Parents: Simon Cass II (b. 21 Aug 1783 Epson, Merrimack, New Hampshire) and Rhoda Wallace b. 6 Oct 1788 in New Hampshire, USA
Further info on birth place is Stanstead, Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.
First marriage: Mary Taplin (dau. of Augustus Taplin & Mary "Polly" Drew) on 19 Feb 1829 in Cassville, Stanstead-Est, Quebec, Canada. Mary was born 12 Feb 1809 and died abt 1840 in Wellsburg, Somerset, PA. Burial place unknown.
Note: Mary Taplin is the sister of Frederick (w. Chloe) who are also both buried in this cemetery (see memorial sites). Their parents being Augustus and Mary "Polly" (Drew) Taplin.
Children from this marriage: Hiram Osman Cass, Elmina L. Cass, George Washington Cass and Walter T. Cass.
James remarried to Esther Freeborn in 1847 and "started with a team" to Wisconsin." They first went to Spring Green, WI. and 1851 came to Richland County. "In 1847 he came with his father, James Cass, to Spring Green and it is said that James Cass gave the town its name. He called it this on account of the early appearance of the grass in the spring in the low swales." (This quote is from an article regarding his son George Washington and wife, Margaret (Beaver) Cass' 50th wedding anniversary in The Baraboo News Republic dated July 9,, 1909).
James Cass was the chairman of the first Board of Supervisors of Spring Green, Sauk Co. and was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1851 he built a sawmill on Pine River. He sold this to Wm. Bowen who made the town of Bowen's Mill around it." " With his brother Osman, he moved to Ithaca" (Richland County) where he farmed for the remainder of his life.
"During the fall of 1851 James Cass built a saw-mill on the site of the present one owned by W J Bowen, on section 4. A little settlement sprung up around, and in the early part of the year 1854 a postoffice was established here, the first within the limits of the town, and called Florence, and of which Mr. Cass was the first postmaster." (from Chapter 29, Town of Richland).
Further info on birth place is Stanstead, Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.
First marriage: Mary Taplin (dau. of Augustus Taplin & Mary "Polly" Drew) on 19 Feb 1829 in Cassville, Stanstead-Est, Quebec, Canada. Mary was born 12 Feb 1809 and died abt 1840 in Wellsburg, Somerset, PA. Burial place unknown.
Note: Mary Taplin is the sister of Frederick (w. Chloe) who are also both buried in this cemetery (see memorial sites). Their parents being Augustus and Mary "Polly" (Drew) Taplin.
Children from this marriage: Hiram Osman Cass, Elmina L. Cass, George Washington Cass and Walter T. Cass.
James remarried to Esther Freeborn in 1847 and "started with a team" to Wisconsin." They first went to Spring Green, WI. and 1851 came to Richland County. "In 1847 he came with his father, James Cass, to Spring Green and it is said that James Cass gave the town its name. He called it this on account of the early appearance of the grass in the spring in the low swales." (This quote is from an article regarding his son George Washington and wife, Margaret (Beaver) Cass' 50th wedding anniversary in The Baraboo News Republic dated July 9,, 1909).
James Cass was the chairman of the first Board of Supervisors of Spring Green, Sauk Co. and was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1851 he built a sawmill on Pine River. He sold this to Wm. Bowen who made the town of Bowen's Mill around it." " With his brother Osman, he moved to Ithaca" (Richland County) where he farmed for the remainder of his life.
"During the fall of 1851 James Cass built a saw-mill on the site of the present one owned by W J Bowen, on section 4. A little settlement sprung up around, and in the early part of the year 1854 a postoffice was established here, the first within the limits of the town, and called Florence, and of which Mr. Cass was the first postmaster." (from Chapter 29, Town of Richland).
Parents: Simon Cass II (b. 21 Aug 1783 Epson, Merrimack, New Hampshire) and Rhoda Wallace b. 6 Oct 1788 in New Hampshire, USA
Further info on birth place is Stanstead, Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.
First marriage: Mary Taplin (dau. of Augustus Taplin & Mary "Polly" Drew) on 19 Feb 1829 in Cassville, Stanstead-Est, Quebec, Canada. Mary was born 12 Feb 1809 and died abt 1840 in Wellsburg, Somerset, PA. Burial place unknown.
Note: Mary Taplin is the sister of Frederick (w. Chloe) who are also both buried in this cemetery (see memorial sites). Their parents being Augustus and Mary "Polly" (Drew) Taplin.
Children from this marriage: Hiram Osman Cass, Elmina L. Cass, George Washington Cass and Walter T. Cass.
James remarried to Esther Freeborn in 1847 and "started with a team" to Wisconsin." They first went to Spring Green, WI. and 1851 came to Richland County. "In 1847 he came with his father, James Cass, to Spring Green and it is said that James Cass gave the town its name. He called it this on account of the early appearance of the grass in the spring in the low swales." (This quote is from an article regarding his son George Washington and wife, Margaret (Beaver) Cass' 50th wedding anniversary in The Baraboo News Republic dated July 9,, 1909).
James Cass was the chairman of the first Board of Supervisors of Spring Green, Sauk Co. and was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1851 he built a sawmill on Pine River. He sold this to Wm. Bowen who made the town of Bowen's Mill around it." " With his brother Osman, he moved to Ithaca" (Richland County) where he farmed for the remainder of his life.
"During the fall of 1851 James Cass built a saw-mill on the site of the present one owned by W J Bowen, on section 4. A little settlement sprung up around, and in the early part of the year 1854 a postoffice was established here, the first within the limits of the town, and called Florence, and of which Mr. Cass was the first postmaster." (from Chapter 29, Town of Richland).
Further info on birth place is Stanstead, Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.
First marriage: Mary Taplin (dau. of Augustus Taplin & Mary "Polly" Drew) on 19 Feb 1829 in Cassville, Stanstead-Est, Quebec, Canada. Mary was born 12 Feb 1809 and died abt 1840 in Wellsburg, Somerset, PA. Burial place unknown.
Note: Mary Taplin is the sister of Frederick (w. Chloe) who are also both buried in this cemetery (see memorial sites). Their parents being Augustus and Mary "Polly" (Drew) Taplin.
Children from this marriage: Hiram Osman Cass, Elmina L. Cass, George Washington Cass and Walter T. Cass.
James remarried to Esther Freeborn in 1847 and "started with a team" to Wisconsin." They first went to Spring Green, WI. and 1851 came to Richland County. "In 1847 he came with his father, James Cass, to Spring Green and it is said that James Cass gave the town its name. He called it this on account of the early appearance of the grass in the spring in the low swales." (This quote is from an article regarding his son George Washington and wife, Margaret (Beaver) Cass' 50th wedding anniversary in The Baraboo News Republic dated July 9,, 1909).
James Cass was the chairman of the first Board of Supervisors of Spring Green, Sauk Co. and was elected Justice of the Peace. In 1851 he built a sawmill on Pine River. He sold this to Wm. Bowen who made the town of Bowen's Mill around it." " With his brother Osman, he moved to Ithaca" (Richland County) where he farmed for the remainder of his life.
"During the fall of 1851 James Cass built a saw-mill on the site of the present one owned by W J Bowen, on section 4. A little settlement sprung up around, and in the early part of the year 1854 a postoffice was established here, the first within the limits of the town, and called Florence, and of which Mr. Cass was the first postmaster." (from Chapter 29, Town of Richland).
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