From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 246.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


PETER CASSELL

Peter Cassell, a prominent citizen of Wheeling, who has been actively 
associated with the manufactures of the city and its vicinity, is now 
retired from business, though still largely interested in various 
enterprises.  Mr. Cassell was born near Millville, N.J., June 26, 
1830, the son of Levi and Martha (Watson) Cassell, of German and 
English descent respectively, who settled in what is now Ohio county, 
W.Va., in 1837.  They made their home at West Union, where the 
father, who was a blacksmith by trade, was engaged at the same until 
his death in 1840.  He left a family of five children:  Joseph, 
Peter, Nathaniel, Levi and Mary A., wife of John D. Jones.  Peter 
Cassell was reared from his seventh year in Ohio county, received the 
advantage of a very limited education.  At an early age he went upon 
the river as an employe on a passenger boat, in which occupation he 
was engaged three years.  Subsequently he learned the trade of glass 
blowing, and after a service of seven years he took charge of a press 
in the works of Barnes & Hobbs, where he was engaged at his trade 
until 1871.  He was one of the original projectors of the Central 
Glass company, which was established in 1863, and made a stock 
company in 1867, and since then he has been a director.  He is also a 
stockholder in the Bellaire Iron works, the Belmont Nail company, and 
Aetna and Mingo Junction Iron works, and is a stockholder and 
director in the Nickle Plate Glass works at Fostoria, Ohio.  Mr. 
Cassell has been a resident of Wheeling since 1841, and in his many 
years of residence here has gained the respect and esteem of the 
community.  In 1862 he was married to Elizabeth J., daughter of John 
and Mary (Conley) Henderson, of Wheeling, by whom he had four 
children, of whom three are living:  William H., Virginia, wife of 
Frank H. Stamm, and Levi.  Mr.  Cassell is a member of the First 
Presbyterian church.


(Linda Fluharty)