The Case Family of Wyandot County, Ohio

WILLIAM HEXRY CASE.

To this prosperous farmer of Eden township, Wyandot county, Ohio, allusion is made on another page of this volume in the life sketch of his father. M. B. Case, a part of which is here repeated as pertinent to the biography of William Henry, the subject proper of these remarks.

M. B. Case was born in Connecticut, came early to Ohio, and was married in Lorain county to Miss Lucinda Goodrich, who was born there. He was a dairyman by calling, and first located in Trumbull county, where he bought a farm on which he lived until 1846. He then came to Eden township. Wyandot county, and settled on a farm of sixty acres in section 7, deep in the woods, and at a time when there were only five families in the township. This land he subsequently sold and purchased another tract of forty- acres, improved it in all respects, and became a man of mark and great influence. He was elected a justice of the peace, also township trustee and to some of the minor township offices. In politics he was at first a Whig and later a Republican. He died on his farm in 1864. a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and his willow survived until 1896, when she died in the same faith while in Nebraska.

The children born to M. B. and Lucinda (’Goodrich) Case were eight in number, and were named: Sarah, who is the wife of

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William Henry Case was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, January 28, 1840, anti made his home with his parents until his marriage, in February, 1862. with Miss Mary M. Weckler, a daughter of John Jacob and Louisa (Fox) Weckler, who were born in Germany and came to America when still quite young, They first located in Crawford county, then in Richland county, Ohio, where the father was engaged in farming for several years, and then came to Eden township, Wyandot county, and here passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Case and his wife having lived with them sixteen years.

(May 1, 1864, Mr. Case enlisted in Company II, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio National Guard, under Capt. James Gibson and Col. Hunt, and served four months, mostly in Maryland and \ virginia, and took part in several skirmishes. Fie received his honorable discharge September 1, 1864.

In 1870, Mr. Case bought his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres in section 6, Eden township, formerly known as the James Leeper place. This farm was partly improved, and since taking possession Mr. Case has fenced and tiled it. rendering it one of the most fertile in the township.

The marriage of Mr. Case with Miss Weclder has been blessed with live children, born in the following order: Emery I.

who is farming in Eden township and is married to Ella Coon, who has borne him two children. Clarence and Vay: John, also farming in Eden township, is married to Anna Spangler and has a family of three children, Ray, Yere and Charlie: Truman W., likewise farming in Eden township, is married to Nava Kinley, and is the father of three children, Fred, Marie and Paul; Daisy Y., wife of O. W. Ellis, of Crane township, is the mother of six children, Kenneth. Gilbert. Florence, Gail. Paul and Annabel.

Mrs. Mary M. Case passed away in August. 1874, and on May 6. 1877, Mr. Case wedded Miss Leah Cooperrider. Site was burn December 5, 1851. in Perry county, Ohio, and is daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Klingler) Cck perrider. In her parents’ family there were three sons and four daughters, of whom but one is deceased. Of those living one is a resident of Colorado and one of Nebraska, the others all residing in Ohio. Mrs. Case lived in her native county until arriving at womanhood. Her union with Mr. Case has been blessed with the birth of five children, as follows: Maude became the wife of Ward Petty, a lumberman of Sycamore; Jessie, who has completed her education, has obtained a teacher's certificate. and has also pursued a course of instruction in music; Earl Grant and James A. are still in school.

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MYRON B. CASE is a native of this township, born February 22, 1850. His parents were Myron B. and Lucinda (Goodrich) Case, natives of Ohio and Connecticut respectively. His father settled in Trumbull County. He was married November 5, 1835, in Loraine County, Ohio, and subsequently removed to Trumbull County, where they resided twelve years, after which they came to this county, where they located permanently. Their children were Sarah, Augustus B., AVilliam H. H., James G., Joseph E., Francis O., Myron B., Anna M. and George G. Joseph was killed in the battle of second Bull Run, August 30, 1862, aged seventeen years; James G. died June 7, 1863, at home, aged twenty years; Augustus was killed in the battle at Resaca, May 15, 1864, aged twenty-seven years. The father died March 11, 1859; the mother is still living, residing with her son Myron. Our subject was married January 16, 1876, to May Bowers, daughter of J. S. and Mary (Mower) Bowers, whose parents were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively (see sketch). This marriage resulted in two children — Mabel, born April 16, 1879, and Beulah, born August 31,

1882. Mr. Case inherited an interest in his father's estate, upon which he now resides; he finished his education in the Normal School at Republic, Ohio, and engaged in teaching for nine successive winters. He is now Secretary of the Wyandot Mutual Relief Association; is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Case is a Republican.

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MYRON V. CASE.

Myron V. Case, who since his childhood has been a resident of Wyandot county, is now a partner in the grocery firm of Case & McLain. South Dakota numbers him among her native sons, for he was born at Redfield, that state, December 29, 1884, a son of Francis O. and Lydia (Foucht) Case. The father was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1847, and spent his entire active life engaged in farming, following that occupation in Ohio, Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska and dying in the latter state in 1909. The mother was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1850 and passed away in 1887. In their family were three children, Pliny W., Carl C. and Myron V.

After the death of his mother, which occurred when he was only two years of age, Myron V. Case became a member of the household of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kotterdb, Google man, of Pitt township, with whom he grew to manhood. He acquired his early education in the district schools and when he was seventeen years of age entered the summer school in Upper Sandusky, which he attended for two terms. This was followed by a six months' course at the Ada Business College, after which he began teaching, an occupation which he followed in the district and village schools of Wyandot county for about ten years. At the end of that time he turned his attention to commercial pursuits, forming in 1912 a partnership with E. F. McLain and organized the present grocery firm of Case & Mcljain. In the intervening year they have built up an enviable business and are today ranked among the leading grocers of the town. Their trade is extensive and they water to the best patronage, carrying a large and well selected line of staple and fancy groceries. Mr. Case is in addition a stockholder 'in the Buckeye Foundry & Machine Company.

On September 22, 1910, in Antrim township, Mr, Case was limited in marriage to Miss Iva Ritterspach, a daughter of Simon and Eliza Bitterspach, the former a well known farmer of Antrim township. Mr. and Mrs. Case are the parents of a son, Robert Donald. Mr. Case belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men and while he was engaged in teaching was president of the Wyandot County Teachers* Institute and secretary of the Ohio Teachers* Reading Circle. He gives his allegiance to the democratic party, and is a devout member of the Reformed church. He is a man of exemplary habits, strict integrity and strong personality and is well known in the county, holding the high esteem of all who have business and social relations with him.

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