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- "EDITOR DIES IN HOSPITAL; BURIAL MONDAY
Marcus M. Cass, Trained at West Point and Columbia, Was Lawyer But Never Practiced.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Marcus M. Cass, widely known Rochester newspaperman, and one time librarian of the United States Senate, who died last night in St. Mary's Hospital. He had been ill for a month.
The hour of the service at the home,126 Plymouth Avenue South has not yet been announced. Burial will be at Watkins Glen Monday afternoon.
Mr. Cass retired from active newspaper work in 1928. His last position was that of editorial writer on the Democrat and Chronicle. He went to the Democrat soon after the Post Express, on which he served for 12 years, was sold to the Rochester Journal.
Mr. Cass entered the newspaper field after receiving his arts and law degree from Columbia University. For many years he was the publisher of the Watkins Express. Friendship with Theodore Roosevelt led to the appointment to the Senate position which he held four years.
He was born in Watkins and attended the elementary schools there. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and after three years resigned to complete his education at Columbia. Although a member of the bar for many years, he never practiced.
He is survived by two brothers, W.H.S. Cass of Rochester and John Cass of Watkins and a sister." His body was interred 4 May 1931 in Watkins, Schuyler, NY, Glenwood Cemetery.
He married Antoinette Gano in Canandaigua, Ontario, NY, 1 Aug 1895.) The marriage record states the bride's surname as Brigham.
Antoinette was born in Dix, Schuyler, NY 27 Dec 1855. Antoinette was the daughter of Levi M. Gano and Miranda L.. Antoinette died 9 Sep 1922 in Rochester, Monroe, NY, at 66 years of age. Her body was interred 11 Sep 1922 in Watkins, Schuyler, NY, Glenwood Cemetery.
His funeral was held in Rochester, Monroe, NY, 3 May 1931. Marcus went to West Point Military Academy in 1878. He afterwards attended Columbia University. For years he was the publisher of the Watkins Express, and was appointed librarian of the U.S. Senate. In 1911 he became affiliated with the old Post Express and remained on staff until it was merged with the Rochester Journal, when he joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronical newspaper staff, in which he wrote a Sunday column called "Thoughts on Things."
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