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Michael Cassin

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1856 Democratic AD-16 0 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1803
Married: Anne Daly (d. 1902), Mary Agnes Hogan (m. 1904)
Children: Isabel Regina and Charles M.
Died: February 23, 1863 in Birchville, CA

 

  • Buried and killed by a cave-in of a mine. Buried at the Catholic Cemetery at Grass Valley (229 Chapel StGrass Valley, CA 95945)

 

Source: "Obituary: California: Cassin" Pilot, Volume 26, Number 14, 4 April 1863
Source: "Fatal Mining Accident" Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 24, Number 3723, 26 February 1863
Source: "Fatal Mining Accident" Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume VII, Number 49, 27 February 1863