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service with the rank of first lieutenant,
and from October 9, 1917, to July 23,
1919, was continuously engaged in foreign
service. He went over with the 103rd
Field Artillery and remained with them
until November I, 1917, when he became
ward surgeon in Camp Hospital No. 15.
He served there until May 9, 1918, when
he went with the French in charge of the
town of Rens and took care of the Amer-
icans in that place. On September 20,
1918, he left Rens and returned to Camp
Hospital No. 15 as chief of the Medical
Service, a position which he retained until
July 1, 1919, when the hospital was sold.
On August 18, 1919, he was discharged,
having meanwhile been promoted to the
rank of captain. On November 19, 1920,
Dr. Bergin received his diploma as an
officer of the French Academe, a mark of
distinction for his valiant service in the
war, and in August, 1920, he was promoted
to the rank of major of the Reserve
Corps. When the United States was
forced to participate in the most terrible
war the world has ever seen there were
none of her citizens on whom she could
more implicity depend than those of Irish
birth and ancestry. Dr. Bergin's record
furnishes notable proof of the truth of
this statement. To his high standing as
a physician and surgeon he has added the
distinction of having shown himself to
be a thoroughly patriotic American citi-
zen.
Dr. Bergin married Irvinea Goddard,
daughter of Thomas Goddard, of Jersey
City, New Jersey. Mr. Goddard was born
in England. Dr. and Mrs. Bergin are the
parents of one son, Thomas Goddard,
born November, 1904.
CASE, Robert Ludlow,
Man of Enterprise.
To the man who has spent a good part
of his life out among men, observing the
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struggle and development of human kind
under adverse conditions and in various
localities, the greatest privilege life offers
is that of usefulness. Robert Ludlow Case,
proprietor of Windridge Fruit Farm, of
Stamford, Connecticut, is making a practical
and wonderfully significant demonstra-
tion of how a man can be vitally useful
to his fellowmen. Tracing the ancestry
of Mr. Case back to American pioneer
times, it is found that the entire history
of the family is one of practical useful-
ness.
(I) The first known of the Case family
in America was Henry Case, of Southold,
New York. The records are fragmentary,
at best, but it is noted that he married,
in November, 1658, Martha Corwin, born
about 1630 to 1640, daughter of Matthias
Corwin.
(II) Theophilus Case, son of Henry
and Martha (Corwin) Case, was born
about 1661, and died October 26, 1716, in
Southold, Long Island. He learned the
carpenter's trade in his youth, and built
many houses in that vicinity, some of
which have been standing until very recently.
His wife's Christian name was
Hannah.
(III) Ichabod Case, son of Theophilus
and Hannah Case, was born in Suffolk
county, New Jersey, and died about 1762,
in Roxbury, New Jersey. He was an in-
dustrious and highly respected citizen.
He was married three times. His third
wife, whom he married July, 1725, was
Hannah Goldsmith, daughter of Joseph
Goldsmith.
(IV) John Case, whom the late Dr.
Case, compiler of the Case genealogy, believed
to be a son of Ichabod and Hannah
(Goldsmith) Case, was born July 8, 1742,
and died February II, 1819, at Hamptonburg,
New York. He followed farming
throughout his life. He married
(first) Elizabeth or Hannah Ketcham, a
daughter of John and Sarah (Matthews)