Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Cassingham, Henry 1815 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Henry Cassingham, farmer, P. O. Gardner; born October 8, 1815, in England; son 
of Thomas and Phoebe (Ford) Cassingham, native of England. The parents 
emigrated to Muskingum County, Ohio, where they died, the mother in October, 
1838, and the father in 1845. They had twelve children, all of whom grew up 
and were married, nine are living - Thomas, Richard, James, George, John, 
Henry, Phoebe (deceased), Elizabeth, Sophia (deceased), William, Ford and Mary 
(deceased). The parents belonged to the Methodist Church. Our subject attended 
the subscription schools in the country, getting a fair business education. He 
worked with his father until the age of twenty-one, when he began learning the 
carpenter trade, which he continued for fourteen years. He moved to Kendall 
County, Ill., in 1845, where he carpentered until 1849, at which time he came 
to his farm of eighty acres, in what is now Mazon Township, which he had 
purchased of the Government a little while prior to his moving. Here in this 
neighborhood he has lived and now possesses 240 acres, the result of their own 
labors. When locating in Kendall County, they had about $300. They settled on 
a raw prairie, and witnessed the scenes of the early pioneers. Was married, in 
1839, to Jane Osler, a daughter of George and Jane (Hollenbeck) Osler, the 
father a native of Maryland and the mother of Virginia, and the parents of 
four children - Jane, George, John and Nancy. The mother was married, prior to 
that with Mr. Osler, to Nathan Devore, and the result was two children - 
Elizabeth and David. Mr. Devore was drafted in the war of 1812, in which 
service he died. Her mother was married, after the death of Mrs. Cassingham's 
father, to John Hartford, the result being two children - Eliza A. and Sarah 
E. Mrs. Cassingham's mother was a church member of the Methodist Episcopal 
organization for sixty years before her decease, to which the father belonged. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cassingham have been blessed with eleven children, viz., David 
H., deceased; Marshall, physician at Roberts, Ford Co., Ill.; Ellen, deceased; 
David, deceased; Mary E., deceased; Elvira, the wife of Thomas Foster; 
Arvilla, the wife of Dr. W. H. Watson, of Caberey, Ill.; Alice, deceased; Ora 
W., druggist, Ford County, Ill.; Clinton, married Melissa La Force; and E. W. 
Mr. Cassingham was Supervisor for eight terms, Justice of the Peace several 
years, and other small offices; was once solicited and was run for County 
Judge, and was only sixteen votes behind. He and wife have been connected with 
the Methodist Church for over forty-four years. He was once Whig, and joined 
the Republican party at its organization. A brother of Mr. Cassingham came 
from Ohio to this county on horseback, bringing with him a dog to hunt. The 
first chase was a wolf, which they caught. Ford, the brother, took the hide 
from the animal, and started home without his dog, which he thought was either 
dead or stolen. When he arrived at this home, he found his faithful dog 
awaiting him.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p108-9

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