Biography of HENRY M. McCASLIN, Logan Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Delaine Edwards Date: 29 Jun 1999 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891. Logan County HENRY M. McCASLIN, postmaster, Booneville, Ark. Mr. McCaslin was originally from Gallatin County, Ill., his birth occurring on September 2, 1841, and his parents, James M. and Jane (Taylor) McCaslin, were natives of Tennessee. They were married in Gallatin County, Ill., in 1836, and to them were born three children - two boys and one girl: William C., Henry M. and Mary (who married Thomas Carr in 1853.) The latter's husband died about six months after marriage and Mrs. Carr then married I.H. Mangrum, by whom she had two children. She became the mother of one child by her first union, but this child, a daughter, died in St. Louis during the war. The father of our subject removed to Franklin County, Ark., in 1847, bought land there, and there tilled the soil. The mother had died in Illinois in 1842, and the following year the father married Miss Jane McFerrin, who bore him two children: John B. (who died in 1862) and Phoebe Ann (who died in 1861.) Mr. McCaslin received his final summons in Franklin County, Ark., in 1849, when forty-one years of age. Mrs. McCaslin, the second, died in Kansas in 1865. Henry McCaslin was educated in Franklin County, Ark., and in 1863 he enlisted in Company E, Second United States Arkansas Infantry, under Col. M.L. Stevenson, who was on duty in his own State during the entire war. He was in the Pea Ridge fight, the Saline fight and various others of minor importance. He was discharged on August 8, 1865, at Clarksville, Ark. After the war he came back to his old home in Illinois, married Miss Lucinda Dyer, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Dyer, and remained engaged in farming in that State for four years. To his marriage were born these children: Jessie S., William P., Minnie, Charlie Dyer, Felix (deceased), John Logan and Lucy L. Jessie married C.C. Cauthran, a farmer living near Booneville, Ark., and they have a son, Leo Cauthran. Mr. McCaslin removed from Illinois to Logan County, Ark., in 1869, bought land and carried on farming. He is now the owner of 100 acres and has 60 acres under cultivation. He was appointed postmaster at Booneville in June, 1889, and is at present running a grocery store in connection with the postoffice. He carries a stock of goods valued at about $700. Mr. McCaslin is one of Logan County's most highly respected citizens and substantial business men. He is a member of the G.A.R., and is an enthusiastic Republican. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and contributes liberally to all worthy enterprises.