. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Abijah B. Case was born in Westford, Chittenden Co., Yt., Oct. 12, 1803. Owing to adverse circumstances he never attended school a day till he was sixteen years old. He then attended a district school for two winter terms, during which time an unquenchable thirst for acquiring an education was imbibed. He worked out by the month, always employing his spare moments with his book, so as to enable h
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Abijah B. Case was born in Westford, Chittenden Co., Yt., Oct. 12, 1803. Owing to adverse circumstances he never attended school a day till he was sixteen years old. He then attended a district school for two winter terms, during which time an unquenchable thirst for acquiring an education was imbibed. He worked out by the month, always employing his spare moments with his book, so as to enable himself to have the advantages of an education. Thus by rapid strides he received a good academical education, and subsequently, December, 1827, graduated at the medical college at Cas- tleton, Yt. Always desirous of obtaining more light, he sought and received both theoretical and practical knowledge from the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. This thirst for more knowledge in his profession has never deserted him, and subsequently we find him attending parts of courses of lectures at Geneva and Buffalo, or giving home demonstrations to his students. He practiced medicine in Yermont about three years, a short time at Belmont, Allegany Co., and then, in 1833, located in Steuben County, where he has ever since employed his time in study, practice, and teaching of medi- cine, and in many cases by home demonstrations. Although a resident of Howard, his practice has never been circumscribed, being frequently called to remote dis- tances, and even now, in his seventy-sixth year, is still engaged in active business, and bids fair for years of use- fulness. He was married at Shrewsbury, Yt., Sept. 14, 1828, to Miss Sophronia Pierce, who was born Nov. 6, 1805, and died Feb. 10, 1873. Miss Pierce was the daughter of Caleb Pierce, and cousin to ex-President Pierce. He has reared three children: George F., born July 24, 1830, who became a phys
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