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- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 19:39:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "lyn wilson"
To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CASE mail list] William Case of NY-MI Bio
Just this past week, another researcher found Horace in a Moore family history. I then followed up and
found Horace in MI and have started piecing his story together. I searched the Hillsboro Co. website and found the index to the bio., but their stories are not on-line, so I was going to have to try inter-library loan to get them.
Thank you so very much for your thoughtfulness. You have saved me untold efforts.
Willis and William are sons of Horace, as told in the bios. Horace is the son of Daniel Wilcockson and
Candace (Higley) CASE of Ontario Co., NY. I have been working hard on this family lately and now
have leads on all but one of their children, that being Hiram, who supposedly went to Ohio in the
mid-1820's.
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:08:36 -0500
From: "sheryle"
To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [CASE mail list] William Case of NY-MI Bio
From the Portrait and Biographical Album of Hillsdale Co., MI, 1888, p.847.
William CASE, a practical and progressive farmer of this county, is pleasantly situated on section 17 of Scipio Twp. His father, Horace Case, was born 1801 in Canandaigua Co., NY, where he lived until removing to Michigan in 1825 or 1826. He was a pioneer of Lenawee Co. and an early settler in Franklin Twp. In 1835 he moved again to this county, becoming a pioneer in Scipio Twp. He puchased 440 acres and improved a valuable farm, remaining a resident here until his death in Sept. 1862. He was a man of integrity, straightforward in all his dealings, and had the respect of all who knew him. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk War where he did good service. He was married twice. His first wife, and the mother of our subject, was Cynthia Moore, also a native of Canandaigua Co., NY. She lived only a few years after their removal to Scipio, dying there in Oct. 1842.
She bore her husband 8 children: Willis and William (twins), Candace, Sarah, Edna, C. N., Horace D., Helen and Mary, the latter two dying when quite young. Sarah is the wife of Hiram King of Jackson Co., MI; Edna is
the wife of Augustus BORDEN of Hillsdale Co.; Horace lives in Isabella Co., MI. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Case married Miss Priscilla C. PEARCE who bore him one son, Charles E., now a druggist in Jonesville. She
survived her husband and, on 4/25/1870, became the wife of Judge Willard RICHARDS of Jonesville. (See sketch on p333.)
William, our subject, was born 7/9/1829 in Franklin Twp., Lenawee Co. When he was six years old, the family removed to Scipio Twp. where he was reared on his father's farm. He attended the district schools. With the
exception of four years passed in California, he has made Scipio his home from childhood and has engaged mostly in farming. His success is evidenced by his fine farm consisting of 200 acres of well-tilled land on which
he has good barns and farm buildings and a most comfortable home.
The marriage of Mr. Case with Miss Martha A. STOOKEY was celebrated 1/8/1855 in Homer, Calhoun Co., MI. Her parents, Benjamin and Martha (GROVER) Stookey, were natives probably of PA. They came to Michigan and
spent their last years in this state, Mrs. Stookey dying in Pulaski, Jackson Co., in the spring of 1863. Mr. Stookey died in Scipio Twp. 12/25/1873. Mr. and Mrs Case have one son, Frank C., who was born in Scipio Twp. 4/13/1858.
He was married in his native town, 9/21/1881, to Miss Ella I. BAKER who was born in Montcalm Co., MI, 9/22/1863. They have one child, Clio B. William Case is quite influential in township affairs and is highly esteemed for his
sagacity, business tact and high moral worth. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is independent, voting for those men and measures that he thinks will do the most good for the greatest numbers.
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