JOHN M. CASSIDY.
  
JOHN M. CASSIDY.
John M. Cassidy, a general contractor of Cheyenne. who has been identified with many important building projects, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on the 15th of June, 1867. a son of John H. and Catherine (Quinn) Cassidy. The father came to the northwest during the period of pioneer development, when his son John was but three years of age. He was a carpenter contractor. He also spent twenty-one years in military service, covering the period of the Civil war and military service in the northwest. He was a pioneer at Miles City, Montana, and also at Bismarck, North Dakota.
It was amid the environments of frontier life that John M. Cassidy was reared. He was educated in the Crow Creek Indian reservation, now South Dakota, and also attended school for a time at Iowa City. After putting aside his textbooks he became identified with business interests which were typical of the early development of the west. He was engaged in freighting and also drove stage. In 1886 he began learning the carpenter's trade, completing his apprenticeship in Chicago. In !goo he took up his abode in Cheyenne and became foreman of building operations for Moses P. Keefe at Fort Russell and supervised various important building projects for the Russell Sanders Company at Fort Russell and other well known contractors. He acted as superintendent of the building of the First National Bank at Cheyenne. He was the builder of the King residence, the Ford garage, various stores on Capital avenue and now has the contract for the erection of a new theatre at a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars. He has prospered since taking up contract work on his own account and something of the volume of his business is indicated in the fact that he now employs sixteen men. He is ever faithful to the terms of a contract and his expert workmanship and knowledge of the business constitute important features in his growing success. His own broad experience in building operations well qualifies him to direct the labors of the men who now serve him and he has been most active in connection with building operations in Cheyenne for the past few years.
In 1897 Mr. Cassidy was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Burns and they have two children: John J., who is associated with his father in business; and Mary. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and fraternally Mr. Cassidy is connected with the Woodmen of the World. His has been an active and useful life and as the architect of his fortunes he has builded wisely and well.