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Cities and Towns | Anita
Atlantic
Cumberland
Griswold
Lewis
Marne
Massena
Wiota | County Seat: Atlantic
Year Organized: 1853
Square Miles: 564 |
County Information
Named in honor of Lewis Cass, a Michigan senator and an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1848. The county was established within its present boundaries in 1851 and originated in 1853. Religious persecution was responsible for bringing the first people of European ancestory to Cass County. The Mormons, fleeing from Illinois, were the earliest settlers, and established a community at Indiantown in 1846.
Edwin Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid, was a native of this county. |
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ONLINE DATA Births | Biographies | 
| Cemeteries | Census Data | Deaths | Historical Info | Marriages | Military Data | Newspapers | Obituaries | Website Updates:
May 2009: Obits - Harold H. Curry, Harriett Abbie (Hallock) Curry, John Joseph Curry, Mary Curry & Ralph J. Curry
Mar 2009: Cemeteries; Biographies; Obit - Burdie Young
Feb 2009: 1860 County Officers, 1860 Postmasters
Aug 2008: News Item for HARRIS
19 June 2007: obit | | We'll be adding data to this site as we can. You can help us to get this site growing by sending in your family's data. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other midwestern websites. |
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