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Rev. W. S. McCaslin is a son of William McCaslin, who was born in Granville County, N. C., August 29, 1790, and in 1808 married Elizabeth Tarpley, who was born in North Carolina, April 20, 1790. To them were born eleven children. They moved to Madison County, Tenn., in 1821, and the father became the first constable ever appointed in the county. He moved to Gibson County about 1831, where he served again as constable, and also as captain of the county militia. He died May 12, 1875, and his wife December 15, 1854. He was an old line Whig before the war and a Republican after, and was a strong Union man during the late Rebellion, voting against secession. Our subject was born in Madison County, this State, June 9, 1826, and received but a very limited early education, owing to the sparsely settled district and absence of public schools. When twenty-three years old he married Mary L. Campbell, who was born January 20, 1829, in Gibson County, and nine children are the fruits of their union. Mary J. (Mrs. J. I. Bland) was married in 1878 and died April 4, 1881. Mr. McCaslin was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Memphis Conference in 1853, and has been, a constant laborer in the vineyard ever since. He was formerly a Whig, but since the war has been a Republican. His wife and four oldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.