Eugene Casserly was an Irish-American journalist and lawyer.

The son of Patrick S. Casserly

Patrick S. Casserly

Patrick Sarsfield Casserly was an Irish scholar and educator.Casserly was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. His family was a branch of the O’Connors. He emigrated to the United States in 1824....

, he served in the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 from California

California

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He married Teresa Doyle (1825–1911), daughter of merchant John Doyle, in 1854, at San Francisco. They had three children, Augustine Casserly (1861–1893), Eugene Casserly (1869–1925), and Francis Casserly (1856–1858).

Casserly was initially buried at Calvary Cemetery, then reinterred in 1904 at Holy Cross Cemetery

Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California is an American Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Established in 1887 on of a former potato farm, it is the oldest and largest cemetery established in Colma to serve the needs of San Francisco...

 in Colma, California

Colma, California

Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924....

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