- JAMES O. CASE, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Clinton; born in Pompey,
Onondaga Co., N.Y., June
- 29, 1803; son of Norris CASE, who was from Connecticut; his
father was a sea captain, and sailed to the West Indies; Mr.
Norris CASE was in the war of 1812, was Colonel of a New York
regiment; was born Aug. 31, 1771, and died April, 1819. James
O. CASE married, Oct. 23, 1828, Angelina WILCOX, daughter of
Giles WILCOX; have had three children - Estella (married R. D.
STONE, of California, and died Nov. 21, 1870), Seymour (married
Almeda WINTERS; their children are Homer M., born April 9, 1867,
and Ella, Feb. 19, 1877), Celora (married A. C. SWIFT, and is
living in Colorado). In October, 1844, Mr. James O. CASE came
to Clinton and settled on 120 acres; there was not a fence in
sight at that time, and more Indian trails than roads. Mr. CASE
himself and wife have been members of the Methodist Church for
thirty years. Mr. CASE was Commissioner of Highways when Wisconsin
was a Territory.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 776.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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