Jacob D. Cassel^{[1, 2, 3]}

1871 - 1909  (37 years)

• Name	Jacob D. Cassel
  Born	3 Sep 1871	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Apr 1909	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  		Cassel,JacobandJohn-0001-VictoriaParkBalloon-rychMillsCollection.jpg The only known photo of a Prof. J. Casselle balloon launching in Waterloo County was taken in October 1902. Victoria Park's first pavilion is at left. The park was filled with Berliners who then watched the aeronaut parachute from the balloon. RYCH MILLS
  Interesting	entertainment
  		Cassel,JacobandJohn-0001-VictoriaParkBalloon-rychMillsCollection.jpg The only known photo of a Prof. J. Casselle balloon launching in Waterloo County was taken in October 1902. Victoria Park's first pavilion is at left. The park was filled with Berliners who then watched the aeronaut parachute from the balloon. RYCH MILLS
  Interesting	entertainment
  		Cassel,JacobandJohn-0001-VictoriaParkBalloon-rychMillsCollection.jpg The only known photo of a Prof. J. Casselle balloon launching in Waterloo County was taken in October 1902. Victoria Park's first pavilion is at left. The park was filled with Berliners who then watched the aeronaut parachute from the balloon. RYCH MILLS
  Name	J. Cassselle
  Eby ID Number	00021-1580
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I9701	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam B. Cassel,   b. 24 Dec 1836, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Feb 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Anna W. Detweiler,   b. 21 Jul 1844, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	21 May 1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F5477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Cassel, John & Jacob twins babies.jpg
  		Cassel, John and Jacob twins.jpg John and Jacob Cassel, twin sons of Adam and Anna Detweiler Cassel.

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob D. Cassel, "twin brother to John, was born September 3rd, 1871. He is unmarried and is engaged as a manufacturer of buttons." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _________________________________________ Before the turn of the century, John and Jacob Cassel born in 1871, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Adam B. Cassel of Blenheim township, Oxford County, gained considerable fame as tightrope and trapeze artists, and balloonists. They ascended to approximately 500 feet landing by parachute and gave many performances throughout Waterloo County. The accomplished athletic brothers spent some time travelling with circuses in the USA and Jacob worked with a medicine show as a magician and sharpshooter. John, the only one of the pair to marry, later lived in South Carolina. In his early forties he was injured in a fall which resulted in his death in 1910. Jacob was also hurt in a fall, from which he only partially recovered, passing away from of a heart attack at his mother's home. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame ____________ Died At Louisville, Kentucky, U. S. A. on April 14th, 1909, at 12.15 o'clock, p. m, Jacob Cassel, aged 37 years, 7 months, 11 days. The Funeral Will take place on Tuesday afternoon, 20th inst. at 2 o'clock, from his mother's residence, New Dundee, Ont., to the U. B. Church for services, thence to the Blenheim Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Funeral Card

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 386. [S173] Ancestry.com. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 518. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. Adam B. Cassel died Feb 12th 1892 in his 56th year/ verse/ Anna Detweiler wife of Adam B. Cassel died FEb 10th 1919 in her 74th year Jacob son of Adam B. & Anna Cassel died April 4th 1909 in his 38th year. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 31 May 1861. "Cassel - Dettwiler: May 21, Mr. Adam Cassel, to Miss Anna Dettwiler, both of Blenheim." by Rev. Mr. Bindeman [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Adam Cassel, aged 24 res Blenheim born Pennsylvania son of John and Sarah (Bean) married 21 May 1861 to Anna Dettweiler aged 17 res Blenheim born Blenheim daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Wismer). [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 May 1861. 21 May 1861 By Rev. Bindemann, Adam Kassel was married to Anna Dettweiler, both of Blenheim.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Sep 1871 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Apr 1909 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth