The Caswells
Company K, 14th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Camp Thomas, Georgia. 1898. 1st Lt. Irving A. Caswell, who served three terms as clerk, Minnesota Supreme Court, is in back row center and to the right of the large pine tree. (Object ID 2069.1.28)
“Mrs. Caswell is one of the brightest women in Minnesota. The Anoka Herald has not suffered during the absence of its editor, Lt. Caswell. Another instance of the better-half assuming the editorial chair with advantage to the ‘sheet.’”
from Woodbury to Caswell
Mary Woodbury married Irving Caswell, who owned and published the Anoka Herald newspaper. Anoka also knew him as a postmaster from 1901-1904 and the Clerk of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1909-1919. The couple had one son, whom they called Dwight.
Irving enlisted in the 14th Minnesota Regiment to serve as first lieutenant during the Spanish-American War in 1898. During his absence, Mary ran the newspaper well enough to garner the praise of the Elk River Star,
Dwight Caswell as young boy raking leaves. no date. (Object ID P2090.104)