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WILLIAM CASSELL, minister and farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Arcanum. The subject of this memoir was born in Baltimore, Md., February 3, 1826; he is a son of Leonard and Mariah Cassell, natives of Maryland; his father was born in 1803, and has resided in Baltimore continuously for seventy-seven years; his mother died in 1835. Our subject resided with his parents till he was 12 years of age, when he went to Carroll Co., Md., and labored on a farm till his 21st year; he then removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio; here he entered the ministry, a field of labor that needed just such material as Mr. C. possessed, for fearlessly and uncomplainingly has he discharged every duty, kept inviolate every trust; his calling has carried him from the influences of home and friends, and he has preached the Gospel in all of the following States: Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, New York, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia; by estimate, he has preached two thousand two hundred sermons; has consummated fifty-five marriages; for his labors in the ministry he has never received a cent, and is willing to go on to the end, and receive his reward from the hands of One, who rewards not with script, but with a free gift of righteousness and forgiveness of sins, a reward more valuable than the wealth of kingdoms; he is an Elder of the Painter Creek and Ludlow German Baptist Church, which is an extensive organization, numbering about four hundred members, and in this denomination has he labored nearly all his life, and is universally loved and respected by all. He celebrated his marriage with Miss Lucinda, daughter of Daniel and Mary Cauffman, Aug. 14, 1851; twelve children have been given to this union, viz.: Jesse, born Oct. 13, 1852; Mary A., born Feb. 23, 1854; Catherine, born Jan. 1, 1856; Martha, born Sept. 22, 1857; Albert, born Nov. 20, 1858; Sarah, born Oct. 6, 1860; Harvey, born Sept. 26, 1862; Emma, born May 14, 1864; Anna, born March 15, 1866; William E., born Dec. 13, 1870; Ida M., born Jan. 1, 1873; Irvin, born March 8, 1874; Catherine, died Jan. 4, 1864; Martha departed this life July 12, 1860; Anna died March 1, 1869. Mrs. Cassell was born Sept. 8, 1832. Of Mr. Cauffman’s family there were ten children, of whom six are living, viz.: Elizabeth, Benjamin, Frederick, Catherine, Lucinda and Rachel; the deceased are, Jacob, died February 1842, and three others during infancy. Leonard Cassell and his wife were the parents of seven children, viz.: Joseph, James, deceased, Leonard, Elijah, Mariah and Mary. Our subject has 80 acres of farm land, all in good state of cultivation, with good comfortable buildings erected thereon.