Edwin Case
From Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. 2, publ. 1908 - page 885-886
EDWIN CASE, who has resided in Rock county, Wisconsin, since 1842, was born in Spofford township, Onondaga county, New York, on May 25, 1831, and is one of two surviving children of Samuel and Cloe J. (OLMSTEAD) CASE, both natives of New York state, the other survivor being a sister named Cordelia. The names of those deceased were Henry, the eldest; Abigail, Maraba and Henry, the youngest. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, also kept a hotel in the town of Senate, N.Y.
In 1842 he brought his family overland with teams and wagon from New York to Rock county, Wisconsin, and settled on a small farm which he bought in Clinton township, and also conducted a hotel for a time. Later he returned to New York and there died about the year 1853, his wife having passed away some four years prior to that time. They were both devoted members of the Baptist denomination and people highly esteemed and much beloved for their kindness and goodness of heart.
In politics, the father was a Republican, and for a time served as town supervisor of Clinton township.
Edwin attended the district schools and received a good English education. He was an ambitious, energetic and self-reliant boy, and from the time he was fourteen years old, did a man's work, taking a large share in the care of his father and mother, both of whom were in ill health much of their later lives. For five years he worked out by the month and being thrifty and economical saved enough to buy forty acres of land in Clinton township, and also bought and sold several other pieces of land with considerable profit. Later he purchased a farm in La Prairie township, which he improved and where he made his home until 1902, when he retired from farming and took up his residence in the city of Janesville.
In politics Mr. CASE has always been a Republican, but has taken no active interest in political matters more than to perform his duties as a loyal citizen. He is a man of kindly disposition and generous impulses, and always ready to give a helping hand to those in need, and has a wide circle of true friends.
In 1858 Mr. CASE was married Miss Eliza, daughter of Amey Herrick and Harriet (WINEGAR) BELDING, who were born in Montgomery county, New York. Her parents, also natives of New York, passed their lives there, the father being a farmer by occupation. Mrs. CASE is the ninth of ten children, of whom two besides herself, viz.: Emeline, the third, and Catharine, the seventh, are living. The names of those deceased in the order of their birth, were Sarah, Charles, Hannah, Spedy, Deodatis, Juliet and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. CASE now live in a pleasant home at No. 161 Racine street, Janesville, in the enjoyment of the fruits of their years of more active life. They have never had any children of their own, but have an adopted daughter, Olive, who is married to Mr. William M. COOK, and lives in Chicago, Ill.