Bio: McCaslin, Samuel W. (1881)

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Surnames: McCaslin, Compton

----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Eau Claire County, Wis.) 1881, page 326

SAMUEL W. McCASLIN, attorney at law, Eau Claire, was born in Neillsburg (then Venango Co.), now Forest Co., Penn., Nov. 3, 1844, and lived there until 1865, when he went to Painesville, Ohio. He read law, was admitted to the Bar, and began practicing in September, 1866. In 1868, he removed to St. Charles, Winona Co., Minn., where he remained until he came to Eau Claire, in February, 1872. He was married in Edinboro, Erie Co., Penn., May 23, 1869, to Helena Compton, who was born in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the City Council for two years, is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and of the Congregational Church.