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BATTLE CREEK BY A. D. P. VAN BUREN
At mention of his name, the old settlers who yet survive recall to mind the pioneer clergyman whose voice they first heard proclaiming the truths of the gospel from the rude desk of the old log school-house in the woods; and they remember him, when the wilderness was subdued, and better homes, school-houses, and churches were established, as the same faithful, efficient and devoted pastor. And when his work on earth was done, when his long life of labor and usefulness was closed, they sighed as they consigned his earthly remains to the grave, for a truly good man, and an eminently servicable Christian minister had departed.
DEACON SOLOMON CASE.
Deacon Case came from Pennfield, Monroe county, New York, in the year 1835, and purchased his lands in South Battle Creek. He had heard much about Battle Creek in New York; and, having arrived here, while looking about to find the village, he asked a boy where it was. He replied: "You are right in it, sir. " The deacon was surprised to find a few log houses scattered along the emigrant's wagon track, scarcely four of which were in sight of each other, dignified with the name of village. He came here with his family in the spring of 1836, and settled on his lands, lying two miles south of Goguac Prairie. Solomon Case was an intelligent, enterprising and thrifty farmer, and one of the best of neighbors. He was one of the most zealous and influential men in the organization of the Baptist church in South Battle Creek, and was made one of its first deacons.
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