Person:Mildred Witherspoon (2)

Mildred Irene WITHERSPOON, the only daughter of John and Mabel (MCBRIDE) WITHERSPOON, was born in Rock Island, IL, on March 8, 1907, according to family records. By 1920 the family was living in Blue Island, Cook Co., IL, a suburb of Chicago. She still lived at home in 1930, unemployed, at age 23. Mildred married Frank CASWELL in Blue Island on June 6, 1931, and spent her life as a mother and housewife. The couple had three sons, Ronald, Warren, and John, all born in Blue Island. Mildred died on February 10, 1979, at the age of 72 in Blue Island according to family records, although Cook County has no record of her death between 1978-1980. Frank Edward CASWELL, the 7th of 12 children of David and Elizabeth (GOSMANN) CASWELL, was born January 26, 1904, in Calumet Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago. The 1930 census shows he was living with his widowed mother in Calumet Park Village with four siblings and was employed in the railroad yard of a stream-train railroad, probably the Rock Island Railroad. Son John Caswell says that his father worked in the freight yard of the Rock Island Railroad, at times as the yard order clerk, and that he liked to hunt and fish. Frank died at home of acute coronary thrombosis due to chronic myocardial infarction (5 minutes) and arteriosclerotic heart (4 years) at age 59 on June 8, 1963, in Blue Island. He lived at 2244 Florence Street in Blue Island. The informant for his death certificate was his son, Ronald Caswell, of 12726 Engle Road, Alsip, IL. David Warren CASWELL, father of Frank, was born January 29, 1860, in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., PA, and died November 9, 1914, in Blue Island at the age of 54. He used the name Warren and was a carpenter. Warren married Elizabeth GOSMANN on November 26, 1890, in Chicago, IL; the couple had 12 children. He was elected the first president of Calumet Park, Cook Co., IL. Elizabeth “Lizzie” GOSMANN/GOSSMANN, mother of Frank Caswell, was born in January 1870 in Frankfort, Germany. Her family immigrated to the USA in 1886 and Lizzie was naturalized in 1890. The 1930 census indicates she is a widow, age 60, living in Calumet Park Village, Calumet Co., IL on South Page Street with five unmarried children = Frank, Harry, Luna (Leona?), William, and Robert; she was born in the Lohr region, Germany; living next to the Friedreich Anderson family- he was also born in Lohr; she owns a home worth $5000., , , , , ,

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Family data sheet provided by Terry Caswell, 1/19/2002 (MC-IL 94)..
2.   1930 census: Blue Island, Cook Co., IL; ED 2046, roll 415, page 4A..
3.   1930 census: Calumet Park Village, Calumet Township, Cook Co, IL, ED 2067, April 4; p. 4B..
4.   John Caswell, Sr.; phone call 2/1/03..
5.   Cook County Death certificate lacks ID number ; Reg. District 16.31; Registered number 229..
6.   Chris Caswell Family Tree on Ancestry.com, 2/2003..
7.   1930 census: Calumet Park Village, Cook Co., IL; ED 2067, page 4B, enumerated April 4, 1930; Ancestry.com..