Thomas F. Cassels

Thomas F. Cassels is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, Memphis, 300 block of Second St.

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Thomas F. Cassels is considered the first Black to practice law in Memphis. After moving to Memphis in 1875, he was appointed "attorney pro tem" of the Criminal Court in 1880 and served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1881 to 1883. During the 1880s, he was Collector of the Port of Memphis and in 1883 was appointed U.S. Surveyor of Customs. His first office was located at 317 Second Street.

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Historical maps covering this location

1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · County Map of the States of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1879 · Mississippi. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1916 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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