a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Vermilion County, Ill., June 6, 1826. He was converted when about fourteen; received license to preach in 1846, and admitted into the Illinois Conference; located in 1850, and began business to provide for the education of his children; re-entered the effective ranks in 1852, and continued faithful until his death in April, 1862. Mr. Cassiday was sound in theology, practical in preaching, and earnest in his Christian life. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1862, p. 177.