Thomas W. Case
Company A
1847-After 1880

THOMAS CASE, farmer; P. O. Hyattville; was born in this township May 26, 1847, son of Seth W. Case, who came to this State in 1816 and located in this county, and remained here until 1863, when he moved to Franklin Co., where he died on May 1, 1866, in Blendon Township; his wife survives him.

Thomas, the subject of this sketch, during his 16th year, enlisted in the 60th O. V. I., Co. A, and was engaged in the battles of Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor, the James River movement, and was wounded in the battle before Petersburg June 17, 1864, by being shot in the left side, and was only absent from his regiment forty days, and joined them July 27; was present at the mine explosion in front of Petersburg, and participated in all the battles that the regiment engaged in up to the close of the war. Upon his return home, attended school and farmed.

July 17, 1870, was united in marriage to Lavinie Thomas, born Aug. 14, 1849; have three children, but two living Helen A., born Sept. 8, 1871; Walter R., Dec. 16, 1878; after his marriage he continued farming; came here in 1873, and has since remained one mile south of Hyatt's Station; member of Powell Lodge, No. 465, I. O. O. F. Mr. Thomas' father, during his life, was a member of the Republican party, served over thirty years as Justice of the Peace. Thomas W., in the last election, was elected to the office of Land Appraiser, as a Democrat.

The History of Delaware and Ohio. Chicago, Illinois: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street, 1880, page 657.

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