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John F. Cassels

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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

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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

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  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.