Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Cicero T. GASS

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889
Published by Goodspeed-Pg. 810--Dade County Section

Cicero T. Gass.  Among the prominent farmers and successful citizens of
Center Township, Dade County, Mo., stands the name of the above-mentioned
gentleman, who resides two-and-a-half miles northwest of Greenfield.  
He was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1827, and is the son of Benjamin
and Elizabeth (McClure) Gass.  Benjamin Gass was born in Pennsylvania in
1797, was a farmer by occupation, and was a soldier in the War of 1812.
He went to Richland County, Ohio, and was married there, and there passed
his life.  He died in 1878.  His wife, Elizabeth (McClure) Gass, was born
in Virginia in 1797, and died in 1865.  She was the mother of five children.
Cicero T. Gass was the eldest of these children, and remained with his 
parents until twenty-one years of age.  He was in quartermaster's department
during the war, and in 1863 was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Castor, 
who was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1842.  Three children were the 
fruits of this union: James, Mary and Charles.  In 1866 Mr. Gass moved to 
Grundy County, Mo., and in 1867 to Crawford County, Kan., where he remained
until 1873, when he moved to Dade County, Mo., and bought 160 acres, where 
he now lives, and where he has since resided.  He is now the owner of 280 
acres, and is a well-to-do farmer.  In politics he is a Republican.  His 
grandfather, William Gass, was a member of the State Senate in Ohio, from 
Richland County, for a number of years, and the brother of William Gass, 
Patrick Gass, was with Lewis and Clarke on their famous expedition through 
the West.

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