Leigh Larson visited Spring Green Cemetery, Spring Green Twp., Furnas Co., NE, on September 15, 2011. This is the county just north of Norton Co., KS. Hannah Keith gave the ground for the cemetery on February 27, 1894. It is located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 20-1-23. The day of the visit was rainy and the temperature was in the low 40s. The cemetery is located on an unpaved township road, and the cemetery is basically a grassland of about 18 inches in height, which is probably seldom maintained. It was necessary to tromp down the grass in order to photograph the flat markers. The graves are scattered within the fenced-in perimeter, and a sign on the entrance gate indicates that the gate was erected in 2003 by a group of people honoring the pioneering citizens buried within. "Dedicated to the pioneer families of Furnas County, Nebraska & Norton County, Kansas by decedents & friends 2003." The Krause graves are located in the southeast portion of the cemetery, with the large Krause granite headstone containing "AT REST" and "KRAUSE" facing toward the west, the only side of the stone that is polished. Three separate granite markers are located flat on the ground, centered on the Krause headstone, as shown in the layout above. Please note that the NELLIE stone contains an overstrike on the last number for the birth year, probably due to an attempt to correct an engraving mistake. It seems most likely that the engraving company incorrectly created the date as 1899, and later tried to cover up the mistake by engraving the date 1896. As the newspaper article about her death indicates, she was born in 1896. However, the birth date, obviously based upon the grave marker, has been incorrectly interpreted to be 1898. Lucille died April 27, 1909, in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS, at age 10.

There are several graves very near the Krause plot, including Rachel Starry McCrea, William Oscar McCrea, Ranselaer McCrea, and ten Wyatt family members, including Eliphalet Alexander Wyatt and wife, Mary Ann (Starry) Wyatt.    

   

Mary Jane Abbey's Birth Evidence.

As a Civil War widow applying for survivor benefits for her minor children, Phoebe Elizabeth (Searle) Abbey needed to provide their birth certificates. Since none existed, she needed to provide affidavits from those who attended the birth.

Please scroll to the bottom of this page for an official transcription of the entire passenger list of the Bremen Bark Jupiter.

The Abbey siblings: Back row, left to right: Mary Jane Abbey (born 1859), and Charles Washington Abbey (born 1861). Front row, left to right: William Searle Abbey (born 1853), Lucinda Matilda Abbey (born 1848), and Isaac Abbey (born 1850). Picture taken in Fond du Lac Co., WI, about 1880. The original picture is courtesy of Mamie Kroning, who obtained it from Sharon Trace. The bottom picture is retouched courtesy of Kay Koslan.

The Observer, Richland Center, Thursday, April 22, 1880

RICHLAND COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE

William Abbey, Sylvester Blake, Marty. Brenaman and Mr. Crouch, minister, have each located a "claim" in Norton county, Kan. Mr. Crouch is preaching on that circuit, and will not return to Wisconsin this year as he anticipated. Mr. Blake has rented his place for the year and will return home first week in May. The above claims are quarter sections and are first-class land.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, January 15, 1885

Neighboring Notes.

Mr. and Mrs. Krouse buried a child to-day in the Keith Cemetery; Elder Mayo from Norton, conducted the funeral services. - Beaver City Times.

       

August Ferdinand Krause Naturalization Records.

   

On January 12, 1889, August Ferdinand Krause received a Land Patent for 160.61 acres of land in the NE 1/4 of Section 5, T001S, R023W, 6th PM, Norton Co., KS.

   

On December 10, 1894, August Ferdinand Krause received a Land Patent for 160.00 acres of land in the SW 1/4 of Section 4, T001S, R023W, 6th PM, Norton Co., KS.

Two homesteading entries for August Krause in Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS:

1. Given 1889, Filed 1889.

2. Given 1894, Filed 1898.

The Champion, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, April 4, 1907

The ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Krause, living north of town died of the measles Tuesday She will be buried tomorrow.

The Norton County News, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, April 4, 1907

Obituary.

Little Nellie Krause was born February 29, 1896, and died April 1, 1907. She was the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Krause. Besides her father and mother she leaves four sisters and four brothers, Mrs. Effie Case, Mrs. Elda Darling, Belle and Lucila Krause, and Oscar, Alfred, Wallace and Jason Krause, all of whom are left to mourn her lss. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community.

Oh Nellie now has left us, She sleeps in that land so bright And we hope to meet our darling Tho' we dream of her each night. There's a vacant place in our home, dear, Where your sisters and brothers will stay, And we hope to meet our sister In that land so far away. Dearest Nellie thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, Tho' 'tis God that has bereaved us He will all our sorrows heal.

F. E. C.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, April 11, 1907

Nellie A. Krause, daughter of August and M. J. Krause, was born February 29, 1896, and died April 1, 1907. Nellie was taken sick with measles and whooping cough, and they thought she was doing well and was up and around, but caught a cold which settled in her lungs. She did not last many days. Funeral from the home by Rev. J. R. Thompson. Burial in Spring Green Cemetery.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, April 11, 1907

High School Notes.

Several High School students accompanied by Prof. Turner and wife attended the funeral of Belle and Alfred Krause's little sister, Nellie, last Thursday.

The Norton Weekly Telegram, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Wednesday, April 28, 1909

Miss Lucile Krause died yesterday of brain fever. She has been sick quite awhile and has suffered untold agony.

The Norton Weekly Telegram, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Wednesday, November 3, 1909

To Gooding, Idaho.

Walter Darling, from the Darling settlement north of town, is packing a Rock Island car today with household effects and with Ira Barker of the same neighborhood, will move to Gooding, Idaho. Barker is packing a car at Almena. Both will take their families and give Idaho a good trial. Neither has disposed of his Norton county farms, thus leaving an anchor to windward. Mr. Darling has leased of his father-in-law, Mr. Krause, a forty acre farm near Gooding, soon to be put under water. Mr. Krause owns 320 acres of land there in a body.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, July 29, 1915

Excelsior

Mrs. August Krause had quite a pleasant surprise Monday p. m., as a nephew, Ernest Laclare of Duluth, Minnesota, came to visit and to work some if he can get a job.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, August 19, 1915

Mr. Isaac Abbey of Kelly, Wisconsin, a brother of Mrs. Aug. Krause, arrived in Norton Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Krause drove in after him.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, February 6, 1919

Mr. Aug. Krause received letters from his sons, Jason and Alfred. They are on the Verdun front, well and all right, and are hoping to be home by March.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, March 3, 1921

Mrs. Lucinda Shidell, sister of Mrs. August Krause, who has been visiting here for some time, started for home Tuesday morning. She will visit a while in Chicago, Milwaukee and Fond du Lac, before reaching her home in Milladore.

The Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, Thursday, May 25, 1922

Mr. and Mrs. August Krause have gone to Bradford, Pennsylvania, for a couple of months visit with their daughter, Mrs. Effie Case.

Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, August 7, 1922

The 2 yr old little one of Jason Krause living north of Norton, died this morning.

Sheboygan Press-Telegram, Sheboygan, WI, Saturday, July 5, 1924

VALENTINE SMITH OF GLENBEULAH IS HONORED VETERAN

Valentine Smith, aged 80 years, a resident of Glenbeulah, is one of the many Civil was veterans who fought for his country in 1864 to 1865. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Kewaskum and resided on a farm up to the time of enlisting. Private Valentine Smith enlisted November 3, 1864, at Fond du Lac, for the term of one year. He was a boy of 19 years at that time. Duriing his time in service he was very ill, and never expected to see home again, being a victim of the fever. At Richmond he remembers of a terrible battle in which they took part, and at this place he was taken a prisoner. But further he cannot recall. He was discharged July 19, 1865, at Detroit, Michigan. He returned to Kewaskum, where he resumed the occupation of farming. A few years later he was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Krause, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Krause at Auburn. Mr. Smith continued farming, and spent many years at Kewaskum. Later they moved to Forest, Fond du Lac county, where they purchased a farm. A few years ago the family moved to Glenbeulah, where Mr. Smith now resides with his children. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have the following children: Mrs. Emma Pambeine, Allington; Mrs. Bertha Lohse, Forest; and Miss Louise and Albert of Glenbeulah.

The Campbellsport News, March 24, 1927

ALBERT BUTZKE CALLED BY DEATH

Albert Butzke, Sr., aged 87 years, one of the few surviving pioneer settlers of this vicinity, died at his home about three miles east of the village in town of Auburn, at 8 o'clock last Sunday morning, following a one-day illness.  Mr. Butzke was born in Grobunz, Germany, on June 27, 1840, and at the age of 20 years came to America, settling in the Town of Auburn, where he had since resided. He was married May 27, 1875, to Louise Krause. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1925.    Surviving the deceased are his widow and seven children, August of Unity, Mrs. Otto Hinn of the Town of Scott, Sheboygan county, Herman, Albert, Jr., Louis, Arnold and Henry all residing in the vicinity east of this village. Also 16 grandchildren survive. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the house of Henry Butzke and at 2 o'clock from the New Fane Evangelical church, Rev. C. J. Gutekunst officiating. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Leigh Larson note: Albert William Ferdinand Butzke 6/27/1840 - 3/20/1927; Plot 3-20 Louisa: 12/6/1858 - 6/29/1929. Buried in St. John Cemetery, Auburn Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI.

Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, December 26, 1929

Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Louise Butzky of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, who was a sister of August Krause, also that of Mrs. Emma Hollingshead of Woodland, California, a niece of Mrs. Krause, had passed away. 

August Ferdinand Krause died August 28, 1934, at Laird Memorial Hospital, City of Norton, Norton Co., KS, at age 79. Buried in Spring Green Cemetery, Spring Green Twp., Furnas Co., NE.

Norton Courier, City of Norton, Norton Co., KS, August 28, 1934

UREMIC POISONING FATAL TO KRAUSE

Citizen of County for 54 Years Yields to Less Than Four-Day Illness Shortly Before Noon

An illness of less than four days of uremic poisoning became fatal about 11 o'clock this morning for August Ferdinand Krause at the Laird Memorial Hospital. Although not in the best of health for the past few years, he did not become ill until Friday night. He was removed from his home at 325 West Main street to the hospital Saturday night in unconscious condition. Physicians felt at that time that he could not recover. The body is at Scott mortuary until funeral arrangements are made, awaiting word from members of the family. Jason Krause of Wichita, a son, arrived here shortly after his father's death, leaving Wichita last night after he was advised Mr. Krause's condition was critical. Mr. Krause, who was born at Swanbach, Germany, had lived in Norton County for 54 years, coming here in 1880 from Fon du Lac, Wis., and locating on a farm 11 miles north and two miles west of Norton. Their children grown, Mr. and Mrs. Krause moved from the farm into Norton in 1920 and have resided here since, Mr. Krause devoting his time to looking after his property interests. Surviving with Mrs. Krause are two daughters and four sons, as well as grandchildren and other relatives. The children are Oscar Krause, Mrs. Velma McCrea and Mrs. Elda Darling all of Gooding, Idaho; Jason Krause of Wichita, Alfred Krause of Bradford, Pa., and Wallace Krause of Sioux City, Nebr.

Plat Map of Aldine Twp., Norton Co., KS, 1935

Mary Jane (Abbey) Krause Death Record.

Norton Courier, Norton, Norton Co., KS, July 19, 1954

Resident Dies In Pennsylvania

Mrs. Mary Jane Krause, 94, of Bradford, Pa., early resident of Norton County, died Saturday, July 17, at Bradford. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, July 21, from the Scott-Brantley Funeral Home. Rev. Rex Harmon will officiate. Interment will be made in the Spring Green Cemetery. Mrs. Krause was married to August Krause, who predeceased her Aug. 28, 1934. They lived for many years on a farm north of Norton near the Nebraska line. In the early 20's they retired from the farm and moved to a residence on west Main street, which Mrs. Krause owned at the time of her death. She was a member of the Christian church and lived her life by her churches teachings. She was considered a good neighbor and friend and leaves a number of friends in this community who will regret to learn of her death. Surviving are three sons and one daughter. They are Mrs. Walter Darling, Gooding, Ida., Alfred Krause, Bradford, Penn., Oscar Krause, Long Beach, Calif., and Wallace Krause of Iowa. The body of Mrs. Krause accompanied by Mr. Mrs. Alfred Krause will arrive in Norton by Rock Island train Tuesday morning.

The Bradford Era, Bradford, McKean Co., PA, Monday, July 19, 1954

Mrs. Mary Jane Krause Dies in Hospital After Long Illness

Mrs. Mary Jane Krause, 96, mother of Alfred A. Krause of 26 Bon Air Ave., died at the Fairview Hospital, Degolia, Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Born in Montreal, Canada, on July 3, 1858, Mrs. Krause lived in Kansas most of her life. She came to Bradford in October, 1943. On November 3, 1944, Mrs. Krause fractured her hip and had been a patient in the hospital since that time. She is survived by three sons, Oscar W. Krause, Bellflower, Calif., Alfred O. Krause, Bradford, and Wallace E. Krause, Green Island, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Darling, Gooding, Idaho; 16 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren. A brief prayer service was held yesterday afternoon at the Koch-Chatley Memorial Chapel. Howard Smith, Reader of the First Church of Christ officiated. The body was taken last night to Norton, Kan., where further services and burial will take place Wednesday afternoon..

Sheboygan Journal, Sheboygan, WI, Friday, March 25, 1927

Albert Butzke, Sr., died Monday at the home of his son, Henry Butzke.

The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, Tuesday, April 5, 1927

Albert Smith attended the funeral of his uncle, Albert Butzke, at Campellsport Wednesday.

Sheboygan Journal, Sheboygan, WI, Wednesday, August 19, 1970

LOUIS G. BUTZKE

Louis G. Butzke, 79, R. 2, Campbellsport, died Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, after a lengthy illness. He was born July 3, 1891, in the Town of Auburn (Fond du Lac County) to the late Albert and Louisa Krause Butzke. On Nov. 18, 1914, he married the former Hanna Arndt at Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Town of Scott. He was a lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church, New Fane. Mr. Butzke is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Walter (Loretta) Stande, New Fane; two sons, Elroy, Kewaskum, and Ray, R. 1, Campbellsport; a brother, Arnold, Kewaskum, 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at St. John Church, New Fane, Rev. Arthur Haupt, officiating. Friends may call at Miller's Funeral Home, Kewaskum, from 4 p.m. Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday, and at the church from noon Friday until the time of services.

Published 1894

Job Russell Case was the third son of a family of ten children and was born in Washington country, New York, July 1, 1822.  Mr. Case's parents were New Englanders of Scotch descent.  His father, Wm. Case, served with honor in the war of 1812; he was the son of Isaac Case who was an officer in the Revolution, and was noted for his great feats of strength and daring.

Job was a sturdy boy and showed early signs of more than ordinary physical strength and energy, qualities that have stood him well in hand in the path that fate seemed to have marked out for him to follow.  Removing at an early age to Cattaraugus county, New York, then almost an unbroken wilderness of rocky hills and giant forests, but where today hundreds of acres of pleasant meadows and fruitful orchards stand as monuments to this man's great energy and almost superhuman endurance, and many a Kansas urchin has been made glad at sight of the rosy cheeked apples shipped from some of those same orchards.

Mr. Case was married at the age of 22 to Miss Debbie Milks of Napoli, New York.  This proved to be a marriage of natural adaptation.  The wife bringing the industrious loom and spinning wheel of those days which played an accompaniment to the music of the ax and flail of the thrifty farmer.  There were born of this marriage nine children, five boys and four girls, which with the exception of one infant all lived to be men and women grown as follows: Mrs. A. V. Reed, now residing at Little Valley, New York; Theresa, wife of J. B. F. Chamblin, manufacturer of cutlery, Little Valley, W. R. Case of the firm of Case Bros. stock breeders of Spring Green, Nebraska; Jean Case of same place and business; Emma, wife of J. W Brown, merchant at Little Valley, New York; John D. Case of Case Bros., Spring Green; Andrew J. Case of same place and business; Jessie, wife of J. H. Barnard, farmer near Spring Green, Nebraska.

Mrs. Case died in 1868 and Mr. Case again married, this time to Miss Maria E. Dolbeir to whom was born one son and one daughter.  The son, Edwin, is in the dairy and fruit business in New York state; the daughter, Mabel is still with her parents.

In 1873 two of his oldest sons, Wm. and Jean, having settled in Furnas county, Nebraska.  Mr. Case determined to test the qualities of prairie soil and moved to Nebraska locating in October 1873 near his sons on the Sappa in Furnas county.

About this time Mr. Case met with a severe financial loss through the failure of the banking firm of S. S. Marsh in Little Valley, New York, sweeping away much of the hard accumulation of years.  Although the strength of his youth had begun to wane, and crippled financially the old fire and ambition still remained; proving up on his first settlement in 1874 he homesteaded the same year, land in Norton county one mile northwest of Norton.  He remained on this land until 1880. He then moved to Norton. Mrs. Case opened a millinery store. Mr. Case was engaged in numerous enterprises on a small scale.  He became a shareholder in the Norton town company and was at one time President of the association.  He has a well disciplined mind and would speak on public questions with great force and originality in our debating societies.  His outward appearance was cold and austere; but close acquaintance showed him to be companionable and communicative, although he never smiled.  The expression of his face spoke volumes.  He owned the Wm Maudlin farm, six miles east of Norton, and lived out there for a short time.  Beginning to feel the weight of years and longing for old familiar scenes of his native state, in 1884 he returned to his old home in Little Valley.

Having in his day perhaps subdued as many acres and planted as many orchards as any man now living, giving employment to hundreds, he has undoubtedly earned a quiet and peaceful old age.  He now lives in retirement at Little Valley, New York.

Politically Mr. Case has of late years been a prohibitionist.  Always a temperate man it is his boast that he never has tasted whisky or tobacco, and takes a just pride in his vigor which he attributes to his temperate habits, neither has he a son or grandson who uses either of them although he represents twenty-one male descendents.  In religions matters Mr. Case might be termed a "Free Thinker."  In reply to a question asking him regarding his belief in the future state, the following lines apply admirably.
When we do a good deed it is done to stay:
And though evil we do in another day
It taketh not that good away,
Nor can we to a saviour pray,
And wash our evil deeds away.
But each by their own full record must stand.
When the books are balanced
In the other land.

Northwestern Pennsylvania - The History

J. RUSSELL CASE - Known throughout the United States for his accomplishment as a cutlery manufacturer, J. Russell Case continues, in-Bradford, the firm of W. R. Case & Son, founded and for years headed by his father. This organization occupies a prominent place in Bradford industrial life and in the cutlery business of the Nation.

Mr. Case was born October 27, 1878, in Nebraska, son of William R. and Mary (Fox) Case, both of whom are now deceased. The father, William R. Case, went west with his brother, Jean Case, when he reached the age of twenty-one years, and the two brothers together operated a mail and freight route for the Federal Government in Kansas and Nebraska. In 1878 Mrs. Mary (Fox) Case, whom he had married at the age of twenty and taken west with him, died, whereupon, in 1879, William R. Case returned to the East and entered the cutlery business in Little Valley, New York. The present firm, or its predecessor, was established there in 1895, and there William R. Case continued it until 1905. Then he decided to come to Bradford, where he put up a thoroughly modern plant and initiated the present firm of W. R. Case & Son. They manufacture “Case Tested Double XX” cutlery, popular throughout the United States. W. R. Case remained president of the organization until his death in 1931, where­upon he was succeeded by his son, J. Russell Case, who has continued the work down to the present. William R. Case was also the main sponsor of the Case Land Company, and was instrumental in transforming the swamps in Foster Brook into a fine residential district. He was the first man in the United States to travel and sell cutlery from samples, according to records of the industry.

Common schools of Little Valley, New York, where the family formerly lived, provided J. Russell Case’s early formal education. He “grew up” in the cutlery business from a very early age, and has remained in it since that time. The enterprise was established, as already indicated, back in 1890, and since its removal to Bradford he has been prominent in its management. Through the years of the firm’s history the number of employees has grown from forty people to about 350. At the time of the father’s death, in 1931, there were about two hundred. Originally, in Bradford, the business was situated in a small establishment in Bank Street, very different from the fine up-to-date plant now operating in Russell Boulevard.

Quite aside from his work with this company, J. Russell Case operates a fine farm, raising roughage to feed a herd of about sixty head of milk cows. Politically he follows an independent course, casting his support in favor of candidates and measures of his choice rather than on any partisanship basis. He belongs to the Bradford Club and the Bradford Board of Commerce, and in the Free and Accepted Masons is affiliated with Little Valley Lodge, Buffalo Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (in Erie).

J. Russell Case married (first) Effie L. Crouse, and (second) Florence Lichty.

The Central Overland Pony Express of 1860-61 was not the first nor the last venture to transport and deliver mail by horseback. While most attention has always been focused on the Transcontinental Pony Express route to California, there were many comparable services scattered throughout the west. Often these services lasted but a short time.

The purpose of this page is to provide a forum to list other riders and other routes and to provide a means of recognizing those gallant riders who provided the communication links that helped to bind our country together.

Andrew Jaxon Case

Born: March 4, 1862, Napoli, Cattaraugus County, New York

Died: January 15, 1940, Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York

Andrew Jaxson Case rode for a pony express probably in 1878.

Evidence: "Historic Annals of SW NY; pub 1940; Vol 3, pp 180-181. "A. J.Case, who during his young manhood had a romantic career as one of the pony express riders over the prairies in the days before the Union Pacific RR was built."

He lived in Furnas County, Nebraska, and Norton, Kansas, 1880-1883. He was married in Norton Kansas. His first child was born in Norton in 1883. He was a salesman for Case Brothers Cutlery of New York and was a stock breeder, both in 1890s.

Information submitted by Karyl Hahn January 1998

40. Jobe Russell CASE was born on 5 Jul 1821 in Spafford, Onondaga, NY. He was born on 5 Jul 1821 in Spafford, Cattaraugus, NY. He appeared on the census in 1850 in *Napoli, Cattaraugus, NY. 1850, NY, Cattaraugus Co., Napoli; pg 68; #181/182
CASE, Job R.; 29y; M; farmer; $1300 real estate; b NY
CASE, Deborah M.; 31y; F; b NY
CASE, Anna; 6y; F; b NY
CASE, Mary T.; 5y; F; b NY
CASE, William; 3y; M; b NY
CASE, Eugene; 1/365; M; b NY He appeared on the census in 1855 in *Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., NY. 1855; NY, Cattaraugus Co., Napoli; pg 292 & 292; dwelling #45
CASE, Job R.; 35y; male; b Washington Co.; married; in town 8y; farmer
CASE, Deorah; 35y; female; wife; b Washington Co.; in town 30y;CASE, Anna V.; 12y; female; child; b Wis.; in town 8y
CASE, Mary G.; 11y; fmale; child; b Wis; in town 8y
CASE, William R.; 8y; b Cattaraugus Co.; in town 8y
CASE, Gean; 3y; male; child; b Catt. Co.; in town 3y
CASE, Emme E.; 1y; female; child; b Catt. Co.; in town 1y He appeared on the census in 1860 in *Napoli, Cattaraugus, NY. 1860, NY, Cattaraugus Co., Napoli; pg 36; #290/301
CASE, Job R.; 38y; M; $1900 real estate/$500 personal; b NY
CASE, Deborah M.; 40y; F; b NY
CASE, Ann V.; 16y; F; b Wisconsin; domestic
CASE, William R.; 12y; M; b NY
CASE, Jean A.; 7y; F; b NY
CASE, Emma E.; 5y; F; b NY
CASE, Jessie; 3y; F; b NY
CASE, John; 1y; M; b NY
CASE, Theresa M.; 14y; F; domestic; b NY He appeared on the census in 1865 in *Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., NY. 1865; NY, Catt. Co., Napoli; pg 25-6; dwelling 178; family #179
CASE, Jobe R.; 44y; male; b Catt. Co.; married once; farmer;
CASE, Deborah; 45y; wife; b Washington Co.; has 10 children; married once;
CASE, William R.; 17y; child; b Catt. Co.; single; farmer
CASE, Gean; 12y; male; child; b Catt. Co; single
CASE, Emma; 11y; female; child; b Catt. Co; single
CASE, Jesse; 9y; male; child; b Catt. Co.; single
CASE, John; 7y; male; child; b Catt. Co.; single
CASE, Andy; 3 3/12y; male; child; b Catt. Co.; single

dwelling #178; famly #179
WADKINS, John; 26y; male; b Catt. Co.; married; farmer
WADKINS, Virginia; 21y; female; wife; b Wisconsin He appeared on the census in 1870 in *Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., NY. 1870 US Census; NY, Cattaraugus Co., Napoli; pg 6; #48/48
CASE, Joseph R.; W; M; 49y; farmer $5000/$1000; b NY
CASE, Maria A.; W; F; 30y; keeping house; b NY
CASE, Jessie; W; F; 14y; b NY
CASE, John; W; M; 12y; b NY
CASE, Andy; W; M; 8y; b NY
Osere ?; W; M; 1y; b NY He appeared on the census in 1880 in *Norton Precinct, Norton Co., Kansas. 1880 US Census; Kansas, Norton Co., Norton Precinct; ED#201; pg 10; line 13; #99/99
CASE, Job; W; M; 58y;married; farmer; b NY; f/b RI; m/b CT
CASE, Maria; W; F; 39y; wife; married; keeping house; b Michigan; f/bCT; m/b CT
CASE, Andy J.; W; M; 18y; son; farmer; single; b NY; f/b NY; m/b NY
CASE, Edwin D.; M; W; 11y son; at home; b NY; f/b NY; m/b MI
CASE, Mable E.; F; W; 1/12 yr b in May; at home; single; b Kansas; f/b NY; m/b Mi

family #100/100 living next door
CASE, William E.; M; W; 30y; farmer; married; b VT; f/b VT; m/b VT
CASE, Lou N.; F; W; 27y; wife; keeping house; b OH; f/b VT; m/b not listed
CASE, Stella; F; W; 5y; daughter; single; at home; b KS; f/b VT; m/b not listed
CASE, Ida; F; W; 2y; daughter; single; b KS; f/b VT; m/b not listed
CASE, Bertha; F; W; 9/12 b Aug; daughter; at home single; b KS; f/b VT; m/b not listed He was Newspaper article on 22 Feb 1894 in Norton Co., Kansas. Champion Newspaper, Norton, Kansas 2 Feb. 1894

Job Case was the third son in a family of 10 children and was born in Washington County, New York July 1, 1822. Mr. Case's parents were New Englanders of English and Scotch descent. His father, William served with honor in the war of 1812: he was the son of Isaac Case who was an officer in the Revolution, and was noted for his great feats of strength and daring.

Job was a sturdy boy and showed early signs of more than ordinary physical strength and energy, qualities that have stood him well in hand in the path that fate seemed to have marked for him to follow. Removing at an early age to Cattaraugus County, New York, then an almost unbroken wilderness of rocky hills and giant forests, but where today hundreds of acres of pleasant meadows and fruitful orchards stand as monuments to this man's great energy and almost superhuman endurance, and many a Kansas urchin has been made glad at sight of the rosy cheeked apples shipped from some of those same orchards.

Mr. Case was married at the age of 22 to Miss Debbie Milks of Napoli, New York. This proved to be a marriage of natural adaptation. The wife bringing the industrious loom and spinning wheel of those days which played an accompaniment, to the music of the ax and flail of the thrifty farmer. There were born of this marriage nine children, five boys and four girls, which with the exception of one infant all lived to be men and women grown, as follows: Mrs. A. V. Reed, now residing in Little Valley, New York; Theresa, wife of J. B. F. Champlin, manufacturer of Cutlery, Little Valley, New York; Wm. R. Case of the firm of Case Bros., stock breeder of Spring Green, Nebraska; Jean Case of the same place and business; Emma, wife of J. W. Brown, merchant at Little Valley, New York; John D. Case of Case Bros., Spring Green; Andrew J. Case of same place and business; Jessie, wife of J. H. Barnard, farmer near Spring Green, Nebraska.

Mrs. Case died in 1868 and Mr. Case again married, this time to Miss Marie E. Dolbeir to whom was born one son and one daughter. The son Edwin, is in the dairy and fruit business in New York; the daughter, Mable, is still with her parents.

In 1873 two of the oldest sons, Wm. and Jean, having settled in Furnas County, Nebraska. Mr. Case determined to test the qualities of the prairie soil and moved to Nebraska locating in October 1873 near his sons on the Sappa in Furnas County.

About this time Mr. Case met with severe financial loss through the failure of the banking firm of S. S. March in Little Valley, New York sweeping away much of the hard accumulation of years.

Although the strength of his youth had begun to wane, and crippled financially the old fire and ambition still remained; proving up on his first settlement in 1874 he homesteaded the same year, land in Norton County one mile northwest of Norton. He remained on this land until 1880. He then moved to Norton. Mrs. Case opened a millinery store. Mr. Case was engaged in numerous enterprises on a small scale. He became as share-holder in the Norton town company and was at one time President of the association. He has a well disciplined mind and would speak on public questions with great force and originality in our debating societies. His outward appearance was cold and austere; but close acquaintances showed him to be companionable and communicative, although he never smiled. The expression of his face spoke volumes. He owned the Wm. Maudlin farm, six miles east of Norton, and lived out there for a short time. Beginning to feel the weight of years and longing for old familiar scenes of his native state, in 1884 he returned to his old farm in Little Valley.

Politically Mr. Case has of late years been a prohibitionist. Always a temporate man it is his boast that he never tasted whiskey or tobacco, and takes a just pride in his vigor which he attributes to his temporate habits, neither has he a son or grandson who uses either of them although he represents twenty-one male descendants. In religious matters Mr. Case might be termed a "Free Thinker." In reply to a question asking him regarding his belief in the future state. The following lines apply admirably.

When we do a good deed it is done to stay;
And though evil we do in another day
It taketh not that good away,
Nor can we to a savior pray,
And wash our evil deeds away,
But each by their own full record must stand
When the books are balanced
In the other land.

Having in his day perhaps subdued as many acres and planted as many orchards as any man now living, giving employment to hundreds, he has undoubtedly earned a quiet and peaceful old age. He now lives in retirement at Little Valley, New York.

Grandfathers on Case side - English descent
Isaac Case - Officer in the Revolution war, father of
William Russell Case - fought in the war of 1812, father of
Job R. Case (mother of Scotch descent), father of
Jean Case
W. R. Case
J. D. Case
A. J. Case
Virginia Case Reed
Theresa Case Champlin
Jessie Case Barnard
Emma Case Brown
Eugene Case (died in infancy)
Mable Case
Edwin D. Case
He appeared on the census in 1900 in *Little Valley, Cattoraugus, NY. 1900, Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY ED#49; pg 10A; line 29
CASE, Job R.; head; WM; b JUL 1821; 78y; m32y; b NY; f b RI; m b RI; retired; owns
CASE, Maria E; wife; WF; b JUL 1840; 59y; m/32y; 2 child/2 living; b Michigan; par b CT He appeared on the census in 1910 in *Little Valley, Cattoraugus, NY. 1910, Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY ED #68; pg 7A; line 25
CASE, Job R.; head; MW; 88y; m/2/ m42y; b NY; f b RI; m b US; farmer
CASE, Maria C; wife; FW; 69y; m/1; m42y; b Michigan; par b CT- He died on 4 Apr 1915 in Little Valley, Cattoraugus, NY. He was buried in Little Valley Rural Cem., Catt. Co., NY. He was married to Deborah M. MILKS about 1843 in Cambridge, Washington, NY. Genealogical & Family History of Western New York
VII CASE, Job R., son of William and Sophia (BLACKMORE) CASE, was born in Spafford, Washington County, New York, July 5, psyche was educated in the district schools, and grew up on the farm, where for several years he was employed by his father. He married, in 1843, and settled in Wisconsin, where he owned land, kept store and was postmaster. In 1850 he settled in Little Valley, New York. After a short stay he again went west, settling in Kansas, later in Nebraska. Here he was in business, also farmed and dealt in real estate erecting eleven houses and planting seven orchards. He was very successful, and on his final return to Cattaraugus county purchased three hundred acres of good timber land, clearing fifty acres the first year. He marketed the lumber by way of the Genesee canal. He later purchased tracts of one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and sixty and one hundred and fifty-six acres, which he sold in like quantities. During his career he erected thirty-five buildings and planted seventeen orchards. He is a man of strong opinions and with the courage to support unpopular causes. He early connected with the movement for legal prohibition of the liquor traffic, sat in numerous conventions and gave money and time to his party's support. He is a total abstainer himself, never having used liquor or tobacco. Thirty years ago he espoused the cause of women's suffrage and lent his influence to her cause with all his energy.
Now, at the age of ninety, he is a wonderfully preserved man, has never used glasses to aid his sight and bids to become a centenarian. He married (first) Deborah MELTS. Children: Virginia, Mary, Theresa, William, Eugene, Jean, Emma, Jessie, John D. and Andrew. He married (second) Marian Maria DOLBEASE. Children: Edwin, Agnes, and Mabel.
VIII Mary Theresa, daughter of Job R and Deborah (MELTS) CASE, married John Brown Franklin CHAMPLIN (See CHAMPLIN VIII.)

41. Deborah M. MILKS was born in 1819 in Washington Co., NY. She died in 1867 in Little Valley, Catt. Co., NY. She was buried in 1867 in Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She died in 1869 in Little Valley, Catt. Co., NY. She was buried on 23 Sep 1911 in Little Valley Rural Cem. Lot 50, Catt. Co., NY. Removed from Napoli cemetery and re-interred in Little Valley in 1911. Children were:

Nebraska STATE GAZETTEER

    Business Directory and farmer list for 1890 - 1891

Omaha: J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, 509 - 510 Paxton Block 1890

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1890, by J.M. Wolfe

& Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

Furnas County
Beaver City -- County Seat

Transcribed by Leona L. Gustafson, September 1999
Transcriber's Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that the letter or word was difficult
or impossible to read in the copy.

Cambridge is situated in the northwestern part of Furnas county on the Medicine creek, near the point where it empties into the Republican river, and on the main line of the B. & M. R. R., 25 miles east from McCook.  It has about 800 inhabitants, with two reliable banks, the State Bank and the Citizens State Bank, flour mill, grain elevator, lumber yard, etc.