Representative Andrew F. Cassel View All Years

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Andrew F. Cassel

Jefferson County

born December 3, 1831, in Kisa County, Sweden. When thirteen years of age he accompanied his parents to the United States. He had already received a good fundamental education in Sweden which he continued in the district schools of his township in order to acquire a ready use of English. He remained at home assisting with the chores and the work in the fields so that, when his father died, he was prepared to take full charge of the operation of the farm. He married Miss Louise Peterson on November 13, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Cassel had ten children born to them. Mr. Cassel is a republican in his political sympathies. He cast his first vote for Fremont as president. Always an eager worker for the good of his community, he has often and repeatedly been called to office by the many warm friends who appreciate his sincere and progressive spirit. He served as state representative from his district in the twenty-ninth, the thirtieth and the thirty-first general assemblies, was for nine years a member of the board of supervisors, and for a long period of years acted in the capacity of trustee of the township and director of the school in his district. In the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in 1884, Mr. Cassel, on account of his active interest in the work of this church, was sent as one of the delegates from the state of Iowa.

House District 19