Abram N. Cassel and Mary Jane Stahl

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Husband Abram N. Cassel ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Jan 1810 - Marietta, Lancaster Co, PA 2
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         Father: Henry Cassel (1776-      ) 1 3
         Mother: Catharine Neff (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 1847 5

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Wife Mary Jane Stahl ⁵

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         Father: Jacob Stahl (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 M Henry Burd Cassel ⁵

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2 M George Lincoln Cassel ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Abram N. Cassel

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He was a member of the Legislature in the years 1838 and 1839, and was one of the wealthiest and most honored citizens of Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where until eleven years of age he pursued his studies under the direction of Joseph Jeffers and William Rankin. He then spent three years as clerk, the latter year being passed at Bainbridge, after which he returned to Marietta. At the age of fifteen he became an apprentice to a hatter, and after a period of two years' service acquired the trade. Having at the expiration of the third year as journeyman accumulated a small sum, he in 1830 began business with a partner, which was later conducted alone until the year 1848. He had meanwhile continued his studies under the direction of teachers specially employed by himself and his companions, who availed themselves of the evening hour as the only period of leisure at their disposal.
In 1834 he was elected one of the first school directors under the common school law of Pennsylvania, and aided materially in enforcing the law. This office he held at intervals until 1844. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1837, and served during the sessions of 1837, 1838, and 1839, when he aided in framing the important laws under the Constitution of 1838.
He was one of the promoters and builders of the Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike Company, of which he was an officer from its organization. He also participated in the management of the Marietta and Mount Joy Turnpike Company. He was for years a member of the Board of Councilmen of the borough. In politics, Mr. Cassel early affiliated with the Anti-Masonic party, and later with the Whigs, from which the transition to the ranks of the Republican party was not difficult. He was in his religious belief originally a Mennonite, but in 1848 became connected with the Presbyterian Church of Marietta, of which he was an elder.

He was the father of seven children; only two were still living in 1883.

1 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 133.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 784.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 644, 784.

4 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 644, 784, 869.

5 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 785.