This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DougCasner70 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.casner/1.10.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, It's good to hear from you. Thomas Jefferson Casner was my great-grandfather. My grandfather was Asa C. Casner, my father Thomas Asa Casner. I'm sorry but I had never heard of Francis M. Casner until your message, so I can't help you there. Also, unfortunately, my side of the Casner family was never very close. I knew my father's sister, Clara, and his two half-brothers, Ralph and Raymond, and, of course, my grandmother Margaret. My dad used to tell me stories of his experiences with his grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Casner. One of his stories relates how he accompanied T.J. Casner down the main street of some town, the name of which I don't know. But T.J. wore six-guns on both hips. Dad never explained to me why his grandfather felt the need for such firepower, but the story was intriguing all the same. I do remember Dad telling me how T.J. moved to Selma, CA., from Southern California to be close to family, where he raised watermelons, among other crops. Apparently he would load up a horse drawn wagon with watermelons and bring it to downtown Selma where he would park it out front of Asa C. Casner's (my grandfather) meat market. When T.J. left Selma for Southern California I don't know. Good luck in your quest for information, Doug Casner p.s.: How can I get in touch with Em? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.