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Cass County Township

Entries in maroon font have been transcribed from Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia, published in 1876 by A.J. Johnson & Co., New York.

Wayne Township

Wayne, township, Cass county, Michigan. Population 999.

Cemeteries

1 - White

2 - Gage

3 - Wayne Chapel (South Wayne)

4 - North Wayne (Corwin)

LaGrange Township

Cassopolis, a post-village of Cass county, Michigan, at the junction of the Chicago and Lake Huron and the Michigan Central Railroads, 98 miles southwest of Lansing. It has a national bank, three churches, and two newspapers. Population 728.

PROP. "VIGILANT."

Dowagiac, a post-village of Cass county, Michigan, on the Dowagiac River and the Michigan Central Railroad, 105 miles east of Chicago. It has one national bank and one weekly newspaper. Population 1932.

Cemeteries

5 - Brady

6 - Union (Brookside or Dailey)

7 - Prospect Hill (Cassopolis)

8 - Whitmanville (LaGrange)

9 - Schulte (Schurte)

10 - Van Riper

Other Items of Interest

Names in the 1830 Census for LaGrange Township
1896 Cass County Pioneer Picnic (Many names here!)

Jefferson Township

Cemeteries

11 - Crawford (Jefferson)

12 - Reams-Norton

13 - Rest Haven (Cass Co. Poor Farm)

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