Squire S. Case (September 27, 1801 – March 30, 1878) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Hillsdale, New York, he moved to

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in 1822 where he operated a hotel. He served on the Buffalo City Council. Case then served in the

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and

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. He also served in the New York Militia. Case then moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin Territory as a result of losing most of his property when work on the

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was suspended. He settled on a farm in the town of Merton. He was involved in the construction of railroad cars. During that time, he served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847–1848. He moved to

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, in 1857, where he worked as a railroad ticket agent. Finally he moved to Mauston, Wisconsin, where he died in 1878.'Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin: Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers of the Members of the Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8. With a History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin,' David Atwood, D. Atwood: 1880, Biographical Sketch of Squire S. Case, pg. 193-194

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