“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


L. B. CASWELL,  attorney and counselor at law, Fort Atkinson; born at 
Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt., Nov. 27, 1827; son of Beal and Betsey 
(Chapman) Caswell, his father dying when he was 3 years old; in 1837, 
he came West with his step-father and mother, who located on Sec. 7, 
Fulton, Rock Co., where he passed his early life and received a common-
school education; in 1846, attended Milton Academy; then attended the 
Preparatory Class and entered Beloit College, when he took a partial 
collegiate course.  In 1850, he entered the office of Matt Carpenter, 
M.C., to study law; at the expiration of a year and a half, was admitted to 
the bar, October, 1851; July 17, 1852, came to Fort Atkinson and 
commenced practice.  Married, Aug. 10, 1855, Miss Elizabeth May, 
daughter of Mr. Chester May, a resident of Fort Atkinson since 1840, 
and who died in 1849; Mrs. Caswell's mother, nee Hannah Damuth, died 
in April, 1879, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery.  Mr. Caswell's 
mother, Mrs. Churchill, died in December, 1877, and her remains repose 
in Evergreen Cemetery.  Mr. Caswell's family consists of himself and 
wife, and six children - Chester A., Isabel, Lucian B., George W., 
Elizabeth M. and Harlow O.  In 1854, he was elected District Attorney 
of Jefferson Co., and served two years; November, 1862, elected a 
member of the Assembly; in 1863, he was appointed Commissioner of 
Enrollment, with headquarters at Janesville, serving till close of the war; 
in 1871, again elected to the Assembly, and re-elected in 1873; elected 
on the Republican Ticket from the Second Congressional District 
(consisting of Dane, Columbia, Jefferson and Sauk Cos.), to the XLIVth, 
XLVth and XLVIth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1875; his 
present term of office will expire March 4, 1881.  Member of I.O.O.F.


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