When John Benton Cason was born on 28 December 1865, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, James Pulliam Cason, was 33 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Marsh, was 29. He married Ada Templeton on 3 August 1895, in Grant, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 7 North Fork, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 July 1932, at the age of 66, and was buried in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Married Women’s Property Act protected women’s rights protected property for women in Oregon upon the death of her husband.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name for someone from Cawston in Norfolk; the form of the surname reflects the local pronunciation of the placename, which is from the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Italian (Veneto): augmentative form of Casa .
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