page_title: Burr Caswell
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Burr Caswell / Biography / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: Aaron Burr Caswell tombstone
context_page_description: Burr Caswell was an American frontiersman, being the first white man to occupy any part of Mason County, Michigan, arriving in 1845. He built the first framed house, courthouse and jail in Mason County and was the first Coroner, Probate Judge and Surveyor there. He was the progenitor of a prominent Mason County family.
context_section_description: In the 1870s, he worked as a foreman at Moulton & Flagg, a shingle mill in Ludington.
  In 1871, Caswell married again. His new wife's name was Sarah. They then moved into the Big Sable Point Lighthouse in 1873, where Caswell became its keeper.  He was the 4th Big Sable Point Lighthouse keeper for the nine years spanning January 9, 1874 to July 17, 1882. They lived there for 5 years until 1878.
  Caswell and his wife then went to Mitchell, South Dakota. Here they operated a large hotel. They were there until 1886. Caswell then returned to Ludington and ten years later he died in 1896. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Ludington beside his first wife.
caption: Caswell's tombstone at Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington in 2008
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