He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1811 to 1812, in 1827 and 1829, and from 1835 to 1836.
[4] He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1811 to 1812, in 1827 and in 1829, and from 1835 to 1836.
[4] He was an incorporator of Westminster Academy and a charter member of the Carroll division of the Sons of Temperance.
[4] He owned a tavern in Westminster that was later named Cassell Home and became the City Hotel and the Main Court Inn.
They had ten children, Rebecca, Henry, Betsy, George, Francis, Margaret, Julian, Jesse, Anna Maria and Louisa Susan.