History: Mrs. Maurice Casey/Johanna Hackett, Tullaroon (Calhoun County, Michigan) *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Kilkenny Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt HISTORY: MRS. MAURICE CASEY/JOHANNA HACKETT, TULLAROON Historical Collections, Volume 21 By Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Michigan State Historical Soc. Memorial Report Calhoun County Mrs. MAURICE CASEY.- JOHANNA HACKETT was born in Tullaroon, County Kilkinney, Ireland, and came to America in 1839, settling in Vermont, where her brother, the late TOBIAS HACKETT, followed her the next year. Soon after she married THOS. CALLAN, and to them were born four daughters and three sons. Mr. CALLAN died in 1858, and some years after she married Mr. CASEY, they removing here in 1886. Mr. CASEY died in Marshall about two years ago. Mrs CASEY was a kind and loving wife, mother, sister, and made friends with everyone whom She met. She was a zealous member of St. Mary's Catholic church of Marshall, and after her death, Dec. 15, 1891, her remains were buried in St. Mary's cemetery. One sister, Mrs. Patrick CONROY, of Marshall, and three sons, JAMES B. CALLAN, of Bloomington, Ill., JOHN P. CALLAN, of Aurora, Ill., and THOS F. CALLAN, of Joliet, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs. ROSE McGREGOR, on Minneapolis, Minn., survive her.