Phineas M. Casady

Phineas McCray Casady
Iowa Senate
In office
December 4, 1848 – December 1, 1850
Member of the Iowa Senate
In office
December 2, 1850 – December 5, 1852
Personal details
BornDecember 3, 1818
Connersville, Fayette County, Ohio, US
DiedFebruary 9, 1908(1908-02-09) (aged 89)
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseWilhelmina Augusta Grimmel
Children5, including Simon
RelativesJefferson P. Casady (brother), Samuel H. Casady (brother)
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer, judge

Phineas McCray Casady (December 3, 1818 – September 2, 1908) was an American pioneer, judge, lawyer, and state senator in Iowa.[1] Casady was one of the earliest white settlers of Pottawattamie County and a member of the influential Casady family who had a strong impact on the early history and legislation of Iowa.[2]

  1. ^ "Phineas M. Casady". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Biographical history of Pottawattamie County, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, with accompanying biographies, history of Iowa, with biographies of the governors, and engravings of prominent citizens of Pottawattamie County. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company. 1997. pp. 431, 439.