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Born 1880
From History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people (1915)
C. D. CASS.
C. D. Cass, general manager of the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad, with offices at Waterloo, was born in Sumner, Iowa, in 1880, a son of S. F. Cass, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He was educated in the State Normal School and was graduated from the law department of Drake University with the class of 1901. He had previously been employed by the railroad company, having begun work in that connection during the periods of school vacation. Following his graduation he resumed active connection with the business, and has been general manager of the road since 1905, having in the meantime gradually worked his way upward, his ability increasing through the exercise of effort.
In 1901 Mr. Cass was united in marriage to Aliss Leila Bentley. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Bentley, of Waterloo, and they have become the parents of two children, Robert B. and Richard S. Mr. Cass is a member of the Commercial Club and Board of Trade and is interested in all the projects put forth for the benefit and upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade relations and development of its advantages. He is a typical young business man of the age, alert, enterprising and progressive, and he occupies a most creditable position in the business circles of this section of the state and in the regard of his associates.
As printed in History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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