"We miss thy kind and willing hand
Thy fond and earnest care,
Our home is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere"
"We miss thy kind and willing hand
Thy fond and earnest care,
Our home is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere"
Inscription
LEWIS H. CASS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Bellefountain; born April 2, 1836, in Belknap Co., N. H.; son of Moses F. Cass, who came to Wisconsin with his family in 1850, and lived one year in Walworth Co., and in the spring of 1851, came to Columbia Co. and settled on the farm now owned by his son; he died Dec. 7, 1861, aged 57; Mrs. Cass, whose maiden name was Nancy A. Smith, died Sept. 1, 1879, lacking only 17 days of being 70 years old. Mr. Cass was married, Dec. 26, 1865, to Ellen Haynes, who was born Nov. 7, 1840, in Walworth Co., Wis., town of East Troy, daughter of William and Caroline B. Haynes, natives of New Hampshire, who came to Wisconsin in 1838, now living in Pardeeville, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Cass have only one child, Nancy Evalene, born Aug. 22, 1870. He enlisted March 3, 1865, in the 52d W. V. I., and was discharged May 20, for disability. Is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor; has 160 acres land.
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
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