Bio of Caswell, Joseph (b.1826) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Caswell, Joseph, carpenter, was the first postmaster at Bear Valley,
having settled in the township, then known by that name (now Chester), in
June, 1855. His father, who bore the same name, settled here at the same
time. This family is of English descent. Mary Mabie, whom Joseph Caswell,
Sr., married, was descended from the early Dutch settlers of New York. The
elder Caswell died in Vernon county, Wisconsin, in 1868. The subject of
this paragraph was born March 19, 1826, in Cayuga county, New York. By the
time he was ten years old he had dwelt with his parents in four states
besides his native one. All his early life was passed on a farm. On August
14, 1851, he married Mary Nicholson, a native of Wisconsin. In 1855 he
made a claim on section 26, where he dwelt seven years. In 1864 he removed
to Waukee, Iowa, where his home has ever since been. He is the father of
nine children. Clarence, the eldest, is in Worth county, Missouri;
Charles, in Otter Tail county, Minnesota. The rest are at Waukee. Their
names are Belle, Jane, John, Herbert, Elsie, Lydia L. and Harriet. Mr.
Caswell united successively, as circumstances made most convenient, with
the Methodist Episcopal, Baptist and United Brethren churches. He has
always been a democrat.