CASSELMAN, Samuel

Date of birth:  About 1839
Date of death: 28 Nov 1896 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 4, 1896,
Volume XXXVII Number 21, page 1 column 5

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Samuel Casselman, the well-known barber, age fifty-seven years, died sud­denly Saturday evening at 5:20 o’clock. He had been apparently in his usual health until just before his death. For many years he was associated with John Pettiford. He was a highly resp­ected colored citizen, and his long resi­dence in Franklin had made him well known throughout the county. Funeral services took place Monday afternoon, conducted by Elder Townsend of In­dianapolis.

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 33, referencing Book H-18, page 6, records that Samuel Casslman [sic], a fifty-seven-year-old colored male, died 30 Nov 1896 in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson