Bio: Henry H. Cassel, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Source: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, The Southern

Publishing Company, 1890, Nashville and Chicago

Submitted by: Gaytha Thompson
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HENRY H. CASSEL

Police Member & Farmer

San Patricio, La



Mr. Cassel, whose success in life is mainly due to his own industry and

perseverance, coupled with a pleasant, genial disposition, is a native of

Choctaw County, Miss, where he was born May 23, 1843.  His parents, Eli M. and

Sarah S. (Latham) Cassel, were natives of North Carolina and South Carolina,

respectively.  The parents were married in Mississippi, and resided in Choctaw

County of that State until 1852, when they came to Louisiana, locating in

Sabine Parish.  The father died there, at the residence of our subject, in

1865, when about sixty five years of age.  He was left and orphan at an early

age, and was reared by George Barnhardt, sheriff of his native county.  He

left there when sixteen years of age, engaged in tilling the soil, and this

continued up to the time of his death.  He was police member soon after coming

to this parish and this continued for many years.  He was a devout member of

the Methodist Church, and was class leader and steward in the same.  It was

thought that he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and it is known that

he was a life long Democrat.  The mother is still living, and maker her home

with her son, Henry H.  She was seventy eight years of age last August, and is

a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.



Henry H. Cassel, the fifth in order of birth of the eight children born to his

parents, passed his schooldays in Sabine Parish, and in 1861 he enlisted in

Company A., Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, serving until the surrender of Gen.

Lee.  He was in the following battles: Corinth, Baker's Creek, Jackson

(Miss.), the Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville.  He was then taken sick

at Charlotte, N.C., and there remained until the close of the war, when he

returned home, and resumed his farming, which he has since continued.  He had

three brothers in the army, who served until the close, and one was wounded at

the three days' fight around Atlanta, Ga.



Mr Cassel is the owner of 640 acres of and, and has about 100 acres under

cultivation.  He was a member of the school board for four years, and has now

been elected police member two terms.  Mr. Cassel was married July 8, 1869, to

Mrs. Mary J. Baugh, a native of Shelby County, Tex, and the daughter of Robert

and Mary (Golden) Baugh. Four living children were born to this union: Minnie,

Effie, Thomas A. and Perry E.  Three children are deceased: Robert (who died

when seven years of age), Mary E. (When a little over two years), and an

infant daughter.



Mr. and Mrs. Cassel are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is

deacon and treasurer of San Patricio Church.  In his political principles Mr.

Cassel is strictly Democratic.



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