Theodore T. Kausel

Theodore T. Kausel was born in New York on October 25, 1885. By 1919, he resided in Camden, New Jersey, where he served as superintendent of the Castle Kid Company, one of the city's leather manufacturing businesses. According to the 1920 Census, he lived at 1473 Baird Avenue (later Baird Boulevard) in Camden's newly developed Parkside neighborhood. His household included his wife Olive, sons Theodore Jr., John, and Harvey, as well as his mother, Julia Kausel.

Kausel was an active community leader and served as Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge 293 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in 1918. He was also deeply involved in local politics as a Republican. In the early 1920s, he played a key role in the Community Hotel Corporation's effort to establish Camden's community-based Hotel Walt Whitman at Broadway and Cooper Street. By 1925, he was a member of the executive council of the Camden Chamber of Commerce and chaired Camden County's first Vocational School Board. His leadership was instrumental in initiating the construction of the Camden County Vocational School (now Camden County Vocational and Technical School) on Browning Road in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

After leaving Castle Kid Company, Kausel was appointed General Manager of Institutions for Camden County in recognition of his political contributions, particularly his support of Republican party leader David Baird Jr. during the 1927 elections. He resigned from this position on January 1, 1930, and left office the following month. By April 1930, he returned to the leather industry, and his family had relocated to 5315 Browning Road in Pennsauken. The family is absent from the 1936 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory and subsequent directories for Camden County.

Theodore T. Kausel passed away in January 1963, leaving behind his wife and sons.