NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 Scott Case Scott Case, who proved his loyalty to the Union by gallant conduct on the battlefields of the south, was one of the venerable residents of Spencer. He started out in life emptyhanded and earned the right to the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens and the honorable title of "self-made man." He was born February 6, 1841, in Springfield, Erie county, Pennsylvania, and his parents, Almond and Charlotte Case, were natives of Connecticut. His father was killed in a railroad accident which occurred in Wisconsin and the mother passed away in Pennsylvania. Four children were born to them, namely: Margaret, George, Hastings and Scott, all of whom are deceased. After the death of his first wife Almond Case married Sallie Huff and there were two children of that union, Charlotte and Martha. Mr. Case came to Iowa when he was a child of six years and earned his first money by working on a farm in Clinton county. He afterward went to the Badger state and in Jefferson county in 1863 enlisted in Company C, of the Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry. He fought for two years in the Civil war and lost a leg while in the service. On March 25, 1864, Mr. Case married Miss Frances Vienna Gundell, and four children were born to this union. Edmond Almond, the eldest, died at the age of fifteen. Olive Loretta married Charles Bell, and they now make their home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Edna married G. L. Bowden, and to this union were born two children, Donna and Bonnie. She later married Louis Lahoda, of Omaha, Nebraska, and they have one child, Crissy. Parepa became the wife of Frank M. Hill, and they had two children, Frances Merrill and Hellen Virginia. Some years after his death she married August Claussen, and they have two girls, June Ann and Scottie Lavonne, and she has made her home in Spencer, Iowa, since the death of her first husband. Mr. Case is a faithful member of the United Brethren church and a staunch republican in his political views. He was a valued member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic and also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Although he had reached the advanced age of eighty-four years, his mental and physical powers were well preserved and his conversation was enriched with interesting accounts of his experiences as a pioneer. In the hard school of experience he learned many valuable lessons and time proved his worth. He passed away June 27, 1926, of old age and complications, and left behind the thoughts of "Well done, good and faithful servant." His wife still resides in the little home he provided for her and which they occupied for over fifty-four years, and at the advanced age of eighty-four years she also bears her burdens faithfully. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/