The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 441

A. Z. CASE, SR.

A. Z. Case, Sr. is engaged in agricultural pursuits upon a farm situated about
five miles from Sunnyside and at one time conducted a harness shop in that city
but sold out in 1919. He was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, December 18, 1855, a
son of John and Hannah (Edey) Case, the latter a daughter of William Edey, who
was one of the pioneers of Keokuk county, having removed there in 1843. Mrs.
John Case was one of the first white women to settle in Keokuk county, the
family having taken up their residence there in 1843. Mr. Case was a son of John
Case, Sr., a pioneer of New Albany, Indiana. Throughout his life the father of
our subject followed agricultural pursuits and also operated flour mills.
Subsequent to the Civil war he removed to Missouri and later, in 1876, to
Kansas, where his death occurred that year. His wife passed away six years later
in Keokuk county, Iowa.

A. Z. Case, Sr., spent the first ten years of his life in Keokuk county, where
he began his education. He then proceeded with his father to Kansas but
afterward went to Texas and later retraced his steps to Iowa. In 1880 he took up
his residence in Missouri, which state remained his home until 1883, when he
again removed to Kansas. Three years were spent in the Sunflower state at this
time and in 1886 he once more went to Missouri, where he remained until 1888. In
that year he came to the state of Washington, making his home in Snohomish for a
time, and then removing to Salem, Oregon, where he remained from 1890 until
1896. In the latter year he came to Yakima county and settled near Outlook,
where he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits for two years. In 1899 he
proceeded to Adams county, Washington, and there he located on a homestead, upon
which he continued until 1907, when he opened a harness shop in Franklin county,
but remained owner of his farm. In 1909 he traded his homestead for land located
five miles from Sunnyside, and in March, 1912, he opened a harness shop in that
city, which he sold in 1919. The farm is devoted to diversified farming.

On March 1, 1882, Mr. Case was united in marriage to Eliney J. Buzzard. a native
of Iowa and a daughter of Len Buzzard of Virginia. To this union were born seven
children, namely: Eliney L., who married Roy McChesney, of Adams county,
Washington; D. Susan, the wife of C. C. Rouse, a resident of Sunnyside; A. Z.,
Jr., who is a successful farmer residing at Mountain Home, Idaho; John L., whose
home is in Sunnyside; Ida, who married Julius Christianson, of Prosser, this
state; Elbert L., who is serving his country as a member of the United States
cavalry; and Clarence yet at home. The family are highly respected in the Yakima
Valley where they have many friends.

Mr. Case is a republican in his political affiliations and the religious faith
of the family is that of the Christian church. He is a member of the Commercial
Club, readily cooperating in all of its projects and he belongs also to the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Modern Woodmen.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.