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J. D. CLINTON KASE,* a retired farmer and merchant of Elysburg, Pa., was born in

Montour County, Pa., and is a son of John and Eleanor (DeWitt) Kase, both of

Rush township, Northumberland County, Pa.



  William Kase, the paternal grandfather, was born in Rush township, and

followed farming all his life. He married Elizabeth Hubler. John Kase, the

father of our subject, was born in Rush township, Northumberland County, where

he grew to manhood, removing in 1826 to Mayberry township, Montour County, Pa.

For a short time he was a tanner and distiller of whiskey, later taking up

farming, which he followed until he retired in 1860. Mr. Kase was an active

member of the Presbyterian Church, being elder for many years. Politically he

was a Republican, taking an active inr terest in the township affairs and

holding all the township offices. Mr. Kase had many friends, being well known

throughout the county. He died at the ripe age of eighty-seven years, in 1875.

Mrs. Kase died April 29, 1869. Nine children resulted from this union: Isaac,

deceased, who married Sarah Mattler; Charles, deceased, who married Rachael

Reed; William, deceased, who married Sally A. Scott; Elizabeth, deceased, who

married S. A. Burgestresser; Catherine A., who married George West, and lives in

Danville, Pa.; J. D. Clinton, the subject of this biography; Margaret, deceased,

who married K. McWilliams of Elysburg, Pa.; James D., a retired farmer, who

lives in North Carolina, who married Mary Tousy; and Sarah Ella, who died at the

age of seven years. J. D. Clinton Kase, the subject of this biography, lived in

Montour County until he was twenty years old when he married Mary Clark,

daughter of William and Jane Clark of Rush township, where Mr. Clark carried on

farming. After marriage Mr. Kase moved to Mayberry township, where for

thirty-five years he was known as one of the most prominent farmers of the

section. In 1890 our subject located in Elysburg, where he conducted a hardware

store for three years, at the end of that period selling out to his son, Harry,

who does a prosperous business. Mr. Kase still owns the old homestead in

Mayberry township and he is now enjoying a retired life, though he continues to

take an active interest in the affairs of the church and township. Mr. Kase is

an elder of the Presbyterian Church, taking deep interest in all church matters.

For many years he has been a member of the school board. Politically he is an

unswerving Republican. Mr. Kase has always been a steady and unflinching worker

and his life has been crowned with success. He is very well known and liked

throughout the county, having many friends.



  Mr. and Mrs. Kase have been blessed with several children, as follows: Ella,

who married John Pitman, and lives in Rush township,—they have five children,

Mary L., Clinton, William, Hattie and Dora; Simon G., who married Dora Ent,

living on his farm in Upper Augusta township; Lizzie, who married John V.

Vought, a farmer in Mayberry township, Montour County, Pa.; Clark, who married

Emma Crick, and now lives on the old homestead in Mayberry township; Margaret,

widow of Silas Miller, who now lives with her father; John, a farmer in Mayberry

township, who married Bessie Bobb; and Harry C, who was born November 6, 1871,

and who married Stella Sober, January 2, 1879. Harry C. has a large store in

Elysburg, dealing in hardware, bicycles and buggies. He has conducted this store

since 1893 and does a large and profitable business.







Additional Comments:

* The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of

this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be

proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography

may contain typographical errors.



  Extracted from:

    

    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

    Published by 

    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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