Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Smith, Cassius 
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Alec Findlay findlayjohn@yahoo.com November 4, 2006, 11:11 am

Cemetery:           Foote-Rockwell Cemetery, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, MI
Name:               Cassius Smith

Date Of Photograph: October 3, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/footerockwell/smith74162gph.jpg
Image file size: 149.3 Kb

Tombstone Reading:
(three broken pieces, one with illustration of willow tree and temple;
birth/death dates taken from previous cemetery reading)
If real worth deserves a tear,
Stop reader, pay thy tribute here.
The godly man beneath this stone,
Equalled by few excell’d by none.
Footstone Reading:
C. S.


Additional Comments:
SMITH, Cassius; 1824-1861; a prosperous landowner who, according to the 1859 
Plat Map, owned acreage in the nearby townships of Lansing and Delhi.  His 
father-in-law was an early land speculator in Northwestern Ingham County.  
Cassius died December 10, 1861, aged 37 years, 11 months, and 12 days.  His 
footstone with initials identifies his grave.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/footerockwell/smith74162gph.txt

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