Sabert M. Casey

As printed in 1905

SABERT M. CASEY.

.Sahert M. Casey, occupying a prominent position at the bar and in public regard, was born at Sigouniey, Keokuk county. Iowa, on the 28th of August. 1858, a son of Judge

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Mr. Casey was actively concerned in matters of public affairs and in fact a deeper or more helpful interest in community affairs. He was opposed to misrule in municipal interests, favored reform and progress and at all times gave hearty cooperation to those movements which tend toward public good. In politics a Democrat, he held the office of city clerk in Fort Madison for several years, beginning in ]\march, 1 88 1. He was a candidate for congress in 1896, but could not overcome the strong Republican majority. although he polled a large and complimentary vote. For six years he was a member of the school board and the cause of education has materially advanced by his unremitting efforts in behalf of the schools. For several years prior to his death he was a member of the board of trustees and the president of the Cattermole Memorial Library. He was distinctively a man of affairs and the people acknowledged his ability and worth by electing him as the leading spirit in any movement that tended toward the advancement of the city, morally and socially. He was. however, compelled to refuse many positions of honor tendered him because his large law practice would not permit him to give the necessary time. However, to his enterprise and public-spirit are largely due the Cattermole library and the lecture courses as well as many other enterprises of literary merit and profit. He had the entire respect and esteem of his community and his friends recognized in him the possession of many sterling traits of character.

Socially Mr. Casey was a Knight Templar, belonging to Delta Commandery. Xo. 51. Knights Templar; the Mystic Shrine and the Order of the Eastern Star, acting as grand patron of bDwa in the last named for one year, and he belonged to Claypoole Lodge, Xo. 13. Free and Accepted Masons, and to Potowonok Chapter. Xo. 28. Royal Arch Masons. He was likewise a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of Pythias fraternity; Fort Madison Lodge, Xo. 347. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks: the Modern Woodmen of America and others. He manifested in his life the beneficent, helpful and brotherly spirit which is the basic element of these various organizations. At his death which occurred on the 20th of August, 1903. resolutions of respect and sympathy were passed by many societies of which he was an honored representative. Meeting's were held by the bar associations of otli Keokuk and Fort Madison, at which the following resolution was reported and unanimously adopted:

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"Resolved, That we deeply mourn the death of our friend, associate and brother member of the Lee County Bar; that we recognize and bear testimony to his moral, upright life, his untiring activity and zeal as a citizen in all public affairs for the welfare of this city and county, his uniformly kindly disposition to all and especially to his associates in his profession.

"Resolved, That in his death our profession has lost a member who from his early manhood was prominent in our ranks; that our city has lost an active and progressive worker in its higher interests; that the county has lost one whom the people delighted to honor; and the great public has lost one who always sympathized with its best interests, who was active and efficient in the conduct of its affairs, and whose labors were made all the more effective by reason of his strong and noble character, his kind and charitable disposition and his willingness at all times to expend his strength and means for the public and private welfare of others."

Xo one is heard to speak of Sabcrt M. Casey except in terms of praise for in all life's relations he commanded the highest confidence. He used his power to the best ability and possessed laudable ambition, unfaltering courage and strong determination and in his calling he won.success that ranked him with the leading members of the Iowa l>ar. lie had a wide acquaintance in legal circles through the state and the Burlington Gazette said of him: "In the death of Mr. Case\' the profession loses one of its brightest ornaments, the district one of its best citizens and the community in which he lived one of its most honored members. All who had the pleasure of his acquaintance knew him onto honor and respect him. lie was a nuxst courteous and agrecal)le companicjn. an intelligent and interesting associate and withal a highly agreeable and entertaining member of any society where his presence was met. Sabert M. Casey's memory will long be cherished and honored by those who knew him in this part of the state, Ijccause he was always courteous, and no one parted with his company without feeling that his association had cast a pleasant shadow upon the surroundings."

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As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.