According to his World War II draft registration, Stephen Greene Cass was born August 21, 1884, in Bellingham, Washington.
The 1889 Washington census showed S. G. Cass (age 4, born in Washington) living with his parents J. F. (age 44, born in Canada) and Matilda (age 44, born in Canada) in Seattle, Washington. His other siblings were M. B. (age 19, born in Washington) and Bessie (age 9, born in Washington).
The 1900 United States census showed Stephen Cass (age 15, born in August 1884 in Washington, office clerk) living with his mother Matilda (age 58, born in March 1842 in Canada) in Chicago, Illinois. His other siblings were Isabella (age 29, born in July 1870 in Wisconsin) and Elizabeth (age 20, born in May 1880 in Washington).
The 1910 United States census showed Stephen G. Cass (age 25, born in Washington, manager tile factory) married to Florence E. (age 25, born in Illinois) and living in Jackson, Minnesota. Children Stephen B. (age 3, born in Illinois) and Janet E. (age 1, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
Page 554. STEPHEN G. CASS (1907), manager of and owner of a half interest in the Jackson Tile and Brick company, is a native of Bellingham, Washington, where he was born August 21, 1880. In 1885 he accompanied his parents, James F. and Matilda (McCrea) Cass, to Seattle, and in that city he was brought up. He received his primary education in the Puget sound city, and in 1898 became a student at
Page 555. Grand Prairie seminary, Onarga, Illinois, where he pursued his studies two years. Mr. Cass located in Chicago in 1900 and for five years was engaged in the wholesale dry goods trade. Early in 1906 he went to Denver, Colorado, remained there six months, and in August of the same year located in Cullom, Illinois. He took up his residence in Jackson in August, 1907, purchased a half interest in the Jackson Tile and Brick company’s plant, E. S. Shearer being the owner of the other half interest, and has since been engaged as manager of the plant. At Denver, Colorado, February 1, 1906, Mr. Cass was married to Miss Florence E. Shearer. To them have been born two children: Stephen Bruce, born February 6, 1907, and Jeanette E., born November 15, 1908. (An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota, Arthur P. Rose, Northern History Publishing Company, Jackson, MN, 1910)
Stephen Greene Cass (Drain Tile Manager) registered for the World War I draft on September 12, 1918, in Jackson County, Minnesota.
The 1920 United States census showed Stephen G. Cass (age 35, born in Washington, manager of tile factory) married to Florence E. (age 35, born in Illinois) and living in Jackson, Minnesota. Children Bruce S. (age 12, born in Illinois), Janet E. (age 11, born in Minnesota), and Ethel I. (age 8, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
The 1930 United States census showed Stephen G. Cass (age 45, born in Washington, auto salesman) married to Florence E. (age 45, born in Illinois) and living in Seattle, Washington. A son, Bruce (age 23, born in Illinois), also lived with the couple.
Stephen G. Cass (age 62) died in Seattle, Washington, on December 23, 1946.