1913-1958
(picture taken when he was a Sunday school student)

Casler tombstone in "Old Section" of Millers Mills cemetery

Sauquoit, Jan. 7, 1917:
FREDERICK CASLER:
At his home in North Litchfield Saturday evening occurred the death of Frederick Casler. Mr. Casler had been ill but a few days with pneumonia. Mr. Casler was born in the town of Little Falls in 1847. In 1873 he was united in marriage with Julia Champion Mixter, whose death occurred six years later. In 1883 he was united in marriage with Ella C. Blackstone of Sauquoit. He was a man of strict integrity and a great reader. He was well informed on past events and on the current topics of the day. He will be missed among his neighbors and friends and their sympathy will go out to the surviving relatives. Mr. Casler was one of the charter members of the North Litchfield Grange, No. 664, and for many years was a trustee of the church at Jerusalem Hill. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Hopkins and Mrs. Mary Jones of Cedarville; one son, Charles Casler of Litchfield; one brother, Isaac Casler of Columbia; one sister, Mrs. Mary Skinner of Herkimer, and two grandchildren, Harry and Laura Hopkins. The funeral will be held at the home Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.

Mr. Charles B. Casler
CEDAR LAKE---Mr. Charles B. Casler, 90, Jerusalem Hill Rd., Town of Litchfield, a retired dairy farmer, died Wednesday at The Faxton-Sunset-St. Luke's Nursing Home in Utica. He was born in the Town of Litchfield, September 14, 1892, son of Fred and Ella Blackstone Casler. He attended school in Litchfield and West Winfield and later the Utica Business Institute. He was married on June 24, 1917 to Edna Comes. She died in 1918. He was then married to Nellie Donahoe on December31, 1919. She died in 1973. Mr. Casler was a life-long dairy farmer and had always resided at the same location. He was a member of the Cedar Lake United Methodist Church and a 63-year member of the Sauquiot Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Dairymen's League for 55 years; a mem ber of the Herkimer County Farm Bureau; the Herkimer County Extension Service and the Republican Club of Southern Herkimer County. He also served as Town Clerk in the Town of Litchfield for 26 years. Surviving are seven sons, Fred, Clayville; James A., Frankfort; Stanley, Clayville; Homer, West Exeter; George, Ithaca; Robert, Canajoharie and Earl Richard, Clayville; two daughters, Mrs. William (Ruth) Paddock, Oklahoma City, OK and Mrs. James (Doris) Wagner, Keene, NH; 25 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildrn; and one niece, Mrs. William (Laura) Dwyer, Albany. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Wilcox Funeral Home, West Winfield, with the Rev. John Scovil officiating. Burial will be in Cedarville Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2-4 and 7-9 at the Funeral Home. The Masons will conduct services Friday evening at 8:30. For those so wishing, memorials may be made to the Cedar Lake United Methodist Church or the Cedarville Ambulance Fund.

Mrs. Mary Casler Jones
Ilion--Mrs. Mary Casler Jones, 66, widow of Morrell Jones, died Sept. 4, 1944, in the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles D. Hopkins, Cedarville, after a long illness. Born in the Champion Homestead Farm, Route 20, Town of Richfield, she was a daughter of Fred and Julia Champion Casler. She lived in the towns of Richfield, Litchfield and Columbia. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Jerusalem Hill, Winfield Chapter 318, OES, Litchfield Grange, Herkimer County Ponoma Grange and the state and national Grange organizations. Mr. Jones, whom she married Feb. 22.1911, died Dec. 13, 1929. Besides her sister, she leaves a _____Charles B. Casler, Litchfield, _____and several nieces and nephews. The funeral wil be at_____tomorrow from the home of _______Hopkins.

Sarah Louise Polly Casler

June 1965 Mrs. Sarah Casler, 86, of Falls, Dies
LITTLE FALLS--Mrs. Sarah Louise Casler, 86, of 10 Glen Ave., died yesterday in Little Falls Hospital. Born Feb. 27, 1879, in New Hartford, a daughter of Edwin R. and Louise Blackstone Polly, she was married to Frederick Casler in 1909. He died in 1939. She was a member of Millers Mills Church and a 50 year member of Millers Mills Grange. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Eagan, Little Falls, with whom she lived. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from the Chapman Funeral Home, with burial in Cedarville Cemetery. The Rev. Ernest A. Droppa and Dr. John W. Elliot of Millers Mills, will officiate. Calling hours are7 to 9 tonight, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow.

The Casler Farm

Frederick J. Casler was born to Isaac and Mary Ann Stroup Casler in the summer of 1880 on the Casler estate near Millers Mills, New York, Town of Columbia, New York, located on Jordanville Road between Cedarville and Columbia Center.

Frederick's father, Isaac Casler was also born on this homestead, and the farm had been owned and occupied by this Casler familly since 1856.

A deed shows that Frederick J. Casler's grandfather, Jacob F. Casler, bought the farm land from John Miller in March 1856. (A few weeks earlier, John Miller had bought the land from Nicholas and Catherine Schuyler. See this deed.)

Another deed shows that Isaac Casler bought the farm and land in 1894 from his sister (Mary T. Casler Skinner), brother (Frederick Casler), his mother (Gertude Casler) and Ella Casler (probably his sister-in-law--brother Frederick's second wife) Most likely, the siblings and spouse were left shares of the farm by their father, Jacob F. Casler who died in 1893.

Jacob F. Casler built the barn in 1876 (ref.: barn cornerstone), which burned in the early 1990s. It was later rebuilt. The road branching off from Jordanville Road right next to the farmhouse and leading from the Casler estate to Millers Mills was part of the land has been named "Casler Road."

For several generations, the Caslers and their descendants have been members of the Millers Mills Community Baptist Church. Isaac Casler spoke at the Millers Mills Church. And Isaac is buried in the Millers Mills Cemetery as well as his wife, Mary Ann, his father Jacob F. and mother Gertrude, Isaac's sister Barbary, and Isaac's grandson Howard Casler who also owned and operated the Casler farm.

The Casler estate was sold to the Jablonski family about 1961 by Eva Davis Casler after the death of her husband Howard Frederick Casler (1958).

Jacob J. Casler
(1733-1822 Fort Herkimer Cemetery)

Jacob J. Casler was Jacob F. Casler's (mentioned above) grandfather. He was born in German Flatts, Herkimer County, NY in 1753 and married (Maria) Elizabeth Miller about 1777.

Jacob J. was a private in the Tyron Co. Military and is said to be buried in the Fort Herkimer Cemetery. A plaque with his name on it inside the church.

In his will of 1823, he mentions his wife Elizabeth, his son Frederick (Johan Freiderich), his son Jacob, his daughter Elizabeth (who married Richard I. N. Casler), his daughter Polly (Maria Casler who married James Rinkens), his granddaughter Elisabeth (Jacob's daughter by his first wife-I know very little about her, but by the will, it appears that Elisabeth lived with her grandpaerents, Jacob J. and his wife Elizabeth. rather than with her father and stepmother)

In his will, he leaves his children lot number 13 of Vaughn's Patent as well as his two pews in the Fort Herkimer Church. He also mentions his iron pots (which my Uncle William Casler (Jacob J.'s great-great-great-great grandson) remembers) and his straw beds.

Descended from Johannes Keslaer from Germany 1710

The Blackstone-Polly Family

Frederick J. Casler's wife Sarah Louise Polly was descended from the Blackstones (her mother's name was Eunice Louise Blackstone Polly) whose direct ancestry goes back to Cyllin of Britain, Alfred "The Great" King of England, Henry II 'Plantagenet" King of England, Ivar Jarl of the Uplands of Norway, and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Charlemagne.

Sarah Polly Casler was an artist. She painted this 10x10 oil portrait of her pony when she was about 21 years old. It is in a wooden frame (not shown) made by her father, Edwin Ralph Polly.

Frederick and Louise Polly Casler

Sarah Louise Polly and Frederick Jacob Casler tombstone in Cedarville Cemetery, Herkimer County, NY

The Hopkins General Store
Cedarville, NY

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Casler, Frederick's 1st cousin and her husband Charles Daniel Hopkins ran the Hopkins General Store in Cedarville, New York (at the foot of the hill from the Casler Estate) until sometime in the 1950's when she retired and sold the store.obit Charles Hopkins had a farm outside of Cedarville, New York and a general store in Cedarville, New York. The farm was later sold by his son Harry Frederick Hopkins about 1964.

Lizzie Hopkins House

Cedarville, NY

From the Fort Herkimer Cemetery