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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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D. R. CASE, P. O. Hamersville, a teacher by profession and a farmer by occupation, is a life resident of Brown Co., Ohio. He was born January 18, 1850, and is a son of Henry Case and Mary J. (Lake) Case, natives of Ohio and of English ancestry. Mr. Case was reared on a farm, and his early literary education was received in the district schools of Highland and Brown Counties. He subsequently attended the graded schools at Georgetown, and for two years was a student at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. When twenty years of age, he commenced teaching school, and has taught each year since, spending the summer months in the cultivation of the soil — Hamersville and Feesburg, have been the principal points in his educational operations. Mr. Case is a Republican. In 1875, he was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock, to Frances McBeth, daughter of Squire McBeth, this township. They have two children.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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