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Ester A. <I>Freeborn</I> Cass

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Ester A. Freeborn Cass

Birth
Niagara County, New York, USA
Death
6 Jul 1912 (aged 91)
Richland County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Aubrey, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Christopher and Mary (Pound) Freeborn.
Some records show the spelling of her first name as Esther.

Married: June 1840 in Pennsylvania to James M. Cass (whose first wife, the mother of his four children passed on that same year in Pennsylvania.) Other information is that they married in 1847.

In 1847, "accompanied by his family, he started with teams overland for the Territory of Wisconsin. "
They settled in (what is now) the town of Spring Green. In 1851 he moved with his family to Richland County, WI.

In the 1905 U S Census Ester is listed as "Esther Case" 84 yr and is living with her sister Martha Freeborn age 77 yr. in Richland Center, Richland, WI. Martha is listed as single and head of the household.

In the 1910 US Census Esther M.(sp) Freeborn Cass age 89 yr, b. Pennsylvania (?) is widowed and living with her step son, Walter T. Cass and his third wife in Spring Green, Sauk, WI.

Also buried in this cemetery is the brother of Esther, S. I (Samuel Irving) Freeborn Fag# 80803276. Her brother "first came to Richland County in 1851 with his brother-in-law, James M. Cass, with whom he lived, being unmarried at that time."
Daughter of Christopher and Mary (Pound) Freeborn.
Some records show the spelling of her first name as Esther.

Married: June 1840 in Pennsylvania to James M. Cass (whose first wife, the mother of his four children passed on that same year in Pennsylvania.) Other information is that they married in 1847.

In 1847, "accompanied by his family, he started with teams overland for the Territory of Wisconsin. "
They settled in (what is now) the town of Spring Green. In 1851 he moved with his family to Richland County, WI.

In the 1905 U S Census Ester is listed as "Esther Case" 84 yr and is living with her sister Martha Freeborn age 77 yr. in Richland Center, Richland, WI. Martha is listed as single and head of the household.

In the 1910 US Census Esther M.(sp) Freeborn Cass age 89 yr, b. Pennsylvania (?) is widowed and living with her step son, Walter T. Cass and his third wife in Spring Green, Sauk, WI.

Also buried in this cemetery is the brother of Esther, S. I (Samuel Irving) Freeborn Fag# 80803276. Her brother "first came to Richland County in 1851 with his brother-in-law, James M. Cass, with whom he lived, being unmarried at that time."


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  • Maintained by: mmel
  • Originally Created by: Coxie
  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83360754/ester_a-cass: accessed ), memorial page for Ester A. Freeborn Cass (28 Mar 1821–6 Jul 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83360754, citing Willow Valley Cemetery, Aubrey, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by mmel (contributor 47686399).