Person
Salmon Case
Overview
Merchant, owned the general store (the "Stone Store") on W Seneca St, Vernon. Prominent founder/citizen. Co-founder of National Bank of Vernon. Married Marie Pierson Case in 1817. Had three sons who all partnered with him on the store, Josiah, Asahel Pierson, and Everett.
Details
Born: 1784 Norfolk, Litchfield County, CT
Died: 1871
Burial: Vernon Village Cemetery
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Biography
Merchant, owner of Salmon Case & Sons Store
First Cashier of National Bank of Vernon, originally located in Case’s store.
Original Trustee, Vernon Academy.
Vernon Town Supervisor, 1843, 1845
Salmon Case came to the village in 1813 and lived here all his life; he died in 1871. He opened a store and long carried on a successful business. He was the first cashier of the Bank of Vernon, was twice elected supervisor of the town, and was otherwise honored. (Our County and Its People, A Descriptive work on Oneida County, New York, ed by Daniel E. Wager, The Boston History Company, Publishers 1896, Transcription Copyright©2002 Jane Stevens-Hodge; p571)
{from The Winterthur Library} Salmon Case was a merchant and banker in Vernon, Oneida County, New York. He was born in Norfolk, Connecticut, to Eunice Everett and Asahel Case. As a young man, he split his time between tending the family farm and teaching in local schools. At the age of twenty-six, he moved to Hartford to study the apothecary business and medicine. In 1813, he settled in Vernon New York, where he opened a drug store, and subsequently was often called Doctor Case. This store soon grew into a general store, and was run mostly by Case alone until 1843 (with short times in partnership with others), when Case’s three sons—Asahel Pierson, Josiah, and Everett—joined their father in management. Salmon Case also helped organized the Bank of Vernon in 1839. These sons, born to Case’s wife Maria Pierson (1799-1885; daughter of Benjamin Pierson), continued to run their father’s business as Case’s health began to decline. Having earned a good deal of wealth during his lifetime, Case spent his remaining years traveling and managing his properties until his death in 1871.
Asahel Pierson Case (1818-1899) was married to Lovina W. Coburn (born 1820) and they had two children: Maria (born 1829) and Charles Salmon (1846-1898). A. Pierson Case served in the Union army during the Civil War.
Josiah Case (1821-1886) married Jane Elizabeth Barton (1831-1906). They had two children: Laura (born 1863, married Mr. Langford) and David Barton (born 1868). Josiah served as president of the National Bank of Vernon in addition to running the store established by his father.
Everett Case (1825-1918) married a woman named Eva (born circa 1827). They had several children, including a daughter Frances. Everett served as a cashier in the bank established by his father, but by 1880 was working in a bank in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York. In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, he was listed as living in Philadelphia with his daughter Frances (1900: school teacher; 1910: social worker in settlement house). He died in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Penn., on January 11, 1918.
