Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Anoka County And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton In Hennepin County, Minnesota by Albert M. Goodrich pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis page 194-195 ARTHUR A. CASWELL was born at Coon creek in the town of Anoka, Sept. 30, 1867. He attended first the school in district 15, and graduated from the Anoka high school in 1886. While attending the high school he learned the printer's trade. In 1889 in partnership with his brother, I. A. CASWELL, he leased and later purchased the Anoka Herald, which he edited for two years, selling his in- terest to his brother in 1892. He published a paper at Excelsior, Hennepin Co., two years, and then became edi- tor of the Princeton Union, which position he held for six years. In 1898 at the time of the Spanish war he en- listed in Co. M, Fourteenth Minnesota Regiment, and served with that company as first lieutenant until the regiment was mustered out at the close of the war. In 1901 he returned to Anoka, where he has since resided. In 1904 he was elected county auditor. In 1891 he was married to ALICE M. McLEOD. They have six children: ALICE M., KEITH P., ROBERT K., ARTHUR D., LEIGH, BETH. ===========================================================================