CASS, ROBERT, was born in 1768 or '9, in Iredell county, N. C. His father, James Cass, was born in England, and when he was six or seven years of age was pressed into the British navy, and trained to a sea-faring life. Being separated from his relatives at so early an age, he never understood his own name, and called himself James Cast. He came to Philadelphia, and finally settled in Iredell county, N. C. After raising a family there, he moved with his children to Clarke county, Ky., and there met two Englishmen by the name of Cass. After becoming acquainted, he found that one of them was his brother, and the other his cousin, and for the first time learned that the family name was not Cast, but Cass. His son Robert, whose name heads this sketch, having always been called Cast, did not think it prudent to resume the original name, but related the facts in the case to his children, and his descendants have very generally returned to it. Robert Cass was married Feb. 26, 1790, in Iredell county, N. C., to Lucy Riley. They had one child there, and moved to Clarke county, Ky., where they had four children, and Mrs. Lucy Cass died, Feb. 13, 1809. Robert Cass was married in Clarke county, April 26, 1810, to Mary Boggs, and had two children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 2, 1826, in Buffalo Hart grove. Of his seven children--

AMON, born Sept. 6, 1792, in North Carolina, married March 18, 1813, in Kentucky, to Patsy Simpson. He raised a family, and remained in Clarke county, Kentucky.

JAMES, born Aug. 12, 1697, in Clarke county, Ky., and married there Nov. 20, 1817, to Ann Hood. They had eight children, and came to Sangamon county in 1829. Mrs. Ann Cass died, and James Cass married Amanda McKinney. They had four children, and he died. His widow and living children reside near Mt. Pulaski. His son JOHN, born Sept. 22, 1820, in Kentucky, was married Feb. 28, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Mary J. Burns. They had thirteen children. ARTANECIA, born Feb. 5, 1849, was married April 15, 1873, to G. W. Edwards, and lives at Buffalo Hart Grove. AMON, born Sept. 3, 1851, lives with his mother. ALEXANDER, born Nov. 6, 1853, was married near Springfield, Ill., Nov. 3, 1875, to Delia Fenton, and lives at Farmer City, DeWitt county, Ill. LUCY A., born April 30, 1855, was married March 13, 1872, to Herbert White. They have one child, Olive May, and live at Farmer City. ALVI, JOHN L., ISABEL, IDA, ANNA E., SOPHIA, ROBERT F., HATTIE J. and TROMAS F. W., live with their mother. John Cass died Jan. 17, 1872. His widow and children live near Buffalo Hart station, or Farmer City, Ill. FRANK D, born Dec. 6, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married April 29, 1858, to Sarah G. Landis, who was born April 8, 1833, in Indianapolis, Ind. They have one child living, EDWARD K. F. D. Cass studied medicine in Mt. Pulaski, teaching school in the meantime. He graduated at Rush Medical College in 1864. Was appointed assistant surgeon of the 151st Ill. Inf. in 1865, served a short time and resigned. Dr. Frank D. Cass resides at Mt. Pulaski, Ill., and is engaged in practice there.

ARCHIBALD, born Dec. 1, 1799, in Clarke county, Ky., married there to Deborah Mershon. They had three children in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct., 1828, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had three children. Of their children: ROBERT, born Nov. 20, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 20, 1840, to Sarah J. Lawson. They had four children. MINERVA J. and ORLANDO W. died under two years. FLORENCE F., born May 17, 1852, died August 24, 1869. NOAH MATHENY, born July 9, 1857, lives with his parents, near Buffalo Hart Station. SARAH J., born Oct. 27, 1826, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, in 1842, to George Ridgway, have four living children, MARY C., ROBERT, JOHN and ALLEN, and live near Lockhart, Texas. WILLIAM L., born Aug. 15, 1829, in Sangamon county, died Aug. 20, 1846. The other children all died under six years. Archibald Cass died Sept., 1852, and his widow died later, both in Sangamon county. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war in 1831-2. He was also a member of Co. D, 4th Ill. Inf., and served one year in 1846-7, in the war with Mexico. He was a nurse in the army, and practiced medicine the latter part of his life.

PATSY, born Dec. 28, 1802, in Clarke county, Ky., married there Sept. 15, 1825, to Robert E. Burns. See his name.

NINIAN R., born April 8, 1806, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Mary Wade, They had seven children. THOMAS F. died in 1849 at Mt. Pulaski, aged twenty-three years. GEORGE W., married Martha J. Turley, have nine children, and live near Lincoln. EMILY married Daniel Dunn, had two children, and died in Missouri. Her children: THOMAS A., resides at Mt. Pulaski. MARY E. resides with her aunt, Mrs. Jones. LUCY E., born March 28, 1836, in Logan county, married Strother G. Jones. See his name. CAROLINE A., born August 16, 1838, is unmarried, and resides at Lincoln. SARAH AGNES, born in 1840, married Simpson Constant, had one child, CASS CONSTANT, and she married Frederick Bush. They have two living children, NELLIE E. and CARRIE B., and reside at Mt. Pulaski. ROBERT enlisted for three years, in 1862, in an Illinois regiment, and died August, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mrs. Mary Cass died Dec. 31, 1848. N. R. Cass married Mrs. Elizabeth Swing, whose maiden name was Laughney. She had one child, Belle W. Swing, by a former marriage. She married T. T. Beach, who is a practicing lawyer, and lives in Lincoln. Ninian R. Cass died August, 1872, at Mt. Pulaski, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Beach, at Lincoln.

A. BOWEN, born Feb. 11, 1811, in Clarke county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, married Jan. 17, 1830, to Melinda Burns. They had nine children in Sangamon county, namely: ELIZABETH E., born Nov. 14, 1830, married Nov. 8, 1849, to Michael Finfrock. He was born May 3, 1820, in Chambersburg, Pa., went to Miami county O., with his parents in 1836, and came to Saugamon county in 1843, Mr. and Mrs. Finfrock have seven children, BOWEN C., HELEN M., CHARLES M., PAUL H., IRVING G., WILLIS and ERNEST S. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. Mr. Finfrock was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors at the first term in 1861-2, and again from 1872 to 1876. MARY C., born May 8, 1833, married March 31, 1858, to Benjamin F. Edwards, who was born July 12, 1823, in Madison county, N. Y. They have four children, GAYLORD C., JOHN P., BENJAMIN F., Jun., and MARY B., and reside two miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. LUCY A., born August 31, 1835, married April 20, 1869, to Dr. Leslie Gillette. They have three children, LESLIE B., FANNIE T. and CEOGIANA, and reside at Buffalo. LEWIS, born March 10, 1838, married Dec. 24, 1862, to Christiana Lawson. They had four children. The eldest, WILLIAM S., and the youngest, ALFRED, died in the second year of their ages. CLARENCE F. and ARTHUR F. reside with their parents, five miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. PAULINA J., born Oct. 4, 1843, married Oct. 13, 1864, to Alfred Shrieve, and resides near Elkhart. HARDIN, born Sept. 16, 1845, married Oct. 10, 1866, to Hattie N. Landis, have two children, PHILIP and LEWIS B., and reside one and a half miles southwest of Buffalo Hart Station. SCOTT, born Nov. 20, 1847, MARION, born April 12, 1850, and HARRY, born born Feb. 3, 1854, live with their parents. Ambrose Bowen Cass and his wife reside half a mile southwest of Buffalo Hart Station, and within one fourth of a mile of where his father settled in 1826. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, both in 1831 and 1832, from Sangamon county, and was in the battles of Bad Axe and Wisconsin.

LUCY A., born Jan. 15, 1813, in Clarke county, Ky., married April 17, 1828, to John R. Burns. See his name.

Mrs. Mary Cass died Sept. 14, 18?? and Robert Cass died July 9, 1852,?? near where they settled in 1826.