Person:Lathrop Cassman (2)

LATHROP CASSMAN was born after 1808 at Delaware County, Indiana. He married ELLA PATTERSON. Lathrop married twice and had ten children, three of whom died young. He and ELLA PATTERSON appeared on the census of 1840. 2 girls and 4 boys are listed. Lathrop departed for Iowa sometime after 1840. He married someone named Reed. He died on 18 Aug 1892 at Leeds, Woodbury County, Iowa.

The source Indiana Magazine of History: A Delaware Indian's Reservation: Samuel Cassman vs. Goldsmith C. Gilbert contains selected passages describing father Samuel's life in great and fascinating detail.

• Lathrup Cassman died at Leeds, Iowa, in 1892, at about 84 years of age. He had married twice and had four children, three of whom died young. Cassman family data, unpublished.^S2
• Lathrup and Philander married sisters, Ella and Catherine (Katie) Patterson, of St. Mary's, Ohio. Philander and Katie had five children.^S2

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Gene Cassman. Cassman GED Gene Cassman. (GED File, Downloaded Aug 25, 2001).
2. ↑ Dolores M. Lahrman & Ross S. Johnson. Indiana Magazine of History: A Delaware Indian's Reservation: Samuel Cassman vs. Goldsmith C. Gilbert. (Indiana University Department of History in cooperation with the Indiana Historical Society, http://www.indiana.edu/~imaghist/, June 1975).
3.   1840 US Federal Population Census: Not Stated, Delaware County, Indiana
   1840.