Casey Coot
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Casey Coot is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe created by Don Rosa. He first appeared in "Last Sled to Dawson", first published in June, 1988. He is introduced as an unsuccessful gold prospector and friend of Scrooge McDuck during his years in Klondike. In need of money he sold to the significantly more successful Scrooge McDuck his share in Duckburg, Calisota, USA. His share included "Killmule Hill" which renamed to "Killmotor Hill" comprises the land where Scrooge's money bin stands on. He later appeared in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 8 and Hearts of the Yukon. In The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 10 it is revealed that he and Grandma Duck are brother and sister.
In Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree he is featured as a grandson of Cornelius Coot, a son of Clinton Coot and his wife Gertrude Gadwall. According to the tree he was married to Gretchen Grebe and they had at least two kids named Fanny Coot and Cuthbert Coot. He is also the grandfather of Gus Goose. It has been suggested that he is also the grandfather of Kildare Coot although Rosa has not used the later in his stories or tree.
According to Don Rosa´s timelines, Casey Coot was born in 1860 in Duckburg, Calisota and died in 1953, aged 93, somewhere in the United States.fr:Jules Écoutum it:Casey Coot