Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry 
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882.  
Cass County

ANTONIO CASANOVA, bar-tender, Beardstown; is a native of 
Switzerland, born July 15, 1845; son of Balzer and Margarite 
(Herman) Casanova, natives of Switzerland.  Balzer Casanova, who 
is still living, was born in 1810, and was for many years a member 
of the Swiss Legislative Department; his wife, who is still 
living, was born in 1812; they are the parents of ten children.  
Antonio attended school several years, in Ober Saxon, Switzerland, 
where he was afterward employed as a letter-carrier, for three 
years and three months.  He then engaged in the coffee house 
business, for ten years, and March 4, 1869, landed in New 
Orleans, La., and has since followed the saloon business in this 
country.  Mr. Casanova has spent a great deal of time in 
traveling, and has visited all the principal cities of this 
country, as well as those of Germany and France.  For the past 
year he has been tending bar in the Park Hotel saloon, in 
Beardstown.  In New Orleans, La., Feb. 3, 1876, he married Julia 
Frederick, a native of Germany, born in 1853, who died of yellow 
fever, in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 2, 1879; she was a daughter of 
George and Katie Frederick.  His second wife, Effa Frederick, 
sister of his first wife, has borne him two children; by his first 
marriage, he had three children; of the five children, three are 
deceased: Julia (deceased), Antonio (1) (deceased), Antonio (2) 
(deceased), Julia and George.  Mr. Casanova is a member, in good 
standing, of Germania Lodge, No. 369, Knights of Honor, of Memphis 
Tenn.

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