Cass County, Michigan
Surname List

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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

Surname(s)

Researcher

Email

Adams, Bent, McKain

Jim Adams

jadams@dcwis.com

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
Birkholm, Judd, McNeal, Simmons, Zelner Marilyn Zelner Carter carter@beanstalk.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
Clelland/Cleland Mary Ann Root fma.root@tds.net
Clendenen, Collingwood, Hinchman, Pound, Vanderhoof, Veach, Woods Sharon Cornell kay2000@myexcel.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
Cooper, Edinger, Gable, Hollett, Howe, Thompson M.D. Hollett hollett@michiana.org
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

Eggleston

Jerry Eggleston

jfe3@mindspring.com

Emmons

J. Tracy Walker, III

jtwalker@rlc.net
Finch Bobbie Lee bobbieleeb2@hotmail.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
Hatfield, Harquardt/McQuart Loretta Hilbert FFHILBERT@aol.com
Heffron Regan Conley reganconley@earthlink.net
Henderson Linnea Denis lmrdenis@gorge.net
Hoisington Harriette Jensen hariji@sirius.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
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 lynnandbill@pcrs.net
Putnam, Vanderhoof

Wendy Terrell

STREINC@aol.com

Renchm, Daniel, Harriett, Ward, Ola Diana Kelley dlkelleygirl@earthlink.net
Robb Duane Robb Dewey12@cox.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
Stevens Sherle Stevens cabaretjazz@hotmail.com
Stretch, Byrd, Hawks, Newsome, Revels, Stewart Jack Stretch j.stretch@worldnet.att.net
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

Westphal - In the early Cass Co. census records they have the surname spelled Westfall from The Westphal's lived around the Marcellus area and from what I have found lately I believe that the Westfall's surname could be related to me. The earliest known ancestor that I was able to verify thus far is John Westphal Circa 1844 who had a wife Henrietta circa1939, they had 2 sons William and Frederick. John also had a stepson Charles but went by Charley b. circa - 1860. After the death of Charley, his wife Minnie remarried to a gentleman with the surname Akerly. According to John's obit he also left 2 sisters and 2 brothers when he died, I am currently trying to locate these people Ron Hawkins, Sr. hawkins@net-link.net
Wheeler

Anna Mitroka

amguest@earthlink.net

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

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