Alexander Cass (1853)

Born 6 Nov 1853 in Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon, Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Cornelia (Fenton) Cass — married 3 Nov 1875 in Sangamon County, Illinois

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

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Biography

Origins

Alexander Cass, was born in Buffalo Hart Township 3 Nov 1853 to John R Cass and Mary Jane Burns both from KY. Alexander Cass is one of John R Cass and Mary Jane Burns 13 children.

Early Life

Family

Alexander Cass married Cornelia Fenton 3 Nov

On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports John R Cass household in between Thomas W Curtis and Thomas Wilson households.^[1]
John R Cass 47 (1823, male, white) b. Illinois. John was a farmer with Real Estate valued at $10,000 and personal property valued at $3,000.
M J Cass 37 (1833, female, white) b. Illinois; Mary Jane was keeping house.
A Cass 21 (1849, female, white) b. Illinois;
Amon Cass 18 (1852, male, white) b. Illinois; Amon was a farm Laborer and attended school.
Alexander Cass 16 (1854, female, white) b. Illinois;
Lucy Anne Cass 15 (1855, female, white) b. Illinois;
Aloy Cass 14 (1856, male, white) b. Illinois; Aloy attended school.
John L Cass 13 (1857, male, white) b. Illinois; John attended school.
Isabell Cass 10 (1860, female, white) b. Illinois; Isabell attended school.
Ida Cass 8 (1862, female, white) b. Illinois; Ida attended school.
Ann E Cass 7 (1863, female, white) b. Illinois; Ann attended school.
Sophia Cass 5 (1865, female, white) b. Illinois;
Robert F Cass 2 (1868, male, white) b. Illinois;
Hattie Cass 6 mos (1869, female, white) b. Illinois;

On 7 Jun 1880, John E. Constant, enumerator for Buffalo Hart Village, Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois reports Alex Cass in between William A Burns and Frank M dearborn households.^[2]
Alex Cass 26 (1854, self, married) b. Illinois; father born in Kentucky and mother born in Illinois.
Cornelia Cass 29 (1851, wife, married) b. Michigan; father born in Scotland and mother born in Ireland.
Mary Cass [1m] ([1880], daughter. single) b. Illinois; father born in Illinois and mother born in Michigan.
Sarah J Fenton 22 (1858, boarder [possible younger sister of Cornelia Fenton Cass) b. Michigan; father born in Scotland and mother born in Ireland.

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 1 and 2 (written), dwelling 8, family 8, John R Cass household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-DRP : accessed 17 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2015); citing p. 1 and 2, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-6YP : accessed 10 May 2015), Alex Cass, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 208B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.

• Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.