Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Case, Oscar A. 1849 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

OSCAR A. CASE.

   Various business interests have claimed the attention of Oscar A. Case, who
is not afraid to labor, but has worked on steadily year after year with the
result that he has become the possessor of a comfortable competence. He is now
engaged in farming, stock raising and in the burning of lime and has a good
property in Rock Creek township. Perhaps every state in the union has furnished
representatives to the citizenship of Indiana. Many have come from Ohio, and
among this number is Mr. Case, whose birth occurred in Hamilton county, in 1849.
He is a son of William and Amanda (Burns) Case, the former born in the Buckeye
state in 1821, while the latter is a native of Preble county, Ohio. She died,
however, when her son Oscar was but six months old. The paternal grandfather of
the subject was Benjamin Case, who was a native of Pennsylvania, but left that
state at an early day, making his home in Hamilton county, Ohio, where his
children were born and reared. He was a farmer by occupation and secured a good
tract of land in Hamilton county, which he developed into a productive farm. It
was upon the old homestead there that William Case spent the days of his boyhood
and youth and later engaged in farming on his own account. He was successful in
his work and, moreover, was so strictly fair and honorable that his course
gained for him nothing but commendation. After the death of his first wife he
was united in marriage a second time and they had one child, Olive, who is now
deceased. For his third wife Mr. Case chose Elizabeth Skinner and their children
were two in number: Allen, now deceased: and Charles, who is a machinist in
Hamilton county, Ohio. Mr. Case passed away in the state of his nativity on the
6th of November, 1900, when about seventy years of age. For forty years he was a
member of the United Brethren church. He possessed an amiable disposition, was
genial and courteous in manner and always considerate of the feelings of others.
The poor and needy found in him a friend. He had no enemies, for he always lived
at peace with his fellow men and his life was so upright that he enjoyed their
unqualified regard. To his family he left the priceless heritage of an
untarnished name and his memory is enshrined in the hearts of those who knew him.

   Under the parental roof Oscar A. Case spent the days of his boyhood and youth
and throughout his entire life he has followed the occupation of farming, to
which he was reared. He has lived in Bartholomew county since 1870 and is now
the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres of excellent land, all of which is
under cultivation. He raises cattle and hogs, keeping a good grade of stock and
has provided splendid shelter for both grain and stock by the erection of a
large barn in 1902. This is one of the best structures of the kind in the
county. In 1887 he built a comfortable home and he has a splendid improved
property supplied with modern equipments to facilitate farm work and render the
labor of the agriculturist more productive and more profitable. He likewise
conducts a lime kiln and in this work employs from four to six men and produces
about eighteen thousand bushels of lime annually.

   March 5, 1874, Mr. Case was united in marriage to Miss Marietta Hacker and
unto them have been born four children: Stella, who is the wife of Ira Gartin, a
machinist, who is connected with the Reeves works in Columbus; Musa, the wife of
J. L. Martin, who is with the pulley works in Columbus; Archie, who is living in
Alexandria, Indiana, where he is employed in the Kelly Ax Works; and RoyH., who
is telegraph operator and railroad agent at Colemont, Indiana. The children have
been provided with good educational privileges and have thus been well fitted
for the practical and responsible duties of life. The family is well known in
the community and the members of the household occupy an enviable position in
social circles. Mr. Case is the possessor of a comfortable competence and when
we consider that he started out in life on his own account we will see that he
is justly deserving of the proud American title of the self-made man. Mr. Case,
his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Martin, are members of the Burnsville Christian
church, of which he is a deacon. The other children belong to the Shiloh Baptist
church, which stands in the home neighborhood. Mr. Case is also an Odd Fellow,
as is his son, Archie.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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