John F. Cassels

John F. Cassels
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Amite County district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1852-10-27)October 27, 1852
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
DiedJune 2, 1930(1930-06-02) (aged 77)
Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat

John Franklin Cassels (October 27, 1852 – June 2, 1930) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Amite County, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

John Franklin Cassels was born on October 27, 1852, near Mt. Carmel, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.[1][2] His parents were John Cassels and Sarah Nix (Collinsworth) Cassels.[1] He married Lettie Virginia Jackson in 1879.[2][1] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Amite County, as a Democrat.[1][2] He died on June 2, 1930, in Mississippi, and was buried in Amite County.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. ^ a b c Wilkinson, Marcellus McCowen (1949). Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families. Shelby Book Store.
  3. ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTMZ-42ZM  : 4 April 2020), John F Cassels, 1930.
  4. ^ "John Franklin Cassels (1852-1930) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.


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