Biography of Solomon S. Casebere, pages 670/671.   History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.



Solomon S. Casebere



	One of the progressive farmers and highly respected citizens of 
DeKalb County, Indiana. is Solomon S. Casebere, who has ever taken high 
rank.  Possessing energy and determination, he has been very successful 
in making everything he uptakes result to his advantage, and his 
success in his chosen calling is attested by the fact of his having 
started in and humble manner and is now the owner of valuable real 
estate, having accumulated the same by his own efforts.

 	Solomon S. Casebere is a native son of DeKalb county, having been 
born in Troy township on January 22, 1860, and is the son of George W. 
and Elizabeth (Knisely) Casebere, both of whom were natives of Ohio. 
George W. Casebere came to DeKalb County in and early day, locating 
near Fish creek, where he spent the remainder of his life, enjoying the 
respect and confidence of the community in which he lived.  To him and 
his wife were born the following children: Leander H. of Bryan, Ohio; 
Solomon S., the immediate subject of this sketch; Marshall, who moved 
to Wisconsin and there died; Mrs. Aleta Burkhart, who lives on the old 
homestead in Williams county, Ohio.

	Solomon S. Casebere received his education in the common schools 
of his community an also attended the schools of Butler.  He was reared 
to the life of a farmer, a vocation which he has consistently followed 
to the present time, and in which he has achieved a most pronounced 
success. His farm comprises one hundred and fifty acres of as good land 
as can be found in Stafford township, and here he carries on a general 
line of work, including stock raising.   He gives his attention to 
every detail of his farm work and has realized gratifying returns for 
his labor.  He raises all the crops common to this locality and also 
gives some attention to the raising of live stock, in which he is also 
very successful.  At one time Mr. Casebere investigated Western country

and with his wife moved to the northern part of South Dakota, where 
they remained about two years, at the end of that period returning to 
their old home in DeKalb county.

On January 28, 1883, Mr. Casebere was married to Flora Dunkle, the 
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lobschear) Dunkle, the former a native 
of Germany and the latter of  Ohio.  To this union were born three 
children: Lester, who is a farmer in Stafford township, is the father 
of three children, Donald, Raymond, and Hellen; Mrs. Mabel Lyon, who 
lives on a farm in Wilmington township, is the mother of a son, 
Russell; Homer H., a farmer in Stafford township, married Princes 
Thomas, the daughter of Fred A., and Blanche Thomas, and they have one 
daughter, Mabel.

	Politically, the subject of this sketch is allied with the 
Republican party, while his religious relations are with the Christian 
church, to which his children also belong.  He has served as trustee of 
Stafford township for four yeas to the entire satisfaction of his 
fellow citizens, and his record throughout his life’s history has been 
one of which he has just reason to be proud.  Successful in his own 
affairs, he has also taken an intelligent and commendable interest in 
the affairs of his community, supporting all movements for the public 
welfare and standing always for that which he believes to be right.  He 
and his wife move in the best social circles of the community and are 
popular among their acquaintances.



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Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

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