Cass County Profiles

Preserving Local History with People, Events, and Places

By Jeanne Watson (all rights reserved)

 

oxen
JESSE ADAMS - PIONEER OXEN
JESSE ADAMS, SR.

stone   FORT ST JOSEPH
ALLOUEZ = MONOLITH               FORT ST JOSEPH PLAQUE
FATHER ALLOUEZ & MISSION AT FORT ST JOSEPH

Bedford
JANE E. BEDFORD
JANE E. BEDFORD - 1851 to 1881

Cow
ABRAM CONKLIN FARM CATTLE TYPE RAISED
ABRAM CONKLIN April 9, 1806 TO December 22, 1876

clan  
WATSON CLAN TARTAN
  Tartan  
CRAIG CLAN TARTAN
GRACE FINLAY CRAIG

Jane
JANE ELLISON - 1820 TO 1902
JANE ELLISON - wife of Hugh S. Garrett

hUGH
HUGH S GARRETT 1825 - 1912
HUGH S GARRETT 1825 - 1912

Hawks
JOHN N HAWKS JR
JOHN N HAWKS JR 1849 to 1925

John
JOHN WESTON HAWKS 1810 - 1885
JOHN WESTON HAWKS

dress
VICTORIAN OF THE DAY - 1861 - fashion BELINDA ANN GILBERT MIGHT HAVE WORN
BELINDA ANN GILBERT - SEPTEMBER 4, 1816 TO OCTOBER 20, 1868.

Pokagon
CHIEF LEOPOLD POKAGON
(1775-1841)
OF THE POKAGON POTAWATOMI
OF CASS CO., MI
church
SACRED HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH
SILVER CREEK TWP.,
CASS CO., MI

CHIEF LEOPOLD POKAGON OF THE POKAGON POTAWATOMI OF CASS CO., MI
SACRED HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, SILVER CREEK TWP., CASS CO., MI
© By Jeannie Watson

 
George Bedford
GEORGE BEDFORD - 9/9/1813 - 1/28/1889
GEORGE BEDFORD - Profile
© By Jeannie Watson

 
Conklin
DR. ALICE IVA CONKLIN
1868 to 1959
DR. ALICE IVA CONKLIN & WOMEN IN EARLY MEDICINE
© By Jeannie Watson

castle
GILBERT'S CASTLE
WILLIAM BAGALL GILBERT
 
Frank Hawks
Frank Hawks
Airplane
FRANK'S TEXACO 13 AIRPLANE AT CHICAGO'S SCIENCE & INDUSTRY MUSEUM
FRANK MONROE HAWKS - 1897 to 1938
 

HAWKS type of tree
HENRY HAWKS, SR. & EARLY LOGGING
© By Jeannie Watson

McCoy        Mission
REVEREND ISAAC McCOY                CARREY MISSION PLAQUE
REVEREND ISAAC McCOY & THE CAREY MISSION

Page
JOHN L PAGE
JOHN L PAGE

Creek
CHRISTIANA CREEK
CHRISTIANA POLK & THE CAREY MISSION

RUSH
JOHN PIERRE RUSH - PERIOD CLOTHING
JOHN PIERRE RUSH
bell
SAMMON'S - PERHAPS TYPE OF BELL USED
CYNTHIA SAMMONS - story
Shavehead
CHIEF SHAVEHEAD
CHIEF SHAVEHEAD
© By Jeannie Watson

 
Ann
ANN BARTON SMITH 4/19/1814-2/7/1889
ANN BARTON SMITH - profile
© By Jeannie Watson

Whipoorwill
ESTHER ANN SMITH - LOVE OF WHIPOORWILLS
ESTHER ANN SMITH

Lucy
LUCY ANN SPONBERG 1823_1907
LUCY ANN SPONBERG
 
Chain Lake
SHORES OF CHAIN LAKE, CALVIN TWP., CASS CO., MI - Rev. William Stewart area
REV. WILLIAM A. STEWART, SR., & CHAIN LAKE SECRETS
© By Jeannie Watson

cabin
"MICHIGAN DOUBLE WIDE, TWO STORY" LOG CABIN - SIMILAR TO PETER TRUITT'S WHITE OAK TAVERN
PETER TRUITT

Slave
RUNNING TOWARD FREEDOM
PROFILE OF CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN'S - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

DRAINAGE
JAMES WATSON'S FIELD DRAINAGE DITCHES STILL EXIST TODAY
JAMES WATSON - SCOTSMAN PIONEER OF CASS & BERRIEN COUNTIES

horses
MICHIGAN INDIAN MUSTANG
WILLIAM WATSON