Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Case was born in 1847, in Illinois, United States, his father, Nathaniel George Washington Case, was 34 and his mother, Angeline R. White, was 29. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Moultrie, Illinois, United States in 1850.
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- Geo W Case in household of Geo W Case, "United States Census, 1850"
- George W. Case, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Legacy NFS Source: Geo W. Case - Church record: Pioneer Canute Peterson Company: 27 June 1856; Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English cass, case ‘box, chest, casket, case’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.
English: alternatively, a variant of Cass or Cash .
Americanized form of French Caisse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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