ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: CASE, Zopher (published 1882)

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1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA
F.A. Battey & Co., 1882

        ZOPHER CASE was born November 2, 1816, in Ashtabula County, Ohio,
and is a son of Zopher and Annie (Randle) Case. He is a grandson of Capt.
Charles Case, a native of Connecticut, and a member of the company that
formed Washington's Body Guard in the Revolutionary war. Capt. Case left
his native State in 1798, and came to Warren, Ohio. Zopher Case, Sr., was
born in Connecticut, and during the war of 1812, enlisted and served with
distinction as Major in Col. Haye's regiment. He died in Ohio, and the
spring of 1833 the widow and family emigrated to Sturgis, Mich. The spring
of 1836, the subject of this sketch and four others came to the
neighborhood where Mr. Case now lives, and entered land. Mr. Case erected a
cabin just across the line in Milford Township, and then returned to
Michigan for his mother and the rest of the family. The same year they
located on their land. Mr. Case's is among the best farms in Johnson
Township. Mrs. Case, his mother died in April, 1870. Subject is of a
limited education. He married Nancy Highbargin, in 1838, and to them were
born five sons and five daughters -Leander, Leroy, Clinton, Orin, George,
Lenora, Alice, Mary, Clara, and one that died in infancy. The mother died
in 1866, and in 1868 Mr. Case married Annie Smith, who has borne him four
children -Riley, Guy, Zopher and Gaylord. Mr. Case is representative of the
self-made men. He began with nothing, at the age of twelve, working for
$3.00 per month. By labor and economy, he has acquired one of the largest
and finest stock farms in the county, and at present owns 800 acres,having
given the remainder to his children. He is an enterprising citizen, a
Democrat, and a member of the Masonic fraternity of Wolcottville.


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