The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-23
Interesting BitofHi5tory
In Connection With
Presidents Family.
WIFE OF UNCLE
is BURIED HER,
Was Miss Lizzie Caske Daugh;
ter Of Wealthy T Tobacconist
Of This City Wedding
Occurred in Rich 5Ss
mond- Recalled
BY Many.

In connection with the recent visit .. ~ ssz
President Roosevelt to this city, al gex.S 81
ceedinsy interesting bit OF history has S
been recalled Intimately associating Rich. 81
mond, t', and more particularly the CaskisS ~
family fths section. with that az Capt. 4,
James o. Bulloch and his brother, II M
vine, about both OF whom SO much sis Ss
now being said and written. IL ss
It is not generally known, and 4, III, I. / I,sS
fact, fact, only now brought to public note. N
that Jan,es Bulloch. uncle Of tho Presi.s$
dent and IN arch-c Confederate never re- n
constructed, married q prominent II sRicl,as
rpond girl, whose body "a to- day u lies sinSS
Shockoe Cemetery. Elisabeth Il bEuphenaiaSs
Caskle was the daugh ter OF John Caskie.gs .gs
In his day one Of n the most wealthy
men In Richmond. .a In 1851. at the taSsSoi| |
twenty. she was narri ed to aptainS Bul.
5loch in this city. She Sled about 8twos5
years later, leaving no children, " and, 2s
though her HUSBAND was MARI \ again
and after the Civil W ar left America, 1sSA
kept up until the time OF his death aSN
regular correspondent ce wi tth the famil lya@M
OF his first wife, to W ON he was MUCK
devoted. 9 Captain Bulloch and his sister, .s
aunt OF Il Mr.. " Roosevelt. both OF Whorn
were frequently here are well-remenb ber.s
ed by some Of the older residents 4iis g
Richmond connection st att ttracted the at
itention OF the President himself sornAS1
time ago, and he wrote, making inqui ryssg
fofSsome $of the descendants OF the ORIG
nal Caskies. as5$ AZ
History of g onne ton:
sse The relationship Of the two fani lies sis is#
somewhat 4intrcate e, and the Acornplca
lis not lieved by the lapse of time. whicn N
/ has allowed many Of the terostingi N
events associated vi th Captain Bu.lorhss M
life III Richmond v to .be forgo ten. II NJ UGH
rs vague and uncertain, but, Wit h the ass
slstance OF d family Bible and the recol-
ectlons Of some Of those Whose memorieF3s
reach back to- the time before the war
III was possible yesterday to trace thu 88s
record with tolerable clearness.r sSf5
Two brothers--John and James Cnskie,--R
came to this country from scotlsnd In ~
tho early years Of the nineteenth cen-S
tury. and settled in Richmond, then a2@
small and struggling town. The hlstoryS
OF the Caskic family in this section dates tSS
from this time. Both John and y oless sS
Caskie rose rapidly, and. d before tn heyS
died, were among the most prominent
business men OF Richmond Each had Sasa
amassed considerable fortune. John
Caskie was IA tobacconist, and James be-
came in the course Of time preside ant
Of the Virginia Bank of that day. y . ne aS
old Cask:e homestead was on the site HI
now occupied BY the Virginia Hospital.
John Caskie married Martha Jane Nor-SN
veil, and had several chi ldren, one q RI
whom was Elizabeth Euphemtar / better
known as Lizzie Caskie. who was born
on February 18th, 1881. 6ss
h She is described as exceedingly prettys@
and very winning IN manner. Miss Cas-
kie met Captain Bulloch In savannah.
or at least through q family connection
who lived IN Sayannah--one Robert
Hutchison. Here is whore the intr1cacy5 5S
appears Hutchison was a scotchmnn.#a9
like the Caskies, and was three times
married. Els first wife was a Miss .Eil--4a$
llott, sister Of the frst husband OF Pres
ldent Rooseyelt's grandmother Who
latar married a Bulloch. The connection s8
between the Hutchsons and the orbears
OF President Roosevelt was extended to-
the Caskies by the marriage Of Hutcht-
son twice agaIn-Arst to Miss Mary Ed
monla Caskle, sister OF Lizzie Caskie.4
and later to Miss Ellen Caskie. first n
cousin OF Lizzie Caskie, Both Of these
weddings occurred in this city, There
was much subsequent visiting between
the IIutchisons and the Caskies, and tt s
was on one OF these visits, whether at Nh 55
tho Richmond or Savannah end Is not IA
known, that Lizzie Caskle became 4ac-5saH
quainted with Captain James p, Bul-ga
loch, then an officer in the United States 33s
navy.
They were married in this city on fIo-s88#
yember 49, 1851, at the Caskle residence
The ceremony was n brilliant society,"
event. both families being very pror1l -S8
nent Mrs. Bulloch, it Is said, objected
to the frequent separations made neces- g
sary by her husbands position In the AM
navy. and at her solicitation he resigned 59
and assumed charge OF a line OF merchant
ships plying between leew YORK ana Mo
bile. After this they lived partly IN New
York and partly In Mobile, but mostly In F8
Richmond. which place Mrs. Buoch cons III
sldered her real home. wv
Tho health Of tho bride began to fail Az AZ
and she went to Cuba. seeking relief. ssS
baeK 10
native soil. pathetic story Is told OF Si$
her last days. Her constant prayer was
that she might be able to see M her hus- hui,
band again before the end Captain Hul- s4&
lock hastened TO Mobile. whore she had
AS his ship was enter'ng tho M
port and before he had had time to
reach the bedside hls Wrs sfeahfa p rss nes
remains we're brought TO Nchmond ana
were buried In the John Caskie lot in
shookoe Cematery, where they still lie. is
There were no children, %
Subsequent History
F.om th,s lima the connection OF tho I
BuIloch family with Richmond history 9ssE
began 10 disappear, Miss Annie Bulloch.
aunt OF the Prssidsnt spent tws or three re.
Inmes Cnskie, brother OF tile wife Of "
Captain Bulloch, Miss annie Hulloch
was Il Very clever woman 4. and won mary u, q.
living and recall her wildly. She WAS
4 fterward married TO James Oracle. OF 5s g55
New York. Hor sister. described as the #
more Beautiful Of the two, became the I'm s9Ss
motter ot Theodore Roosevelt. as
rha sxploita OF tho RultQch hrQkhnRa .H