J. P. Case, 81, a farmer residing two and a half miles east of Charleston, died shortly after 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Ben F. Wiley, 402 12th Street, increasing the death list of Saturday's tornado to thirty-four.
Charleston Daily Courier, May 31, 1917
James' son Marion "Frank" Case, was killed instantly in the May 26, 1917 tornado that hit Mattoon and Charleston.
Charleston Daily Courier, May 31, 1917
James' son Marion "Frank" Case, was killed instantly in the May 26, 1917 tornado that hit Mattoon and Charleston.
J. P. Case, 81, a farmer residing two and a half miles east of Charleston, died shortly after 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Ben F. Wiley, 402 12th Street, increasing the death list of Saturday's tornado to thirty-four.
Charleston Daily Courier, May 31, 1917
James' son Marion "Frank" Case, was killed instantly in the May 26, 1917 tornado that hit Mattoon and Charleston.
Charleston Daily Courier, May 31, 1917
James' son Marion "Frank" Case, was killed instantly in the May 26, 1917 tornado that hit Mattoon and Charleston.
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