John F. Cassels

John Franklin Cassels was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Amite County, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

John Franklin Cassels was born on October 27, 1852, near Mt. Carmel, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. His parents were John Cassels and Sarah Nix Cassels. He married Lettie Virginia Jackson in 1879. In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Amite County, as a Democrat. He died on June 2, 1930, in Mississippi, and was buried in Amite County.