A Sudden Death.
Mr. Asa Casselman, one of the early settlers in Emmons county, died suddenly in Bismarck last Friday – Dec. 31, 1897. Mr. Casselman had been quite feeble for a long time, and a fortnight before his death he had been bedridden with a severe cold. But he had recovered from that, and said that he felt as well as he had felt for a long time. He and his two little grandsons – Darrie and Eddie Streeter – were very fond of each other, and he often called his “little men,” as he termed them, to go with him when he went out to do some little chore about the place. He had been out for a few minutes with one of the boys, and had said before leaving the house that he would take a piece of rope and get a little straw from a neighbor’s yard adjoin and put it around the cistern pump, to protect it from freezing. The boy soon returned to the house; but as the old gentleman did not appear, his daughter, Mrs. D. R. Streeter, with whom her father and mother resided, went out to look for him. She found him lying on the ground. He was still breathing. Help was summoned and he was carried into the house, where he almost immediately expired. Physicians were called, who stated that heart-disease had been the cause of his death.
Asa Casselman was born on May 11, 1825, in Dundas county, in what is now the province of Ontario, dominion of Canada. On May 15, 1855, he was married to Susan Biggers, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland. His wife survives him. His sons and daughters are: W. S. and John Casselman, Mrs. A. McGinness, Mrs. R. H. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. D R. Streeter and Mrs. E. J. Thurber. He leaves fifteen grandchildren.
Deceased settled in Emmons county in 1894, where he resided until four or five years ago, when with his wife he went to Bismarck and made his home with his son W. S., up to about a year ago, when the old couple took up their residence with Mrs. Streeter, and intended to accompany the family to Emmons county when they return next spring.
Mr. Casselman retained his mental faculties to the last. He liked to read the newspapers, and he never lost interest in the current happenings of the day. He was a close reader of the Bible, also, and every day he would read a chapter to his companion of nearly half a century, whose clouded mind probably prevented her from understanding the meaning of the passages. He was her constant attendant, and she followed him wherever he went about the house as a child would follow its mother. Not a single hasty word ever escaped his lips, and his happy disposition and cheerful words made friends of all who met him. He was a true Christian in practice as well as theory, and few souls that cross the dark river and enter the spirit land have more reason to hope for a creditable record in the pages of the recording angel’s book than the gentle old man whose life went out with the closing of the year.
On previous occasions of death in Bismarck the writer has noted the more than usual verification of the saying that “a touch of sorrow makes the whole world kin.” And it was so in this instance. Every little attention that kindness and sympathy could suggest was extended to the members of the family in their bereavement.
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon. There were brief services at the family residence, then the remains were taken to the Methodist church, which was filled with friends of the deceased and of his family. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Anderson. Mrs. Lusby and the Misses Bartholomew, Clayton and Wilson composed the choir and Mrs. Foley presided at the organ. Those who wished to view the remains were given an opportunity to do so, and nearly every one present filed by the casket and briefly gazed upon the peaceful features of the departed, who seemed as though her were but asleep.
A long line of carriages followed the hearse to the Catholic cemetery, where the interment took place.
The Emmons County Record, January 7, 1898, Page 4.
Mr. Asa Casselman, one of the early settlers in Emmons county, died suddenly in Bismarck last Friday – Dec. 31, 1897. Mr. Casselman had been quite feeble for a long time, and a fortnight before his death he had been bedridden with a severe cold. But he had recovered from that, and said that he felt as well as he had felt for a long time. He and his two little grandsons – Darrie and Eddie Streeter – were very fond of each other, and he often called his “little men,” as he termed them, to go with him when he went out to do some little chore about the place. He had been out for a few minutes with one of the boys, and had said before leaving the house that he would take a piece of rope and get a little straw from a neighbor’s yard adjoin and put it around the cistern pump, to protect it from freezing. The boy soon returned to the house; but as the old gentleman did not appear, his daughter, Mrs. D. R. Streeter, with whom her father and mother resided, went out to look for him. She found him lying on the ground. He was still breathing. Help was summoned and he was carried into the house, where he almost immediately expired. Physicians were called, who stated that heart-disease had been the cause of his death.
Asa Casselman was born on May 11, 1825, in Dundas county, in what is now the province of Ontario, dominion of Canada. On May 15, 1855, he was married to Susan Biggers, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland. His wife survives him. His sons and daughters are: W. S. and John Casselman, Mrs. A. McGinness, Mrs. R. H. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. D R. Streeter and Mrs. E. J. Thurber. He leaves fifteen grandchildren.
Deceased settled in Emmons county in 1894, where he resided until four or five years ago, when with his wife he went to Bismarck and made his home with his son W. S., up to about a year ago, when the old couple took up their residence with Mrs. Streeter, and intended to accompany the family to Emmons county when they return next spring.
Mr. Casselman retained his mental faculties to the last. He liked to read the newspapers, and he never lost interest in the current happenings of the day. He was a close reader of the Bible, also, and every day he would read a chapter to his companion of nearly half a century, whose clouded mind probably prevented her from understanding the meaning of the passages. He was her constant attendant, and she followed him wherever he went about the house as a child would follow its mother. Not a single hasty word ever escaped his lips, and his happy disposition and cheerful words made friends of all who met him. He was a true Christian in practice as well as theory, and few souls that cross the dark river and enter the spirit land have more reason to hope for a creditable record in the pages of the recording angel’s book than the gentle old man whose life went out with the closing of the year.
On previous occasions of death in Bismarck the writer has noted the more than usual verification of the saying that “a touch of sorrow makes the whole world kin.” And it was so in this instance. Every little attention that kindness and sympathy could suggest was extended to the members of the family in their bereavement.
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon. There were brief services at the family residence, then the remains were taken to the Methodist church, which was filled with friends of the deceased and of his family. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Anderson. Mrs. Lusby and the Misses Bartholomew, Clayton and Wilson composed the choir and Mrs. Foley presided at the organ. Those who wished to view the remains were given an opportunity to do so, and nearly every one present filed by the casket and briefly gazed upon the peaceful features of the departed, who seemed as though her were but asleep.
A long line of carriages followed the hearse to the Catholic cemetery, where the interment took place.
The Emmons County Record, January 7, 1898, Page 4.
A Sudden Death.
Mr. Asa Casselman, one of the early settlers in Emmons county, died suddenly in Bismarck last Friday – Dec. 31, 1897. Mr. Casselman had been quite feeble for a long time, and a fortnight before his death he had been bedridden with a severe cold. But he had recovered from that, and said that he felt as well as he had felt for a long time. He and his two little grandsons – Darrie and Eddie Streeter – were very fond of each other, and he often called his “little men,” as he termed them, to go with him when he went out to do some little chore about the place. He had been out for a few minutes with one of the boys, and had said before leaving the house that he would take a piece of rope and get a little straw from a neighbor’s yard adjoin and put it around the cistern pump, to protect it from freezing. The boy soon returned to the house; but as the old gentleman did not appear, his daughter, Mrs. D. R. Streeter, with whom her father and mother resided, went out to look for him. She found him lying on the ground. He was still breathing. Help was summoned and he was carried into the house, where he almost immediately expired. Physicians were called, who stated that heart-disease had been the cause of his death.
Asa Casselman was born on May 11, 1825, in Dundas county, in what is now the province of Ontario, dominion of Canada. On May 15, 1855, he was married to Susan Biggers, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland. His wife survives him. His sons and daughters are: W. S. and John Casselman, Mrs. A. McGinness, Mrs. R. H. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. D R. Streeter and Mrs. E. J. Thurber. He leaves fifteen grandchildren.
Deceased settled in Emmons county in 1894, where he resided until four or five years ago, when with his wife he went to Bismarck and made his home with his son W. S., up to about a year ago, when the old couple took up their residence with Mrs. Streeter, and intended to accompany the family to Emmons county when they return next spring.
Mr. Casselman retained his mental faculties to the last. He liked to read the newspapers, and he never lost interest in the current happenings of the day. He was a close reader of the Bible, also, and every day he would read a chapter to his companion of nearly half a century, whose clouded mind probably prevented her from understanding the meaning of the passages. He was her constant attendant, and she followed him wherever he went about the house as a child would follow its mother. Not a single hasty word ever escaped his lips, and his happy disposition and cheerful words made friends of all who met him. He was a true Christian in practice as well as theory, and few souls that cross the dark river and enter the spirit land have more reason to hope for a creditable record in the pages of the recording angel’s book than the gentle old man whose life went out with the closing of the year.
On previous occasions of death in Bismarck the writer has noted the more than usual verification of the saying that “a touch of sorrow makes the whole world kin.” And it was so in this instance. Every little attention that kindness and sympathy could suggest was extended to the members of the family in their bereavement.
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon. There were brief services at the family residence, then the remains were taken to the Methodist church, which was filled with friends of the deceased and of his family. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Anderson. Mrs. Lusby and the Misses Bartholomew, Clayton and Wilson composed the choir and Mrs. Foley presided at the organ. Those who wished to view the remains were given an opportunity to do so, and nearly every one present filed by the casket and briefly gazed upon the peaceful features of the departed, who seemed as though her were but asleep.
A long line of carriages followed the hearse to the Catholic cemetery, where the interment took place.
The Emmons County Record, January 7, 1898, Page 4.
Mr. Asa Casselman, one of the early settlers in Emmons county, died suddenly in Bismarck last Friday – Dec. 31, 1897. Mr. Casselman had been quite feeble for a long time, and a fortnight before his death he had been bedridden with a severe cold. But he had recovered from that, and said that he felt as well as he had felt for a long time. He and his two little grandsons – Darrie and Eddie Streeter – were very fond of each other, and he often called his “little men,” as he termed them, to go with him when he went out to do some little chore about the place. He had been out for a few minutes with one of the boys, and had said before leaving the house that he would take a piece of rope and get a little straw from a neighbor’s yard adjoin and put it around the cistern pump, to protect it from freezing. The boy soon returned to the house; but as the old gentleman did not appear, his daughter, Mrs. D. R. Streeter, with whom her father and mother resided, went out to look for him. She found him lying on the ground. He was still breathing. Help was summoned and he was carried into the house, where he almost immediately expired. Physicians were called, who stated that heart-disease had been the cause of his death.
Asa Casselman was born on May 11, 1825, in Dundas county, in what is now the province of Ontario, dominion of Canada. On May 15, 1855, he was married to Susan Biggers, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland. His wife survives him. His sons and daughters are: W. S. and John Casselman, Mrs. A. McGinness, Mrs. R. H. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. D R. Streeter and Mrs. E. J. Thurber. He leaves fifteen grandchildren.
Deceased settled in Emmons county in 1894, where he resided until four or five years ago, when with his wife he went to Bismarck and made his home with his son W. S., up to about a year ago, when the old couple took up their residence with Mrs. Streeter, and intended to accompany the family to Emmons county when they return next spring.
Mr. Casselman retained his mental faculties to the last. He liked to read the newspapers, and he never lost interest in the current happenings of the day. He was a close reader of the Bible, also, and every day he would read a chapter to his companion of nearly half a century, whose clouded mind probably prevented her from understanding the meaning of the passages. He was her constant attendant, and she followed him wherever he went about the house as a child would follow its mother. Not a single hasty word ever escaped his lips, and his happy disposition and cheerful words made friends of all who met him. He was a true Christian in practice as well as theory, and few souls that cross the dark river and enter the spirit land have more reason to hope for a creditable record in the pages of the recording angel’s book than the gentle old man whose life went out with the closing of the year.
On previous occasions of death in Bismarck the writer has noted the more than usual verification of the saying that “a touch of sorrow makes the whole world kin.” And it was so in this instance. Every little attention that kindness and sympathy could suggest was extended to the members of the family in their bereavement.
The funeral took place Sunday afternoon. There were brief services at the family residence, then the remains were taken to the Methodist church, which was filled with friends of the deceased and of his family. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Anderson. Mrs. Lusby and the Misses Bartholomew, Clayton and Wilson composed the choir and Mrs. Foley presided at the organ. Those who wished to view the remains were given an opportunity to do so, and nearly every one present filed by the casket and briefly gazed upon the peaceful features of the departed, who seemed as though her were but asleep.
A long line of carriages followed the hearse to the Catholic cemetery, where the interment took place.
The Emmons County Record, January 7, 1898, Page 4.
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