John Cascaden

Who was John Cascaden?

John Cascaden was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Elgin West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1886 as a Liberal members.

He was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland in 1840 and came to Bruce County, Canada West with his family in 1852. He studied at the University of Toronto, receiving an M.D. in 1863, and at the Royal College of Physicians in London, England. After his first wife died at a young age, Cascaden married Hannah Katherine Decou in 1872. John and Hannah had five children: David Arthur, Annie May, John Harold, Douglas Jerald, and Gordon L.. He served as coroner for Elgin County. John died in August 1904 and is buried in the cemetery of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario.