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Samuel Bradford Caswell (1828–1898) was an American mining engineer, and politician in California. He was member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles Common Council.〔(Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors )〕 He was one of the pioneer founders and trustees of the Los Angeles Public Library System to open branches. 〔(LIBR280 Library Research Blog: Los Angeles Central Library & LAPL System history )〕 ==Personal== Caswell was born January 3, 1828, in Taunton, Massachusetts, and about 1845 he moved to Fall River, and in 1849 to Wareham, where he was married to Mary Bradford Gibbs the same year. They had one daughter, who died around 1878, and a son, William M. Caswell.〔("Died Very Suddenly," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 4, 1898, page 7 )〕〔 He and his family moved to San Francisco, California in the early 1850s, and to Los Angeles in the mid−1860s. For many years Caswell was a trustee in the local American Unitarian Association church.〔 In May 1895 the Caswells made a trip to Europe, returning aboard the RMS Campania of the Cunard Line.〔(The Gjenvick-Gjonvik Archives: Campania passenger lists of 1895 )〕 Caswell felt a heart pain in the morning of February 3, 1898, but went to work as usual. At midday, though, he returned to his home at the southeast corner of West 5th Street and Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, the site of the present day Los Angeles Central Library he helped found.〔() Location of the Caswell home on ''Mapping L.A.''〕 Later that afternoon he collapsed and died in a greenhouse in his garden.〔("Sudden Death: Samuel B. Caswell Expires Without Warning," ''Los Angeles Herald,'' February 5, 1898, Image 5 )〕 "The news spread rapidly and many friends of the family hastened to the Caswell residence to offer their condolences and any assistance they might render." Interment was February 6 at Rosedale Cemetery.〔〔("Death Record," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 5, 1898, page 14 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Bradford Caswell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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