. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . the engineand the whir of the mowing machine andreaper; and now, at a ripe old age, he is await-ing calmly and without fear the end of a longand well-spent life. WAYNE COUNTY. ORSON CASE. Among the self-made men of Wayne County,men who commenced in life without a dollar,and by energy, integrity and industry havemade for themselves a position among theirfellow men and a competency, we find thename of Orson Case, of Clinton township,Wayne County, Pa. He was born at what isnow known as Hop Bottom Station, Susque-hanna County, Pa.,
. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . the engineand the whir of the mowing machine andreaper; and now, at a ripe old age, he is await-ing calmly and without fear the end of a longand well-spent life. WAYNE COUNTY. ORSON CASE. Among the self-made men of Wayne County,men who commenced in life without a dollar,and by energy, integrity and industry havemade for themselves a position among theirfellow men and a competency, we find thename of Orson Case, of Clinton township,Wayne County, Pa. He was born at what isnow known as Hop Bottom Station, Susque-hanna County, Pa., on the 11th day of March, became very skillful, and was sent for from farand near to repair old mills and build new-ones. He built many of the mills still to beseen in Susquehanna and Wayne Counties, Pa.,and in adjoining counties in New York. Whenthe War of the Rebellion broke out he enlistedin Company A, One Hundred and SeventhRegiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry;mustered October 6, 18*32, and discharged Feb-ruary 26, 1863. He participated in several. &L 1836. Bela Case, the grandfather of our sub-ject, was born in Lyme, Conn., where his ances-tors settled when they came to this , Bela, was among the early settlers of Sus-quehanna County, Pa., coming to it when itwas an almost unbroken wilderness, whenpanthers, bear and deer were to be found ingreat numbers. Orson Case, Sr., son of BelaCase, was also born in Connecticut, and camewhen small to Susquehanna County with hisfather. He learned the mill-wright trade, and ?a^t^ battles, the most important one being the battleof Fredericksburg. He was discharged by asurgeons certificate of disability, and came homesick with throat and lung troubles from whichhe never recovered. He died March 31, married Miss Ann Eliza Smith, who camefrom Connecticut where her ancestors hadresided for many years engaged in tilling thesoil. To Orson Case, Sr., were born childrenas follows,—James G., Marcus now deceased,(who serve
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