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I am asking everyone on the Surname listing below to submit a brief biography on the ancestors they are researching. If you are researching surname(s) in Cass county and would like others to be able to connect with you, send an email to the County Coordinator with your name and a brief family ancestral biography. This will be in replacement of the Surname listing below.
Email me at: cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
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Surname(s) |
Researcher |
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| Adams, Bent, McKain | Jim Adams | adamsmckain@gmail.com |
| Aikens-Buck-Brookins-Bass-Christopher- Coker-Gilliam/Gillam-Griffin-Grady-Mourning- Haines-Irving-Scisco-Ware-Moore-Gibson -Keith-Goins/Goens/Goines-Bryant-Wahling |
Mickki from Michigan | mickki820@hotmail.com (Primary) williamst_7@yahoo.com (Alternate) |
| Allen, Peasley, Rich | Frances B. Reynolds | Beckreyn@aol.com |
| Arnold, Ashby, Brown, Jarvis, Deal, Dodge, Embree/Embry, Grinnel, McBride, Nash, Pemberton, Reed, Rudd, Shaffer, Symons, Tharp/Thorp, Underwood, VanMeter | Anne Hood | Hood@sprynet.com |
| Argabright, Benson | Marilyn Hansen | GNEOLOG@aol.com |
| Arnold, Brown, Howe, Pierce, Sage, Sherwood | Marilyn Lane | mlane10@surewest.net |
| Ashcraft, Blakeman, Burgoyne, Casper, Linkenheld, Main | Bill Scholtes | wscholtes@yahoo.com |
| Ashton, East, Quay | Sherrill Madden | mssherrill@fishnet.net |
| Avery, Grimes | Lorraine Griner | maplerow@inetplus.net |
| Bair, Driskel, East, Odell, Sharples, Talbot | Christy Stott | stottfamily@ameritech.net |
| Ball, Henderson, VanAntwerp, Wells | Elaine Morris | emorris@teleweb.net |
| Barnes, Boughton, Corwin, Gailhouse, Hankins, Maxam, Hoadley, Swisher | Nancy Corwin | nfcorwin@hotmail.com |
| Barton, Bolter, Pace | Cec Barton-Murrah | cec@imagesverite.com |
| Bass Jeffries Vaughn Haithcox | Lena Bass | lena@valu-line.net |
| Bellows, Bonnie, East, Reynolds | Joan VanLue | EXIDE2555@aol.com |
| Best | Jim Best | gumnut23@hotmail.com |
| BIELBY, POPE, SHAUL, TRUE, RIDENOUR | Mary | MaryAchtrh@aol.com |
| Bingaman,
Eggleston, Goodrich, Jones, Soper, Swartz I am starting with my Great-Grandparents Leo and Sadie (Swartz) Eggleston. (Marcellus) Leo's Parents Henry and Edith (Soper) Eggleston, Sadie's Parents Clarence and Neilie (Jones) Swartz. Clarence Swartz Father and Mother Isaac and Sarah Swartz. Isaac parents Fred and Harriet (Bingaman) Swartz. On Leo's Parents Henry and Edith (Soper) Eggleston, His Mother is one of 21 children of Henry H. Soper who was last married to (Francina, Francene, Francenah, Frannie) I have four diffrent ways to spell her name. |
Joshua Goodrich | jsgoodrich@gmail.com |
| Birkholm, Judd, McNeal, Simmons, Zelner | Marilyn Zelner Carter | carter@beanstalk.net |
| Bisbee/Bisby/Brisby, Luce, Reed, Burdock/Bindock, Hancock, Wheeler,
Mosser, Case, researching Julia F. Hancock who was born June 16, 1844 in Pokagon, Cass County, Michigan, the daughter of Slinthiris (Clinton) Hancock and Sarah Bisbee. Julia F. Hancock married Gabriel G. Palmer and settled in Hinton Township, Mecosta County, Michigan where six children were born; four of whom were lost young to Diptheria. Julia F. (Hancock) Palmer is a Cousin to my Great Great Great Grandfather and Civil War Veteran Elisha Poland of whom I know fairly little. |
Brett Butler | butlerzcomputer@earthlink.net |
| Boner, LaBarre, McKeeby | Kim Jones | rjkj1647@dataflo.net |
| Bowers, Pifer, Thomas | J. Kortz | Figgy232@aol.com |
| Bowles | Katherine McDonald | mcdonaldka@mindspring.com |
| Brady |
Maxine Denton |
maxine.d@shaw.ca |
| Brookins | Arlene Woody | arlene@brookens.net |
| Brosnan, Brosnahan, Bresnahan | Jean Brosnan | jeanbrosnan@comcast.net |
| Brown, Hilton | Cindy Kimes | ckimes@mvillage.com |
| Brown, Lee | Linda Lee Edelstein | kuju31d@Prodigy.com |
| Bullard | Mike | Campermike@aol.com |
| Burling, Colyar, Reams, Stulz, Wylsie | David R. Grinnell | drgrinnell@aol.com |
| Butler, Morian/Moreland | Margaret Butler | butler@tul.coa.state.ok.us |
| Butrick | Sheila | shecow@hotmail.com |
| Calvert, Cory, Harrington, Shroth, Yetter | Norma Harkness | norma813@concentric.net |
| Chatterson, Hall, Mendenhall, Spencer | Suzanne Clark | clarktlc@pacbell.net |
| Chess, Grinnel | Robert Bickham | bickham@bigfoot.com |
| Churchill, Harwood, Robertson, Robinson, Rushing, Brown, Reed & Deck | George E. Robertson | cavalr41@suddenlink.net |
| Clelland/Cleland | Mary Ann Root | fma.root@tds.net |
| Clendenen, Collingwood, Hinchman, Pound, Vanderhoof, Veach, Woods | Sharon Cornell Risner | s19kayc@frontier.com |
| Clendenen, Fricke, Horstman, Oyler, Rice, Robinson, Stretch, Watson | Sonya Otteson | Steven_Vitarelli@msn.com or SonyaSteve@aol.com |
| Cobb: Morris S Cobb b 1814 NY and wife Sarah unknown b 1818 NY moved to Dowagiac, Cass, MI between 1852 and 1858. They are there in the 1860 census and beyond. They had children: Alma E b 1839NY, Adelaide, b 1841 NY, Ann Augusta b 1843 NY, Albert T b 1845 NY, and Adelbert b 1852 WI. | Debbie Miller | millerbillanddeb@sbcglobal.net |
| Colyar, Laughlin, McCleary | Howard Graves | HowardG896@aol.com |
| Cook, Conley, and Butler | Elaine Griffen | griffen.1@nd.edu |
| Cooper, Edinger, Gable, Hollett, Howe, Thompson | M.D. Hollett | hollett@michiana.org |
| Cox:
Eliza Conway Cox Pennsylvania in 1788 - settled 1837 Penn
Twp 1866 probate showed living children: Hiram, May Ferguson, Jane Atwood, Eliza Giffen, Nancy Smith, John and James, all in Cass Co. - Gebhard: Johann Michael Gebhard & wf Margaretha Maurer came to Cass from Bavaria abt 1854-56 |
Kent A.Gebhard | wecotaguy@aol.com |
| Crum | J.B. EVERTS | jeverts@lni.net |
| DeLong, Peterman |
Everett Wells |
ejrwells@nwinfo.net |
| Denny, Hamilton, Harwood |
Jim Denny |
jhdenny@aloha.net |
| Dibble, Gardner, Odell |
Glenda Odell |
GOdell4848@aol.com |
| East, Kinsey, Stamp, White |
DeAnne Shelley |
DeanneShel@aol.com |
| Ekenbarger (Eckenberger) - I am researching the John Ekenbarger (Eckenberger) family of Cass County in Volinia Township (later of Decatur). John is my 3 great grandfather, and is on record having property granted from the Land Office under Pres. Jackson in 1833 in Cass County. He is buried in Charleston Cemetery. His son Jacob Eckenberger, a Civil War veteran with the D Comp. of the 11th Michigan Infantry was my 2-great grandfather. | Lori Eckenberger Cook | mljacook@insightbb.com |
| Eggleston |
Jerry Eggleston |
jfe3@mindspring.com |
| Emmons |
J. Tracy Walker, III |
jtwalker@rlc.net |
| Finch | Bobbie Lee | bobbieleeb2@hotmail.com |
| Flurry - Jacob Flury and his wife Catherine Rees moved to Cass county between 1864 and 1870. They moved from Elkhart county Indiana with a son. They show up on the federal 1870 census in Penn township, Cass county. The 1880 federal census still shows them in Penn Township. By the 1900 census they had moved on to Nebraska. They had three girls and two boys. The girls died from diptheria and typhoid, they moved to Nebraska in the spring of 1889. | Bob Boss | r_c_boss@yahoo.com |
| Fuller, Leich | Helen Leich | hleich@remc11.k12.mi.us |
| Fulton, Hall, Unberfield |
Erin Pierce |
erin@psyber.com. |
| Galbreath |
Linda Starzenski |
LAStarz@prodigy.net |
| Gates, Rose | Miriam Rose Hughes | donhughes@.msn.com |
| Griffin | May Snyder | wmsnyder@cybertrails.com |
| Griffin and Harris African American families | Sheila Bourelly Cassopolis, MI | sbourelly@aol.com |
| Gordon, Hansman, Shepard | Olivia Gordon-Stewart | olivia.stewart@sbcglobal.net |
| Hall, Spencer, Chatterson | Suzanne Levy | suzannelevy@cox.net |
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| Hatfield, Harquardt/McQuart | Loretta Hilbert | FFHILBERT@aol.com |
| Heffron | Regan Conley | reganconley@earthlink.net |
| Henderson | Linnea Denis | lmrdenis@gorge.net |
| Hoisington | Harriette Jensen | hoisingtonweb@yahoo.com |
| Holley - My
gggrandfather, Frank Zera Holley was born Mason, MI 2 Mar 1857. His brother,
Edward Irving Holley, was also born there 31 Oct 1858. I have been looking at
Mason, Ingham County, for years, since the family were early settlers of Ingham
County. Just found the family in Mason Twp., Cass County, on the 1860 census.
Parents were Joseph and Irene Graves Holley, who later moved to Illinois, then
Kansas. Willing to share all I have with other researchers |
Holley Izard | holleyizard@yahoo.com |
| Hood | Dave Farmer | dmf5@cornell.edu |
| Hoover | Rick Covic | RLCovic@aol.com |
| HUFF and THOMPSON | Kathy Barnes | digginroots@yahoo.com |
| Jones, Judd, Knapp, Loehr | Brent Beardsley | brentbeardsley@yahoo.com |
| Jones, Loupee, Rifenberg, Tolbert | Richard Anderson | cahome@dundee.net |
| Keplinger, Sossoman | Jack Sossoman | tpkaeng@swbell.net |
| KIRKWOOD family of Dowagiac area - Andrew (b. 1808), then Alexander (b. 1835), then Edmund (1859-1949) | Penny Lacroix | weaver39@gmail.com |
| Knapp | Evelyn Brower | evelynbrower@triton.net |
| Laverack, Laverick | Marcia Bommerscheim | mbommerscheim@trendnet.net |
| Lee, Leedy, Lorentz, Schriener | Sally | Sally0110@aol.com |
| Loux,Long, Hodgson | Robin Currin | robincurrin@yahoo.com |
| McCormick, O'Conner, Smith, Peck, Hurtle, Higgins, Tyler, Fox | SAM RAYMOND | lindar@mailaka.net |
| McCoy | J Tracy Walker III | jtrace@comcast.net |
| McKeeby | Lynda Minter | wildfree@whidbey.com |
| Macklin/Maechling, Mechling/Mechlin | Caral MECHLING BENNETT | CMechlingB@aol.com |
| Markham, Putnam | Billie Jane Lampson | BLampson@aol.com |
| Messenger, Hain, Salisbury, Zane, Farnum, Stark | Sarah Atherton | wkanat60@comcast.net |
| Miller, Patterson | Gene Andert | gandert@reawire.com |
| Moore and Walter or Walters family in Silver Lake Twp, | Kathy Minder, Geneseo IL | blukat@qconline.com |
| Moore | Paul Moore | PDMoore52@aol.com |
| Mosher | Hal Mosher | hmosher@erols.com |
| Motley | Sharon Sprecher | sharonsprecher@hotmail.com |
| Mrozek, Martha who
died around 1980 and lived on Brownsville Road Mrozek - there are several Mrozeks in the area. Edward lived on Brownsville road as well. |
Roberta DePiero | robertadepiero@msn.com |
| Nowak: Anna (b. Germany) & Joseph Nowak | Sheryl DeGraff | goddessofkitch@comcast.net |
| Oak(e)s, Bridge, Bair, Harwood | Jessie Ruth (Green) Sturdivant | sturdiv@hiwaay.net |
| Ochampaugh | Deanna McCormack | patdeemc@gv.net |
| Odell, Christman or Chrisman | Lori Odell Morris | loriomorris@hotmail.com |
| Owen | Bill Owen | ownbil@softdisk.com |
| Planck, Bulhand, Rinehart, Hartman | Ann Planck | annplanck@gmail.com |
| Playford, Day, Ickes, McManigal | Lynette Stiemsma | list1@serv01.net-link.net |
| Poorman, White, Hartman | Elinda Poorman Card | elindaandbill@gmail.com |
| Putnam, Vanderhoof |
Wendy Terrell |
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| Reed family, including William T, Nancy and children | Michael Reed | tsarselo@yahoo.com |
| Renchm, Daniel, Harriett, Ward, Ola | Diana Kelley | dlkelleygirl@earthlink.net |
| Revels family of Robeson CO NC | Sam West | sam.west.1@gmail.com |
| Robb | Duane Robb | OLDNRINKLED@COMCAST.NET |
| Roberson, Simpson | Rita Roberson | Lhl815@aol.com |
| Rosebrough, aka Rosbrugh, Rosbrough, | Casey Vigil | lilerthquakes@yahoo.com |
| Rounsefell - John purhcased property in Cass Co., in 1837 | Katrina (Rounsefell) Lawson | rounsefell@hotmail.com |
| Sammons, Cook, Knapp, Tinkham, Stark, Conklin, Swisher, Silver, Bedford, Smith, Curtis, Gilbert, Cushing, Conine, Frost, Osborne, Rinehart, Keatley, Pokagon, Blish, Tice, Felt, Meacham, Armstrong, Emmons, Judd | Ginny | Ginny39FL@aol.com |
| Shaw, Smith, Wade | Nancy Kanatzar | wkanat60@comcast.net |
| Sheldon | Darlene Sheldon | medar@charter.net. |
| Shimmel, Vincent | Lynette Stilley | lynettes@charter.net |
| Simko, Balog | Cherly Balog | cswoodie2@earthlink.net |
| Simpson | Janet Baker | Jbaker3940@aol.com |
| David F Stamp and Amelia (Hartman) Stamp and their children / grandchildren | Norm Dagen | ndagen@mac.com; |
| Stevens | Sherle Stevens | cabaretjazz@hotmail.com |
| Stretch, Byrd, Hawks, Newsome, Revels, Stewart | Jack Stretch | j.stretch@worldnet.att.net |
| Swartz - family mostly in the Marcellus and Three Rivers areas | Ron Swartz | rpswartz@yahoo.com |
| Timm, Horn | Marlene Miller | kwmthree@bigplanet.com |
| Tharp/Thorp | Ken Keck | kenkeck@nstep.net |
| Traverse | Ross Traverse | travfam1@triton.net |
| VanAntwerp | Daniel J. Van Antwerp | 75572.2723@CompuServe.COM |
| Warner |
Phyllis Peterson |
krnx11a@prodigy.com |
| Wares | Ben Kinsey | jkinsey17@comcast.net |
| Westphal and Westfall - See our tidbits page for futher details. | Ron Hawkins, Sr. | hawkins@net-link.net |
| Wheeler - Researching Wheelers descended from Shepard Wheeler and Phoebe Jordan thru Shepard H Wheeler and Charlotte Barton thru Benjamin F Wheeler b. Dowagiac 1864? Wheelers came to cass county from NH via NY by the early 1830's. Shep was a mill builder and moved all around southwest > Michigan and Northern Indiana. Lottie Barton was b. NY or Markham, Canada, She had a sister Harriet who married Boyd W Phillips. Her maternal unlcle was Ira Allen White who is on one of your other > researchers list. I live in Grosse Ile, MI and am willing to do look ups for people here in the Detroit area. |
Anne Mitroka |
amguest@gmail.com> |
| White - I am the great-great-great granddaughter of Erastus and Eliza White. Erastus purchased the land that is now Dewey Lake Cemetery and donated it to the township to be used as a cemetery. He and his wife are both buried at Dewey Lake Cemetery. Erastus and Eliza are the parents of Rachel White Dewey, who is buried in the cemetery with them along with her young son. | Penny Vanderbeck-Novy | ppnovy@comcast.net |
| Woolman | Sharon | grandman@ptialaska.net |
| Youngblood | B.F. Young | BFYoung@aol.com |