The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . at large and hon-ored bv his Imsiness associates. Mr. (iass was l)orn in Catlin, Illinois,November 22. i8;8. His father, T<-ihn THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 141 Gass was born in Tennessee and died inAugust, 1895, in Chicago. He had been en-gaged in the hve stock commission businessin tliat city in connection with John Adams,Son & Compan}, for twenty-four years. Hetook up his abode in Vermihon county in1856, and in Danville in 1866. He was awholesale and retail grocety of the ctiy aswell as an extensive dealer in live stock inChicago. Hi
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . at large and hon-ored bv his Imsiness associates. Mr. (iass was l)orn in Catlin, Illinois,November 22. i8;8. His father, T<-ihn THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 141 Gass was born in Tennessee and died inAugust, 1895, in Chicago. He had been en-gaged in the hve stock commission businessin tliat city in connection with John Adams,Son & Compan}, for twenty-four years. Hetook up his abode in Vermihon county in1856, and in Danville in 1866. He was awholesale and retail grocety of the ctiy aswell as an extensive dealer in live stock inChicago. His wife died in Iebruary, the family were the following children:Hamlet; Charles; Mrs. George Cutter andMrs. Butler Miller, all of Chicago; and Mrs,Olmstead, of Danville. I,e\in D. Gass pursued his early educa-tion in the public schools of Danville andthen became a high school student. In 1S75he put aside his books and entered theFirst National Bank under J. G. English aspresident and E. H. Palmer as cashier. Heacted as messenger and errand boy in theearly days of his connection with the insti-tution and afterward served as collector foreighteen months and was then a
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