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> URL: <http://www.wallofhonour.com/>
> TITLE: Peterborough Wall of Honour
> DESCRIPTION: A list of all those who served in the armed forces
> from Peterborough County in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Merchant Navy.
> 8000+ names with rank, service number and unit served with. Some
> listings include photographs. This virtual Wall will become a 120 ft
> granite wall in Confederation Park in 2004.
From "What's New on Cyndi's List" today; listed are two CHASEs in
WWI, and three in WWII. Happy hunting!
Slán,
Mo! (Hanrahan) Langdon
Charlie,
My compliments on the nice analysis of the results at
http://chase.genealogysurnames.com/DNA/Analysis.htm
Very interesting and informative. Thanks for all of your hard work. There
is a wealth of information in the analysis page as well as the results
chart. I think we will be able find more information inferred in those two
pages as the days go by.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Looks great. Very nice job, and thanks for all of the work.
Matt Chase
Presumed to be of the Aquila lineage.
-----Original Message-----
From: ChaseDNAteam(a)aol.com [mailto:ChaseDNAteam@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 6:48 PM
To: CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHASE-L] DNA site updated
Chase group: I am writing to let you know that the Chase DNA site has
been
updated. We have changed the format a little, where the result's chart
also
shows a list of known male Chase ancestors. We have one other person who
has been
tested. At this time his results are not known. I have listed a few of
his
ancestors. Take a look at the new chart. If you can help any of the
people go
back additional generations please let them know. If you don't have
their e-mail
address, send the message to me and I will forward your message to that
person.
We will, from time to time, have more people get tested but it has been
slow
for a while. I want to thank everyone who helped in this
project--especially
Dick and Keith. As you remember, Dick did the analysis and Keith
assisted by
listing the results on the Chase site. It is nice having gentlemen like
these
two on our team! Also, Judy helped early by getting the word out to
other Chase
groups. And, we would not have had a project without those willing to be
tested and the people who contributed money towards the cost of the
tests. I have
enjoyed the project as I have had the interaction with all who
participated.
Thanks to all--Charlie Scott
http://chase.genealogysurnames.com/DNA/Introdna.htm
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Chase group: I am writing to let you know that the Chase DNA site has been
updated. We have changed the format a little, where the result's chart also
shows a list of known male Chase ancestors. We have one other person who has been
tested. At this time his results are not known. I have listed a few of his
ancestors. Take a look at the new chart. If you can help any of the people go
back additional generations please let them know. If you don't have their e-mail
address, send the message to me and I will forward your message to that person.
We will, from time to time, have more people get tested but it has been slow
for a while. I want to thank everyone who helped in this project--especially
Dick and Keith. As you remember, Dick did the analysis and Keith assisted by
listing the results on the Chase site. It is nice having gentlemen like these
two on our team! Also, Judy helped early by getting the word out to other Chase
groups. And, we would not have had a project without those willing to be
tested and the people who contributed money towards the cost of the tests. I have
enjoyed the project as I have had the interaction with all who participated.
Thanks to all--Charlie Scott
http://chase.genealogysurnames.com/DNA/Introdna.htm
From: The Complete Book Of Running For Women
by Claire Kowalchik
Thanksgiving Day 1960 - Julia Chase, an 18 year-old first-year student at
Smith College and the New England AAU 880-yard women's champion, is denied
entry to the 4.45-mile Manchester Road Race. The next year, she is allowed
to participate, though not officially, and is not permitted through the
finishing chutes.
Anyone here know Julia? Apparently, she would be 61 now.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
Am willing to do Chicago IL Tribune obit lookups in trade for obit lookups that I need. All obits that I need are for my own relatives. If any of the names are in your line maybe we can swap info on that line. I need obit lookups for the following
Chase, Etta Mickelson d) 4/5/1980 in NV-Fallon, Churchill Co
PLEASE EMAIL ME PRIVATELY AT BALLHAWK12(a)ATT.NET
Jim Dlask
4538 N Avers
Chicago IL 60625
>From Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks
by Noah Brooks
Notes:
123. William Sprague (1830-1915) represented Rhode Island in the U.S.
Senate (1863-75). Kate Chase (1840-1899), the daughter of Treasury
Secretary Salmon P. Chase, was a leading Washington Belle.
124. Mary Lincoln was extremely jealous of the young and beautiful Kate
Chase. See Keckley, Behind the Scenes, 128. In January 1864, she, along
with her father Salmon P. Chase, and her husband, William Sprague, were
excluded at the First Lady's insistence from the invitation list for a
Cabinet dinner. When informed of this by White House secretary John G.
Nicolay, the president overruled his wife, and, as Nicolay reported, "there
soon arose such a rampage as the House hasn't seen for a year." Nicolay to
John Hay, Washington, 18 January 1864, Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress.
125. Mary Lincoln wanted her husband to boycott the wedding (of William
Sprague and Kate Chase), which was widely considered the social event of
the season. According to one source, the First Lady scolded here husband
for wanting to go "and the music of her voice penetrated the utmost end of
the house." Lincoln vainly attempted to calm his infuriated wife.
Inconsolable, she "made a dash at his cravat, and captured a part of his
whiskers." He then left for the wedding. "Presedential Domestic
Squabbles," Washington correspondence, n.d., Rochester Union, unidentified
clipping, Judd Stewart Collection, Lincoln Scrap Books 5:44, Huntington
Library, San Marino California. FOr a variation on this story, see an
unidentified Philadelphia artist's account, unidentified clipping,
headlined "From the Philadelphia Press," ibid., 2:103.
>From the Jan. 1916 issue of the Chase Chronicle
USED RAZORS ON THE PIG
Salmon P. Chase, as a Youngster, Did Good
Job, But it Failed to Meet Appreciation.
Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio, senator of
the United States, secretary of the United
States treasury, and chief justice of the Supreme
court of the United States, once had an encounter
with a pig that is worth telling.
When a boy he attended a private boarding
school kept by his uncle, the Episcopal bishop
of Ohio. He did the chores for his uncle during
the school term, and worked on the farm during
the summer. One day his uncle told his nephew
that he should kill and dress a pig at the close of
the school that day.
With no little difficulty, the boy caught the
pig and killed it. And now the question was how
to get the bristles off. He had heard of farmers
scalding hogs, so he soused the pig into a barrel
of hot water. He either held the pig in the
water too long, or did not have it hot enough,
for in spite of all his scraping, the bristles would
not come off. He then thought of his uncle's
razors, and getting them, he shaved the pig from
nose to tail.
When the bishop returned, he congratulated
his nephew on the splendid appearance of the
pork. But when he tried to shave the next day,
he discovered that the razors would not work.
What he said and did we may imagine, but we
do not know.
Chief Justice Chase was a very dignified man.
His private secretary, Mr. Didier, says that he
had little humor in his composition. President
Lincoln once related the foregoing story at a
meeting of the cabinet, but Mr. Chase did not
like it very well, and the president never referred
to it again. Youth's Companion.
Aquila
Ens. Moses
Daniel
Judge Samuel
Dea. Dudley
Ithamar
Salmon P.
>From the April 1914 Chase Chronicle.
THE FATHER OF SALMON P. CHASE
At the recent Winter Reunion of our Chase-
Chace Family Association some discussion
arose as to the name of the father of our
distinguished kinsman, Honorable Salmon P.
Chase.
Thinking that some readers of The Chronicle
may be as uncertain upon this point as the
members present at that reunion, we quote
below from a biographical address given at
one of our Annual Meetings by one of our
members, as follows:
"Salmon P. Chase, of national fame, a poor
New Hampshire boy, who closed his earthly
career as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, having previously been
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
member of the United States Senate and
Governor of Ohio, whose public life at Washing-
ton began before the War of the Rebellion,
continued during the dark days that tried
men's souls, and taxed their highest ability,
and came to a sudden close by an apoplectic
shock May 7, 1873, was born in Cornish, New
Hampshire, on January 13, 1808.
His father, Ithamar, was a well-to-do farmer
and small manufacturer and a member of the
governor's council, and two of Salmon's uncles
were Dudley, twice a United States Senator,
and Philander, the earnest, vigorous, missionary
bishop of Ohio and Illinois.
About 1816, his father removed with his
family to Keene, N. H., and, dying the next
year, left a widow and ten children, (the oldest
a son of twenty-five years), with but very
little property. In 1820, when twelve years
old, his uncle Philander, the good Bishop in the
West, took him to live with him for the next
two years which Salmon spent in farm work
and getting some education.
It is from this association with his uncle
Philander probably, that he is frequently
supposed to have been Philander's son.
Interesting reading all of your research Jeffrey. Thanks for sharing. Does
anyone know the lineage of Salmom P. Chase?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace(a)amaze.nl>
To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 3:39 AM
Subject: [CHASE-L] Mary Todd Lincoln jealous of Kate Chase
> >From Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks
> by Noah Brooks
>
> Notes:
>
> 123. William Sprague (1830-1915) represented Rhode Island in the U.S.
> Senate (1863-75). Kate Chase (1840-1899), the daughter of Treasury
> Secretary Salmon P. Chase, was a leading Washington Belle.
> 124. Mary Lincoln was extremely jealous of the young and beautiful Kate
> Chase. See Keckley, Behind the Scenes, 128. In January 1864, she, along
> with her father Salmon P. Chase, and her husband, William Sprague, were
> excluded at the First Lady's insistence from the invitation list for a
> Cabinet dinner. When informed of this by White House secretary John G.
> Nicolay, the president overruled his wife, and, as Nicolay reported,
"there
> soon arose such a rampage as the House hasn't seen for a year." Nicolay to
> John Hay, Washington, 18 January 1864, Nicolay Papers, Library of
Congress.
> 125. Mary Lincoln wanted her husband to boycott the wedding (of William
> Sprague and Kate Chase), which was widely considered the social event of
> the season. According to one source, the First Lady scolded here husband
> for wanting to go "and the music of her voice penetrated the utmost end of
> the house." Lincoln vainly attempted to calm his infuriated wife.
> Inconsolable, she "made a dash at his cravat, and captured a part of his
> whiskers." He then left for the wedding. "Presedential Domestic
> Squabbles," Washington correspondence, n.d., Rochester Union, unidentified
> clipping, Judd Stewart Collection, Lincoln Scrap Books 5:44, Huntington
> Library, San Marino California. FOr a variation on this story, see an
> unidentified Philadelphia artist's account, unidentified clipping,
> headlined "From the Philadelphia Press," ibid., 2:103.
>
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>From the April 1911 issue of the Chase Chronicle
A Descendant of William.
Mr. John A. Pope of East Machias, Me., sends
the Chronicle an article written by Capt. Eph-
raim Chase, a great, great grandson of William
Chase. Mr. Pope is also a descendant of Wil-
liam Chase,
Mr. Pope states that Capt. Ephraim came to
to Machias in 1769, and was the first Chase in
that part of Maine. He was a leading man in
the town, being a town officer seven times.
Thirty-two of his descendants were in the
Civil War.
Capt. Chase died in Machias, April 17, 1836,
aged 92 years.
The following article was prepared for the
Pension Office by Capt. Chase when he applied
for a pension as a soldier of the Revolution.
Through an oversight on the part of the Secre-
tary of Massachusetts, certain papers were over-
looked and the pension was not granted until
five years after the death of Capt. Chase. His
children then received $2,457.51.
The article follows:
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPT.
EPHRIAM CHASE. BY HIMSELF.
I was born in Freetown, Bristol County,
Mass. My father was a sea captain; at the
age of seven, he took me as a cabin boy, in which
capacity I continued nine years, when I was
apprenticed to a house carpenter.
At the age of twenty-one, I married Miss
Lydia Hathaway, and removed to Nantucket.
Four years later I removed to Machias, Me.
Here I labored at the carpenter business six
years, when difficulties commenced between
England and our colonies.
At that time one Ichabod Jones, a merchant
of Boston, who had for some time supplied the
people of Machias with provisions, obtained
of Admiral Graves, a tender, the Margaretta,
Capt. Moore, to convey his vessel into town.
Having safely arrived and stored his goods, he
called a town meeting, yet obstinately refusing
to name its object. At the meeting, he proposed
trading as formerly and to 'receive pay according
to contract." A few only voted in favor of his
proposal, and he accordingly refused to trade
at all with the opposing party. Knowing that
Boston was at this time invested with a British
fleet and army, we became jealous and alarmed
for our rights, and Benjamin Foster a true
patriot, proposed taking both Jones and his
vessels by force of arms. He collected twenty-
five of the most resolute of the inhabitants on
a Sunday, expecting to find Jones and his captain
in the church.
When a few rods from the church the Captain
espied us and exclaiming, "an armed force is
approaching," he jumped out of the window
and made for the shore, whither he was pursued
by Foster and his company; but he succeeded
in getting on board his vessel, and started to
go down river where he remained secure from
further molestation, being deterred from follow-
ing him through fear of his cannon. Jones also
escaped from the church, and accompanied by a
friend fled into the wood. At Scott's Point, at
the junction of the eastern and western branches
of the Machias river, a few miles below -
us, Jones had another vessel loading with boards.
Thither we immediately repaired to intercept
the captain on his way down, and prevent his
escaping with both vessels. He being unac-
quainted with the river we, by assuring him
that a ledge lay in his way, caused him to sheer
off the right course, and to run aground; where
he was obliged to remain till the next flood tide.
This gave us time. for further deliberations, and
for the collecting of twenty-five more men from
the surrounding villages. Next morning we
manned the vessel of which we had taken pos-
session, and also another smaller one, and starting
for the Margaretta, had nearly reached her,
when to our chagrin, she floated, and made off
down the river. We overtook her at the outer
islands, where she lay becalmed, and after a
short but sharp contest we captured her. The
enemy lost ten men, and the same number of
wounded, among whom was Captain Moore, a
spirited young Irishman, who died the next day,
declaring his admiration of the brave, humane
people, whom he had been taught to despise "as
cowardly and cruel."
We had four men killed and seven or eight
wounded. A few weeks subsequent, two vessels,
the Tapnaquish and the Diligence, fitted out
at Halifax, entered our river for the purpose of
retaking the Margaretta. Meantime the arm-
ament had been removed from the Margaretta
and placed on board the sloop (of which we had
taken possession at Scott's Point) which we
named the Liberty. With a full crew (of which
I was one) under the command of Jeremiah
O'Brien, the Liberty proceeded down the river
to meet the incoming enemy. As we entered
the bay we met a coaster coming in: and after
taking possession Colonel Foster took command
of her with thirty-five men. O'Brien attacked
the Diligence and Foster the Tapnaquish, and
in five minutes they had both surrendered, at
the first attempt at boarding them, without
resistance. This victory occurred at Buck's
Harbor. The committee of safety now selected
eight men, of whom I was one, to bear dispatches
and convey the prisoners to. Cambridge and
fitted out two small vessels for our purpose.
We proceeded to Cambridge and delivered the
prisoners to General Washington. After the
British had evacuated Boston, I commenced
coasting from that place to Machias, and
continued it till 1777 or 1778.
In March of that year I received a commission
from Congress, or General Court, through
Colonel Allen, authorizing me to "Cruise in the
States Service." The Nesquoit, mounting ten
guns, was placed at my command. This vessel
had been captured from the English at Moose
Island (now Eastport) by Joseph Francis, an
Indian, and governor of the tribe of Indians, at
Pleasant Point, Perry, Me.
Before I had completed my arrangements for
entering on the business of the said Commission,
Congress countermanded its orders, and stationed
me at Machias to defend the harbor, and
supply the troops and Indians with food and
clothing. I entered on this business, and con-
tinued in it until 1782, when the General Court,
at Cambridge, ordered Colonel Alien to send the
Nesquoit to that place. I being out of health
at that time, the command devolved upon
Elijah Ayres, my first Lieutenant, who proceeded
to Cambridge with the Nesquoit, pursuant to orders.
My commission, together with my journal
and other papers, was unfortunately destroyed
. many years ago, and it happened in this wise,
viz: In my absence from home, my house was
endangered by a fire which was raging fearfully
in the surrounding wood. For greater safety,
my trunk containing my papers, was placed
upon a rock in a neighboring brook, where a
burning tree fell directly upon it, and it perished
in the flames with its important documents.
EPHRAIM CHASE.
Apparently ancestor Abel Chase contributed some testimony to a work regarding Joseph Smith and the origins of the Book of Mormon that was in direct conflict with L.D.S. history. I don't pretend to understand it, but perhaps some of you would be interested in it or could contribute more info than is at these sites...
See:
http://www.scn.org/~bp760/chase.htm
and back to
http://www.scn.org/~bp760/visit.htm
Hi Jeffrey and all Chase ancestors,
I have read with great interest
the e-mails in regards to Joseph Smith and the Chases. I have been with the
Chase website for a few years now and have enjoyed all the stories sent to me
via e-mail.
The reason for my response is
i am a great great great grandson of Clark Chase of Palmyra N.Y. When i first
started looking into my Chase ancestors some five years ago, i remember my
mothers photo albums mentioning Palmyra NY. I started looking on the net as i was
aware of Clark Chase. My searches led me to the LDS site via Ancestry.com and
the story of the Seer Stone. I printed out the info, got a hold of my mother,
and pulled out the old photo album / scrapbooks. Lo and behold i found an
exact match. Since then i have been finding out many new things about my Chase
ancestors of Palmyra NY.
My Chase lineage is as
follows starting with Clark.
Clark Chase (m) Phebe Mason
Asa T. Chase (m) Betsy ann Phelps
William Durfee Chase (m) Dinnie Spilberg
Jesse Adams Chase (m) Lawrence Waite
Marilyn Chase Waite (m) Leroy Edwards
Eric "Rick" Edwards - me
If any Chase relatives are
interested, i have some items of note. I have Phebe Chase's ( Clarks wife )
newspaper death notice from the 1850's. Pages of the Chase Estates dated 1871 and
taken from the Salem Gazette and other papers of 1846. Marriage and death
notices of Chases, Lakey's, Phelps etc,. I also have many photo's of Asa T Chase,
Betsey ann Phelps, William Durfee Chase and families. In turn if anyone out
there has any information on how Clark died and where he may be buried (probably
Palmyra) it will be very much appreciated. My e-mail is eedwards26(a)aol.com.
Best Regards,
Rick Edwards.
Hicksville N.Y.
P.S. A big thanks to mom who saved all this info over the years and who still
gets a big kick out of finding new information about our Chase ancestry.
>From the Apr. 1912 issue of the Chase Chronicles
THE CHACE-DURFEE ASSOCIATION.
It is interesting to notice the increase of
interest in family associations and especially
those which are affiliated to our own, and it
is with pleasure that we have learned during the
past year of the "Chace-Durfee Association,"
formed three years ago in Freetown, Massachusetts,
embracing members in that town and its
immediate vicinity, the headquarters being in
Clifford, a village on the outskirts of New Bedford.
At our request, Miss Bessie Chace, the Secretary
of the Association, has sent us the following account
of the formation and history of the society.
"September 7, "1909, Labor Day, a large
number of the Chace-Durfee family met at
Clifford, Massachusetts, at the home of Franklin
J. Gurney, whose mother was a Chace. The
society was organized and is known as 'The
Chace-Durfee Family Reunion.
At this meeting the officers elected were as
follows:
President, John C. Chace, Middleboro.
Vice President, Fred P. Chace, Middleboro.
Secretary, Bessie Chase, East Freetown.
Asst. Secretary, Alice H. Chace, Middleboro.
Treasurer, Mrs. S. E. Taylor, Lakeville.
The society has met once a year for three
years, upon Labor Day, at the same place.
A clam dinner has been served each year at
Sylvan Grove, which is only a few minutes
walk from Mr. Gurney's place. At the last
meeting, September 4, 1911, there were 148
members present. The morning was spent
in jumping contests and races by the younger
members and some that were not so very young.
After dinner, a ball game was played by the
young men.
"The President of the society died in October,
1910, and Franklin J. Chase, a brother of the
former President, was elected to fill the vacancy.
The other officers remain the same. The
next meeting will be at same place, Labor Day."
Freetown adjoins New Bedford, where our
next annual reunion is to be held upon the last
Thursday in June, and we hope to welcome
many members of this sister association at our
gathering at that time.
>From the April 1911 issue of the Chase Chronicle
The Biography of a "Rolling Stone."
George Wingate Chase (7) was born in Ha-
verhill, Mass., June 19, 1826, and died in Stock-
ton, Minn., August 13, 1867. His parents
were Deacon Tappan Chase (6), and Hannah
Johnson Chase.
His genealogical line was:
Aquila (1),
John (2),
David (3),
Anthony (4),
Joseph (5),
Tappan (6),
George Wingate (7),
As he was well known in Haverhill during his
life, perhaps the following notes regarding it
will be of some interest to those who knew him.
Quoting from a little record Book which he
left, "My mother has several times told me
(1861) that I was sent to school regularly the
summer I was two years old. I was born
June 19, 1826, and was sent to the summer
school (probably commencing the latter part
of May or the first of June) of 1828. My sister,
Abby, was born that spring, and I was sent to
'school to get rid of me. I was led regularly for
about a week, when I was obliged to trudge alone.
I have heard my father tell of his following me
with a whip, that term."
"My only recollection of my early teacher
(Philena Stevens) is a vague memory of having
my hands and feet tied with cloth strings, to
keep me still, and of stumbling headlong as I
was shuffling up to say my A. B. C. My feet
were tied so as to allow perhaps three or four
inches step at a time."
"I can remember when I was kept at work
on the farm with the hired man (before my Uncle
Nathan (Johnson) worked for my father),
and when I could not have been more than ten
years old, and when I had to "hoe a hill and skip
a hill beside him, and when my legs had to do
all his running, and when I got scoldings and
cuffs and more than one flogging for laziness.
I can remember lying down upon the ground,
in a agony of pain from internal troubles, too
weak to stand."
In 1839 the family removed from the East
Parish to the Center Parish, near the Plug Pond.
In January, 1845, in his nineteenth year, he
left home "to seek a livelihood." After
traveling as a book agent, newspaper agent,
daguerreotypist and phrenologist, he returned home
March 5, 1846, as a daguerreotypist. In August of
that year he went to South Berwick, Me.,
to learn to make reed musical instruments, of
Rufus Williams. During the next winter he
kept three dancing schools, two in South
Berwick and one in Elliott.
In March, 1847, he went to Boston, to work
for M. 0. Nichols, making reeds for reed organs,
returning to New Sharon, Me., in August of the
same year, to work for John Trask as a shoe-
maker and cutter.
In 1848,he was initiated into Odd Fellowship,
being the first initiation in the lodge, at Farm-
ington, and served in several offices, principally
as Conductor, for two years. In the winter of
that year he kept four singing schools: at New
Sharon, Wilton, Chesterville, and Belgrade.
December 30, 1849, he married Frances A.
Dyer, the youngest child of Christopher and
Susan (Gordon) Dyer, of New Sharon, and
April 1st of the next year removed to Haverhill,
and commenced work in the same shop and
situation he had left in 1844.
November 16, 1850, his son Charles Dyer was
born (still living in 1911), and in December
the family removed to Boston, where Mr.
Chase again entered the employ of M. 0. Nichols.
May 22, 1851, he removed his family to West
Newton, where he became organist in Dr.
Gilbert's Church. In August he left the
employ of M. 0. Nichols and entered that of
Thomas D. Warren, in the same business.
In November he again returned to Boston, and
in December to New Sharon, where he again
went to work for John Trask, in the shoe business,
as foreman.
In January, 1852, he commenced manu-
facturing reed organs, in New Sharon, at first
only incidentally, but in July he left Trask
wholly.
June 19, 1853, his daughter, Abby Matilda,
was born, who died Feb. 18, 1872.
In November, 1853, he was initiated into
Masonry, in Maine Lodge, at Farmington.
In December he passed in the same lodge, and
in January, 18S'4, at the next meeting, officiated
as Senior Deacon, to initiate and pass. In
February he was raised in the same lodge, and
immediately appointed Senior Deacon. In
December of the next year he was elected
Senior Warden.
In May, 1854, he commenced publishing the
Musical Advertiser.
In May, 1855, he commenced publishing the
Musical and Masonic Journal, and four months
afterwards made it wholly Masonic, having
ceased the manufacture of reed instruments in
February of the same year.
On May 7th he was exalted in King Hiram
Chapter, at Lewiston, Me., having received M.
M., P. M., and M. E. M., the Saturday evening
previous.
June 28th he moved to Brunswick, Me"., and
commenced editing and publishing the Bruns-
wick Telegraph, having purchased a half inter-
est. In August he was appointed Grand Lec-
turer, by Grand Master Miller, and in September
received the degrees of Royal and Select Master,
in Mount Vernon Council, Brunswick. In the
fall he received the degree of Super Excellent
Master in Boston, from A. A. Dame, Esq., at
his house, and December 18th was elected W.
Master of United Lodge No. 8 at Brunswick.
In March or April, 1856, he received Encamp-
ment Orders in Maine Encampment. No. 1,
at Gardiner, Me. November 3d he removed
his family to Bath, where he took charge of the
music in the high and grammar schools, and
kept singing schools in Brunswick and Bath.
In January, 1857, he suspended the Telegraph,
and soon after sold out his interest in it.
In February he issued notice of his intention to
write a History of Haverhill, in a book of at least
500 pages, and in March went into the shoe
manufacturing business with his brothers on
his removal from Bath. In December they
dissolved partnership, "in consequence of hard
times, poor prospects, and severe losses."
Some of my readers may be old enough to re-
member that there was a terrible panic in Wall
Street in August, 1857, and in October there
were runs on several banks, and some of them
suspended, and the Erie, Michigan Southern
and Illinois Central railroads went into the
hands of receivers. Bank clearings in New
York were but about one-half those of 1856.
This depression lasted practically four years.
In March, 1858, he opened a real estate and
insurance office in Haverhill, and apparently
employed his leisure time in compiling the
Masonic Harp, which was published in August,
By Oliver Ditson & Co., of Boston, who I believe
have issued many editions of it from that day
to this.
In September, 1858, he was appointed Chair-
man of Committee on Foreign Correspondence
of Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, the first
committee of the kind ever appointed in the
state, and his report was published in the
Proceedings of that year. In December he was
appointed Chairman of Committee on Work of
the Grand Chapter.
January 15, 1859, was issued the first edition
of his Webb's Pocket Monitor, which he had
been engaged for months in editing, and
February 28th he sent the manuscript of his
Digest of Masonic Law to Robert Macoy, of
New York. It covered 568 large pages, and
contained over 4000 references. He had
projected the work nearly four years before,
indexing all his Masonic reading from that time
forward, and commenced writing it up in August
of 1858, about the time he finished the Masonic
Harp.
During 1859 he disposed of his large Masonic
library, which he had been years in accumulating,
in which he was exceedingly well read, of which
he was proud, and which he found it hard to
give up. The books were his solace and his
friends. The proceeds, with other savings,
were invested in a pleasant home on Mount
Washington in Haverhill, to which he removed
in October. On May 14th he became Librarian
of the Haverhill Library Association, and
he removed his business offices to an anteroom
of Atheneum Hall, on Main Street, where the
library was then kept. I still have his "editorial"
shears, which I can remember seeing and using
in this anteroom as a boy.
On November 8th he was elected as a
Republican to the State Legislature, by
a very handsome vote.
In March, 1860, at his request, an article was
inserted in the warrant for the Haverhill Town
Meeting to see if the town would appropriate
money towards the publication of his History
of Haverhill, and if so how much.
He says, "Though I tried hard to find some
one to make the motion in the meeting for such
an appropriation, I utterly failed. They all
professed' to be friendly to the thing, but each
one thought that 'somebody else' was a more
fit person to make the motion. At noon one
of the leading town officers said to me that he
feared I would not get a cent. I then decided
upon my courseto ask no favors of any one,
but to go into the meeting and simply state
why I had ventured to ask for the appropriation,
and the reasons that seemed to me to favor the
proposition. I made my statement, and left
it to them to say what sum they would
appropriate, if any, and left the stand.
"As I stepped down, Hon. J. H. Duncan met
me and asked, 'How much do you want?' I
replied, 'I want $500.' He immediately stepped
upon the platform, and with a few kind and
timely remarks moved that the sum be
appropriated. Strange and unexpected as it seemed,
the crowded audience actually cheered him,
and the motion was unanimously agreed to."
My mother has told me that this amount
received from the town, together with that
received from the sales of the history, just about
paid the expenses of its publication, so that there
was neither a profit or a loss.
In November, 1860, he was again nominated
by a large majority and elected as a
representative to the Legislature.
Dec. 31, 1863, he writes in his Record Book,
"1 have been recently reminded of an incident
which occurred in the Legislature of 1861 (my
second year). News came to Governor Andrew
from some private source that the southerners
would certainly make an attempt to capture
Washington, and that the plans were all laid
for that purpose. He desired an 'Emergency'
Appropriation, to enable him to get overcoats,
etc., ready, in case soldiers were called for.
A resolve appropriating $100,000 was reported
in the house, and endeavored to be passed with-
out any except general reasons being given for
the act, but there were so many members un-
friendly to the governor that it was found
necessary to have the truth told, and a vote
was passed to go into 'secret session.' I
happened to be in the speaker's chair at the time,
and presided through the secret session. It
was the only secret session of either House or
Senate for a great many years, and by assuming
slightly I had the satisfaction of seeing the
whole pass off without friction. It was an
impressive scene when Chairman of the
Committee on Finance made an explanation of the
matter. The House was oppressively still, and
though he spoke low every word was distinctly
heard, and when he had concluded the resolve
was passed without a dissenting voice, and I
declared a unanimous vote.
This resolve is Chapter 21 of the Acts and
Resolves of 1861 (p. 355), approved February
5, 1861, and was repealed by the resolve of
Chapter 173 (p. 488), approved April 10, 1861,
(the next to the last day of that session of the
Legislature), after having no doubt served its
purpose. The Governor was to report on or
before January 15, 1862, of the manner in which
the funds had been disbursed.
Mr. Chase always believed that the prompt
passage of this resolve saved Washington, for in
contrast to the conditions in some other states,
the Massachusetts soldiers were ready when
the call came, and the story of their passage
through Baltimore and arrival in Washington
before the southerners woke up to the fact, is
a matter of history. The next regiment of
soldiers that passed through Baltimore on their
way found trouble, and Lincoln himself, on
advice of Allan Pinkerton, went around it.
April 15, 1861, he commenced his service in
the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
He says, "If my health (which is decidedly
precarious, and warns me to keep my house
constantly in order), and my good luck shall
succeed in making my engagement something
permanent, I shall be most happy and content-
ed, so far as money is concerned."
November 9th he was notified of his election
as a member of the Publishing Committee of
the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
November 5, 1862, he removed his family to
Boston. "Reasonmy business is in Boston,
and the wear and tear of sixty-six miles of daily
ride by rail is telling on me too fast for pleasant
contemplation. Were I not physically dis-
qualified, I should long ago have been a soldier.
I never have had a more distressing reflection
in my life, than the fact that my physical weak-
ness makes it impossible for me to undertake
the labors and fatigues incident to a soldier's
life. Patriotism and ambition are both chained
in me."
In April, 1863, he was appointed Commander
of a new Commandery of Knights Templar, at
Haverhill, "much to my surprise."
I believe he remained Eminent Commander
until close to the date of his death, after which
an excellent oil portrait was made and hung
upon the walls of the Masonic Hall, where I
think it still remains, looking down upon the pro-
ceedings of the body in which he took such an
extreme and affectionate interest during his life.
On the celebration of his fortieth birthday,
on June 19, 1866, the masons brought gifts of
a silver ice-water service, still in use, and of a
large Masonic emblem in the form of a gold
cross studded with jewels, which is peacefully
reposing in a safety deposit vault for security.
I think that the cross and my father's Masonic
sword will become the property of the Haver-
hill Commandery on the death of the remain-
ing members of the family.
June 27, 1863, he was appointed District
Deputy President for the Fourth Suffolk Sen-
atorial District, of the Union League of America,
"a so-called secret organization, established for
the purpose of closely uniting all true loyal men
in the present time of our country's trial and
danger."
"September 10, 1863. I am evidently on the
undefined borders of a physical break down.
My occupation is too sedentary, and for several
months has been especially trying mentally.
I fear I shall have to give up. My best pros-
prospect is a hope to be able to battle with disease
a few years longer, but with all hopes of ambition
crushed out."
In September he purchased a house in Hyde
Park, and removed his family to it in the following
month. In December his "Abstract of the Census
of Massachusetts for I860," upon which he had been
at work for many months, was ready for delivery.
In April, 1864, he completed the first public
document, entitled "Abstract of Public Reports
and Documents." He had made it in two
parts, and entitled it "Annual Statistics of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts," for the
year ending December 31, 1863. As he says
of it, "It was a measure of my own, entirely,
and I hoped to see it develop into an interesting
annual, but through the special efforts of Moses
Kimball, of Boston, the act was repealed before
the first report was out, so that my first was also
my last volume."
In July, 1864, he purchased a house in Mel-
rose, and removed the family there in October.
Leaving the office of the Secretary of State
on the first of November, during that month he
issued a little book entitled "The Freemason's
Pocket Library," which he hoped would re-
munerate him for the labor of its preparation.
On the 30th of the month he concluded an ar-
rangement with the John Hancock Life Insur-
ance Company, of Boston, to act as their "Gen-
eral Traveling Agent," for one year, and on
April 1st of the following year made a new con-
tract, changing from salary to commission,
which proved advantageous to himself, and to
his family for some years after his death.
On March 6, 1865, he issued his "Tactics
for Knights Templar," on the 15th the fifth
edition of the Digest of Masonic Law, and in
April, in pamphlet form, his "Burial Services"
for Master Masons and Knights Templar.
Somewhere about this time he was appointed
Generalissimo of Hugh de Payens Encampment
of Melrose, Mass.
On May 12, 1866, he removed from Melrose
to Haverhill, to . Number 48 Pecker Street,
"Where I have purchased a house, and hope to
make my future permanent home. Having
moved my family fifteen times in sixteen years,
I hope to enjoy the balance of my life in my
native town."
On June 19th he celebrated his fortieth birth-
day in his new home, calling in the Haverhill
Commandery and other masons, with his friends
and relatives,. and but five months afterwards,
on November 24th, he consulted with Dr.
Bowditch of Boston, by whom he was informed
that, while with great care he might stay the
disease, his greatest benefit would be found in
a permanent residence in Minnesota, at that
time the Mecca for all consumptives as Color-
ado is today. He says, "This is a severe blow,
and blasts all my fond expectations of a quiet
future among the friends of my native town.
But there seems no help for it. Years of over-
working have broken me down, mentally and
physically, and I have left but a poor founda-
tion to build renewed health upon."
On December 2d he decided to leave his family
in Haverhill, and going to Minnesota at
once to try the experiment of living there.
On the tenth he started, and with letters of
introduction from prominent state and Masonic
officials of his home in the east, met with the
utmost cordiality and friendliness from everyone
he came in contact with in the west. But he
was lonesome. "Among strangers, too cold
for outdoor rides or pleasant walks, stopping
at a public house where quiet is seldom found,
day or night, nothing to do but mope around
and brood over my present uncertain position,
I yearn for the comforts and affections of home."
Returning soon to Haverhill, he sold all his
belongings that he did not need in the west, or
that cost too much to transport, packed up
such as he wished to carry with him, and with
his family started for Minnesota in April, 1867.
There was no continuous railroad to Min-
nesota at that time, as it ended at the old Indian
crossing place on the Mississippi River, at La
Crosse, Wisconsin. Here a stage was taken,
going up the river on the ice to Winona, where
he stopped for a time debating what to do next.
Believing that an out-door life held out the only
hope for him, and influenced by Masonic and
other new friends in Winona, he bought a
hundred-acre farm in the beautiful valley behind
the bluffs back of Winona, to which he quickly
moved.
Undoubtedly still in the hopes of a longer
life, he built a new barn and otherwise improved
the property, but shortly grew worse and died
August 13, 1867, but forty-one years of age.
. Unable to dispose of the property advanta-
geously, the family was obliged to remain on
it for some years, but finally left it in the care
of a lawyer and returned to Haverhill, the re-
mains of Mr. Chase having been previously
brought back and interred in the Linwood Cem-
etery in Haverhill.
The family of George Wingate Chase (7)
consisted of the following:
Frances A. (Dyer) George Tappan
Abby Mathilda George Wingate
all deceased, and
Charles Dyer, still living in 1911.
Sarah Ann, still living in 1911.
Of all the descendants of Joseph (5), Deacon
Tappan (6), and George Wingate (7) Chase, the
two above noted are the only ones to my know-
ledge now living, and in all probability that
branch of the Chase Family comes to an end at
their death. If there are others I should be glad
to learn of them.
Of the five children of my father's brother,
Charles Tappan (7), (who, with George Win-
gate (7), were the only children of Deacon Tap-
pan (6) that married and had issue), as uniform-
ly handsome and talented a family of children
as I ever saw, not one is now living.
To conclude, I cannot forbear paying tribute
to the worth of my mother, "for sixty years
the loving, toiling, unselfish mother of all her
children, knowing no distinction." She lived
only in them and for them and her husband,
and suffered through them, till she finally laid
down to rest, lacking but a few days of the ten
years more then the biblical three score years
and ten allotted to human life. She was herself
the last and youngest of a family of eleven chil-
dren who, I think, with their parents had passed
beyond before her.
CHARLES DYER CHASE (8)
Lonnie,
Fascinating story. I was really enthralled. Last night I printed it off
as bedtime reading and now I wished I hadn't. I lay awake thinking about
all of the complicated grudges and relationships and it gave me a
completely new perspective on our litigious society. It seems that even
way back when people were quick in suing each other! Now, I am very
tired. Oh well.
I have read much of the Chronicles, but certainly not all - there is so
much. Thanks for the great tie-in with early witch suits.
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
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