George F. Cassingham Biographical Sketch

CASSINGHAM GEORGE F., was born April 19, 1812, in Kent county, Ireland; son of Thomas and Phebe (Ford) Cassingham; came to America in the fall of 1818, and located in Muskingum county, Ohio, where they remained until the old gentleman's death. He had eight sons and four daughters, viz: Thomas, Richard, James, John P., Henry, William, Ford and George F., the subject of our sketch. The names of the four daughters are as follows: Phebe, Elizabeth, Sophia and Mary Jane. In 1833, George F. came to this city and engaged in shoemaking. In 1845, he was elected justice of the peace, and, in 1846, recorder, and held both offices nine years, and, in 1879, was again elected justice of the peace, which office he now holds. Esquire Cassingham was married May 23, 1835 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wilson. They became the parents of four children, viz: Julia (deceased), Sarah, Mary Jane, and John W.