Richard Cass (1772 - 1843)

Born 24 May 1772 in Iredell County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Cass — married about 1795 in Unknown [uncertain]

Died 1 May 1843 at age 70 in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Tina Simmons [send private message]

Biography

Richard was born about 1770. He was the son of James Cass and Nancy Moody. He passed away after 1823.

Will of James Cass/Cast July 15, 1816 reads' Item 3 - I give to my children, Elisma, Robert, Richard Cast, the heirs of Patsy Riley, deceased, James and Moses Cast and Harriet five shillings each having given them what esteamed their propor tionable part of my estate here to fore.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94RC-FJD
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/87569928/person/140022815447/facts

Source: Find a Grave Index Richard Cass Sr. BIRTH 24 Mar 1772 Iredell County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 1 May 1843 (aged 71) Vermilion County, Illinois, USA BURIAL McFarland Cemetery Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 70511562

Source: Gravesite Notes "The History of Vermilion County, Illinois", 1911, pg383. To the east of the main highway between Muncie and Fairmount, about two miles south of Muncie, is the old Dalbey burying ground. It is a very wild part of the country. It is on a slight elevation, surrounded on the south and east by a small rivulet, beyond which are rugged hills. The trees fringing these hilltops are as silent sentinels of the melancholy place of repose. All that is needed to make this a dreary spot is the yelping of the wolves and the braying of the panther, which were heard in the days of the pioneer.

This burying ground was laid out in 1838, and the accompaniment of the wild animals' call was not lacking. It was on the joint property of Aaron Dalbey, and James Cass. When the land was donated for the purpose of a common burial ground, Richard Cass, Jr., remarked. "I would not be buried in such a place." Alas the irony of fate; his was the first grave made in the grounds. This place was extensively used until the fifties; but the whole tract has been abandoned and is now turned over to weeds and wild grass. Grave stones have been displaced and markers no longer reliable in the information given because not in place. The second grave made in the grounds was that of Elizabeth Cass, mother of Richard, Jr. Richard Cass, Sr., died in 1843. Aaron Dalbey died in 1855. Isaac and Felix Radcliff, both young men have markers to show how short their lives were. There are many graves here of people dying in the forties, fifties and sixties. The Casses, Dalbeys, McFarlands, Meades, Bayles, Parrish, Drapers, Whitmans and Radcliffs are to be found in this burying ground. Gravesite Details According to F.A.G. member #47192880, "He was born in Iredell County, North Carolina, the son of James and Nancy Cass. His father died July 5, 1816: he was named in his father's Will which recorded in Will Book 1A at page 12: Iredell County, North Carolina