My Genealogy Hound

JAMES CASE, retired farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Maryland in 1797, and is a son of Thomas W. and Cassie (Coxson) Case, natives of the above State, which they left in 1802, and went to Kentucky, where they lived till 1813, then came to this township, living here till they died. Seven children were born to them, two of whom are living, viz., James and John. In 1819, our subject entered the employ of Jesse and Peter Grant, for whom he followed boating on the river. In 1822, he was married to Nancy, the daughter of A. Brookover; four years later he sold his farm and purchased (with others) 2,000 acres of land of President James Monroe, 100 acres of which was his share, on which he lived until 1870, when he came to Aberdeen. He has been Trustee of the Township two years, and Assessor for the same length of time. Eight children have been born to him — Richard, Eliza, Thomas W., Margaret E., John N., Amanda, Mary, and Horatio, deceased. Mrs. Case was born in Maysville, Ky., in 1799, and died August 14, 1838. He married, for his second wife, Nancy Cady, who died about one year after marriage. Mr. Case has thirty-two great-grandchildren, and, taking his descendants altogether, they make a very formidable army. For nearly fifty years he has been a member of the Christian Church. His first vote was cast for a Whig candidate, but latterly he has voted with the Democratic party. He is a man well preserved for his age, and although the weight of years hang heavily upon him, his mind is yet intact, and he can recount the scenes of his boyhood with a distinctness not often met with.