Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Case, Howard E. 1862 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Howard E. Case, president of the Davidson-Case Lumber Company, of Wichita,
Kan., is a native of the Empire State, having been born at Fulton, Oswego
county, New York, on June 10, 1862. His parents were Charles and Susan (Hart)
Case. The elder Case died when his, son was but five years old, and his mother
died when he was fourteen. The guardian of Mr. Case gave him a public school
education, which was followed by training at the Cazenovia (N. Y.) Seminary, the
Richfield Springs (N. Y.) Seminary, and Cornell University, from which he
graduated in the class of 1884. Mr. Case came to Wichita in the same year, and
was first employed by the Oliver Bros. Lumber Company. On March 1, 1887, he
began business for himself, when, with William Davidson, he embarked in the
lumber business, the first plant being started in Wichita. In 1889 yards were
opened in Oklahoma City and Guthrie, and after the opening of the Cherokee strip
more yards were added. The business was incorporated in 1900 as the
Davidson-Case Lumber Company, and is now operating sixteen yards in Oklahoma and
five in Kansas, with Wichita as the base of operations, or central plant. Mr.
Case is a firm believer in the future of Wichita. He is a member of all the
Masonic bodies and a thirty-second degree Mason. He is also vice-president of
the Wichita Commercial Club and president of the Southwestern Lumber
Association. He was married in 1887 to Miss Sarah Blair, of Huntingdon, Pa. Mrs.
Case's father, Alexander Blair, was the originator of the well known Blair mill
of that locality. Four children have been issue of this union, viz.: Margaret
B., now a sophomore at Smith College; Helen D., Howard, Jr., and Leslie S. Case.

Additional Comments:
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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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