William Henry Case

As printed in 1902

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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As printed in Biographical memoirs of Wyandot County, Ohio : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... embellished with portraits of many national characters and well known residents (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.