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Vermilion county Illinois, HENRY L. CHACE
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p. 246-247
HENRY L. CHACE. The farming lands of Vermilion County comprise its most
valuable property, and the men who have redeemed them from their
primitive condition occupy no unimportant position among a vast and
intelligent population. The subject of this notice may be properly
classed among these, as he turns in annually a handsome sum to the
county treasury as taxes on the property which he has accumulated,
largely by the .labor of his own hands He is a land owner to the extent
of a fine farm of 440 acres, with the residence, on section 5, township
23, range 12, which, together with its buildings and improvements,
forms one of the most desirable estates in this part of Vermilion
County.
The native place of our subject was Newport R. I., where he first
opened his eyes to the light March 7, 1843. There he spent his boyhood
and youth, completing his education in the High School. This brought
him up to the time of the Civil War. On the 13th day of October, 1862,
he enlisted as a Union soldier in Company D, 12th Rhode Island
Infantry, in which he first served a short time as a private, and later
received the rank of Sergeant. His regiment was made a part of the
First Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, and operated mostly
with the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battle of
Fredericksburg, and was under Gen. Burnside in his skirmishes through
Kentucky. He left the regular ranks in August, 1863, and was assigned
to the Quartermaster's department, and given charge of two large
pontoon trains, numbers 15 and 17, Army of the James, and was mostly
stationed at City Point until the fall of 1865, when he assisted in the
reconstruction of the burned bridge at Richmond after the surrender of
Lee's army, when he was mustered out and returned home.
Our subject for a year after leaving the army engaged in business in
his native town, and in the meantime was married, March 26, 1866, to
Miss Anna E. Cogswell. Soon afterwards they removed to Kendall County,
this State, where he engaged in farming two years, then moved to the
vicinity of Seneca, LaSalle County, where he sojourned for a period of
eight years. His next removal, in 1877, was to the farm which he now
owns and occupies. Upon this he has effected many improvements,
gathering around him all the conveniences and appliances of the
enterprising and progressive agriculturist. He votes the straight
Republican ticket, and has held the various minor offices of his
township. As an ex-soldier he belongs to the G. A. R., and finds his
religious home in the Universalist Church.
Henry Chace, the father of our subject, was likewise a native of
Newport, R. I., where he was born in 1812. The paternal grandfather was
Capt. James Chace. who followed the sea for many years, but finally
settled on terra firma in Newport, and there spent his last days. There
was a large representation of the Chace family in that city, where they
were familiarly known for several generations, and traced their
ancestors to the Puritans. Henry Chace in early manhood was married to
Miss Mary Lyon, and for a time was engaged as a merchant in Georgetown,
S. C. The wife of our subject was also a native of Newport. She was the
daughter of Aaron S. Cogswell, of Revolutionary fame, who was the
representative of an old and honorable family, which furnished a number
of successful business men to the commercial interests of that time.
Found in Jefferson County KS's "Yesteryears" October 2005 issue, page 17:
"Wagon and Buggy Shop
"Mr C F Chase, proprietor of Oskaloosa's wagon and buggy,
general repair shop and wood-work establishment, came to
Jefferson county from Berlin Wis, in 1875 and located on a
farm in Oskaloosa township, where he resided for thirteen
years, and then went to Colorado, but a year and a half of that
country was enough for him and he returned to old Jefferson,
locating in Oskaloosa, engaging in his present business.
"Mr Chase is an old soldier, having served two years, '64 and
'65; is a member of the local GAR post, a member of the city
council and is one of Oskaloosa's enterprising and progressive
business men.
"Mr Chase keeps constantly on hand all kinds of bent and
sawed wagon and buggy material and does all classes of
farm machinery repairing as well. His prices are reasonable
and his work is executed in a workman-like manner, and you
can get your work done here as well and as cheap as elsewhere."
This is from their repaint of the 1897 Oskaloosa Business History.
I hope somebody claims him.
Jan
The repertoire of the Hutchinson Family is a big and complex subject that
spans a long period of time. The core of the repertoire includes the songs
of the classic Hutchinson Family quartet of the 1840s, the trio of
brothers of the 1850s (Judson, John, and Asa), and the Tribes of John and
Asa that flourished through the 1860s and 1870s.
Asa B. Hutchinson was the youngest of twelve sons; and he was his father's
pet. All the family showed musical talent. After brothers Judson and John
bought violins, Asa managed to acquire a bass viol and set about teaching
himself to play. Though sometimes described as a baritone, Asa sang bass
in most family ensembles until he reached his mid-thirties. Today we would
say that Asa's voice provided the foundation for the famous Hutchinson
Family harmonies.
In the summer of 1843 on Nantucket, Asa found true love, in the person of
Elizabeth Chace (1828-1874). He and Lizzie, as she was called, were
married on Monday, April 26, 1847.
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl
I wrote 5 years ago looking for James with no luck. I am still stuck in the same spot knowing nothing about James. I have his family all down to 1930 and some down to present.
Does anyone have a James born 1796/67 in New York that married a Rebecca. It is a good chance he is mine. I have find a son Nicholas on Family Search, there is a discrepency in the dates. Birth: 14 Sept 1828 Christening 20 Jan 1828 Presbyterian, New Scotland, Albany, New York Parents: James Chase, Rebecca Winne.
Either the dates were put in the wrong place or the years are wrong. If anyone can help you would have my forever thanks. I have been working on this family for about 15 years now and can't get past my James.
Genealogy is my Hobby,
I collect ancestors !
Hi Jeffrey
Well that explanation of yours makes the reasons for why some of the
ancestors put Dutch or German in the census when asked about their
nationality, or origins...
It is odd however, in the context of most of those I have identified having
descended from William who had been dead since 1659 ! There must have been
some word of mouth or family lore.... or more likely perhaps the kind of
story that led to the great Chase/Townley estate landholdings scam that had
so many of them all excited.
Thanks for the background .
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace(a)gmail.com>
To: <CHASE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHASE-L] German Dutch conundrum
> Hello Derek,
> Having lived in the Netherlands for the last 8 years, I can assure you
> that
> there are indeed "Dutch" people. However, the word "Dutch," as is
> correctly
> stated in the excerpt you posted, is a bastardization of the word
> "Deutsch"
> meaning German. But, the "Dutch" (people from the Netherlands) don't refer
> to themselves as Dutch but rather as "Nederlanders" or sometimes as
> "Hollanders" even though Holland, made up of the two provinces of North
> and
> South Holland, is merely one part of the Netherlands.
> While the claim made in the article accusing Anglo-Saxon peoples of being
> less linguistically adept than others may be a fair statement today with
> the
> virtual dominance of English as the premier world language, at the time of
> Peter Stuyvesant this was certainly not the case. As with any trading
> nation
> of people, which the English certainly were, the knowledge of other
> languages and being able to speak them was of paramount importance.
> Moreover, William the Conquerer was a French speaker and the official
> legal
> language of the courts of England was French until 1732. Additionally (and
> very interesting in the context of our subject matter, the "Dutch,"),
> William III, the King of England from 1689-1702, was a Dutchman and was
> the
> Prince of Holland known as William of Orange.
> There were also many Nederlanders from Flanders (also known as the
> Flemish)
> who fled the harsh rule of Duke Alva of Spain in the 16th century and
> emigrated to Colchester, England, and they were referred to even then as
> the
> "Dutch." The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word "Dutch" as
> incorporating all Germanic peoples or languages from the main continent of
> Europe (excluding Scandanavia which is also Germanic).
> Main Entry: *2Dutch*
> Function: *noun*
> *1 a* *archaic* (1) *:* any of the Germanic languages of Germany, Austria,
> Switzerland, and the Low Countries (2) *: GERMAN
> <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/german+>*3 *b* *:* the Germanic language of
> the Netherlands
> *2* *Dutch* *plural* *a* *archaic* *:* the Germanic peoples of Germany,
> Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries *b* *: GERMANS
> <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/germans+>*2a, b *c* *:* the people of the
> Netherlands.
> Furthermore, I would like to comment on a comment in the rest of the
> article from which you posted the excerpt. The writer claims that Germanic
> languages are "not the medium of communication suited to love, romance or
> mysticism" and uses as his example the word for "butterfly" as proof.
> However, the word for butterfly in Dutch is "vlinder" (pronounced
> "flinder"
> which a short "i" as in "hinder") which I find to be at least as
> melifluous
> as the French "papillon."
> Also, I find it quite interesting that the author of this article does not
> seem to realize that English itself is a Germanic language. So, I wouldn't
> put too much stock in what he has written about the Dutch.
> Cheers,
> Jeffrey
Hello everyone----
I have been beside myself trying to understand why some family members back in the early census days put "German" in the nationality of origin column...and recently I came across someone who put "Dutch"...
I just found a piece in the Resident, a Lisbon Portugal newspaper that may clear up half the mystery...
http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?s=ISITME
Here's just the interesting bit :
" If you are a smoker, you are more likely than not to have heard of Peter Stuyvesant, the founder and Governor of New Amsterdam (today's New York) in 1626. The name change that followed 38 years later was indicative of the growing British dominance in the New World. Over the next 300 years, English speaking immigrants far outnumbered other national minorities, although among these there were a fair number of Stuyvesant's compatriots. But these settlers from Holland were not, in fact, those referred to as being 'Dutch' by their English, Irish and Scottish predecessors - 'Dutch', a mispronunciation of 'Deutsch'!
Hoards of oppressed or politically persecuted Germans also flooded across the Atlantic, but their declaration of being 'Deutsch' proved too much of a tongue twister for the linguistically less than gifted Anglo-Saxons, so they became 'Dutch'. So you see, the 'Dutch' really are a fictitious race - as was that notorious gangster 'Dutch Schutz1'. This is just one example of the treasures that the constantly changing English language has to offer, which for me, is a fascinating area of study. "
Hi to all my lists . . . This came today from a CHASE research list. It
doesn't apply to our ancestry, but may be of interest to many genealogy
students. It certainly does sound logical!
Hope all is well for you and your families. We're doing fine here in
Northern California but realize there is genuine grief and misery in other
parts of the US. God bless us every one. Jean Edwards
> Hello everyone----
>
> I have been beside myself trying to understand why some family members
> back in the early census days put "German" in the nationality of origin
> column...and recently I came across someone who put "Dutch"...
>
> I just found a piece in the Resident, a Lisbon Portugal newspaper that may
> clear up half the mystery...
>
> http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?s=ISITME
>
> Here's just the interesting bit :
>
> " If you are a smoker, you are more likely than not to have heard of Peter
> Stuyvesant, the founder and Governor of New Amsterdam (today's New York)
> in 1626. The name change that followed 38 years later was indicative of
> the growing British dominance in the New World. Over the next 300 years,
> English speaking immigrants far outnumbered other national minorities,
> although among these there were a fair number of Stuyvesant's compatriots.
> But these settlers from Holland were not, in fact, those referred to as
> being 'Dutch' by their English, Irish and Scottish predecessors - 'Dutch',
> a mispronunciation of 'Deutsch'!
>
> Hoards of oppressed or politically persecuted Germans also flooded across
> the Atlantic, but their declaration of being 'Deutsch' proved too much of
> a tongue twister for the linguistically less than gifted Anglo-Saxons, so
> they became 'Dutch'. So you see, the 'Dutch' really are a fictitious
> race - as was that notorious gangster 'Dutch Schutz1'. This is just one
> example of the treasures that the constantly changing English language has
> to offer, which for me, is a fascinating area of study. "
>
>
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Can any one tell where this fits in?
Here is some info on James Judson Chase.
Born: 2/9/1847
Father - Solon Chase Mother - Ann
Died - Old Orchard, Maine 6/1/1918
Lived in Turner, Maine - farmer.
Hello All,
Just wondering if anyone could help me out with any information about Abner
Chase, born 9 November 1777 (where I do not know), married Mathilda in
Oneida County, New York before 1816. Moved to Byron, New York in 1816. Was a
Magistrate, member of the Masons and died 2 June 1844 in Byron. Can anyone
tell me about his origins? Mother/Father Grandparents, etc?
Cheers,
Jeffrey Chace
http://www.chace.demon.nl