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I am searching for information about the Henry CHASE b. 1835, CAN, d. 1904, prob. Underhill, Chittenden, VT
m1. 1860, prob. Underhill, Chittenden, VT Evaline ATCHINSON (1860 census for Underhill, Chittenden, VT)
m2. 1861, prob. Canada, Nancy (1870 census for Underhill, Chittende, VT)
Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, Chittenden, VT shows Henry CHASE 1835-1904 Company D. 19th Maine
Nancy A. 1840-
In the 1890, Eleventh Census for the US, Special Schedule for Surviving
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows, for Underhill, Chittenden,
Vermont, page #4, #50, I found an entry for John JONES alias Henry CHASE.
Rank - Private
Company - 19
Name of regiment - ME, Inf
Date of enlistment - Sep 1863
Date of discharge - Jun 1865
Length of service - 1y 9m
I believe this is the Henry CHASE who is shown in the 1850 census for Bolton, Chittenden, VT, w/parents Samuel and Amy CHASE
Does anyone recognize this Henry CHASE? Was he the Henry shown in the 1860 census for Underhill, Chittenden, VT w/wife, Evaline and 1m. old baby? Were they divorced?
Any information about this family will be appreciated. Thanks
Barb
SALMON P CHASE
While we celebrate Abraham Lincolns 200th birthday this year, there is yet
another Chase, Salmon Portland Chase, who bears recognition. These two men
worked closely during Lincoln's presidential term. Close they were but at
odds.
Salmon P. came from the Cornish, New Hampshire Chase families.
He, one of ten children was born 13 January 1808 to Ithamar and Janet
(Ralston) Chase). Ithamar was rather well to do for a time and deemed the
richest man in Cornish at the time his marriage. Salmons father built what
is currently the Chase House Bed and Breakfast on Rt. 12 A in Cornish.
(photo available)
Hard times came upon the family and at the death of Salmon Ps father in
1817; they were living in Keene, New Hampshire. Salmon P. attended schools
in Keen, NH and Windsor, Vermont, until his mother thought that Uncle
Philander would have some fatherly influence upon and he could get a proper
education. Before Philander Chase became Episcopal bishop of Ohio, he
operated a school in that state. Salmon spent two years in Ohio with his
uncle, going to school and working on the bishops farm. The impression one
gets from the various accountings of the Chase history, Salmon did not like
it very much, mainly because the hard work.
There is an often told tale of what Salmon did one time to his uncle. He
was instructed by Philander to butcher one of the farm pigs, which he did.
However, he could not get the bristles off, even with the scalding in hot
water. So either in desperation or to pull a trick on Philander, Salmon used
his uncles razors and shaved the pig up as smooth as can be! When Philander
returned from errands, Salmon was congratulated on the good looking job, but
when the stern disciplinarian uncle later found his razors unusable for the
human face, it is easy to speculate what measures might have been imposed
upon the young lad of thirteen or fourteen.
Salmon P. returned to his family in Keen, New Hampshire when he was fifteen
in 1823. He tried teaching school for a while, but it did not work out. His
mother made arrangements for him to live with his aunt Rachel Chase Denison
in Royalton, Vermont. Rachel Denison was the wife of Joseph Denison; Doc
Denison. The Denisons were a well know family in Royalton, many being
doctors and lawyers; at least one living in Randolph.
According to Lucy Denison Elder in writing of The Story of the Old Church
(Old Christ Church, Bethel); Royalton was a promising village with an
academy famous up and down the valley. Famous or not Salmon must have
received a good education a this academy and from the school previous in
Ohio, as when he was fifteen or sixteen he was accepted into Dartmouth
College as a junior. He graduated in 1926 and then went to Washington, D.C.
to study law.
Local lure gives some impression that Salmon lived for a time at his Uncle
Dudleys in Randolph Center and studied law under him, however if one
follows the time line laid out by biographer John Niven in Salmon P.
Chase, there is no note of this. Mr. Niven is editor of the papers of
Salmon P. Chase. Salmon from early on kept copious notes, journals and
diaries and it seems likely that Mr. Niven would have picked up if Salmon P.
Chase had indeed lived with the Honorable Dudley Chase.
Dudley and Salmon Chase did interact when the latter first went to
Washington, D. C. Salmon asked his uncle to use his political influence to
obtain him a government clerkship appointment. He refused, saying; I once
obtained an appointment for a nephew and he was ruined by it. I determined
not to do that again. Dudley then gave him fifty cents; to buy a spade.
(I dont think Dudley Chase was being selfish or uncaring, but was
essentially telling his nephew to WORK for what he needed)
Salmon managed, studied law in D. C. under Honorable William A. Wirth and
was admitted to the bar in 1829. Soon after that he went to Ohio to practice
law. He became a stern advocate of the plight of the slaves, defending them
in court and fighting for their rights in many ways. He also wrote many
anti-slavery publications.
In 1849 he was elected to the US Senate and served until 1855. He then
served two terms as Ohios governor, after which time he returned to the US
Senate. At the national Republican convention, he received a few votes for
president, but he ultimately lost to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him
Secretary of the US Treasury 1861.
When he came into office, only a few months before the Civil War, the US
Treasury was depleted, the national debt heavily increased and the credit of
the government was seriously impaired. Though, he had not the training nor
experience in financial affairs, Salmon Chase was given the insurmountable
task of finding money to finance the war. It is said the in the Chase
Chronicles that Chase went before the bankers in New York to obtain a huge
loan. He did not agree with the bankers terms. And so he threatened? If
they did not agree with his terms, he would issue paper money. The loan was
granted. In the Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas
Chase, we read that; If you cannot loan the government, I shall go back to
Washington and issue notes for circulation; for it is certain that the war
must go on until the rebellion is put down, if we have to put out paper
until it takes a thousand dollars to buy a breakfast.
Chase and Lincoln were very different from each other. In the areas of
money, Lincoln is quoted as saying; Money! I dont know anything about
money. I never had enough of my own to fret. When protests came to him
regarding taxes and money matters, he referred them to Secretary Chase. When
Chase consulted his president about financial issues, Lincolns often
replied; go ahead, you understand these things, I dont.
Social issues also drew a line between these two giants. Lincoln came from
humble background with little education and social connections. Salmon P.
Chase, though he had hard times, he had influence. His uncles Senator Dudley
Chase and Bishop Philander Chase are the immediate ones which comes to mind.
One also gets the impression that Salmon P. had a sense of entitlement. In
person he is described as; very dignified, fond of form, proud of
intellect, tenacious of precedents (Chase stubbornness), without wit or
humour
Lincoln would be described in the opposite. Perhaps they complimented each
other in the tasks at hand of running the government. They worked together
(for the good of the country) though often at the other ends of the spectrum
in personality, attributes and opinions.
Though, Salmon P. Chase did not ever become president of the United States,
he did have much to do with making history. While being Secretary of the
Treasury he is credited to establishing the current banking system. Lincoln
appointed him Chief Justice of the United States. The item for which he is
best known while holding this office was his presiding over the impeachment
trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.
In Salmon Portland Chases personal life, he suffered a great deal of grief,
as his three wives and three children died. He died while still in office in
1873 .The reader may remember him by glancing at ones ten thousand dollar
bill, for that is his image on there.
For those interested in more study the Chase Chronicles are on the internet
at: http://www.webnests.com/Chase/chronicles.htm
Thank you Lonnie!
This writer has the Seven Generations of Aquila and Thomas Chase
Salmon P. Chase by John Niven. 1995
Also if you want to get at some almost original writings of Salmon P.
Google has on-line a huge book;
An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase
By Robert Bruce Warden, 868 pages.
I cant get a decent URL on this now, I suppose because Ive already been
there and downloaded it.
Harriet M. Chase, Curator of the Randolph (Vermont) Historical Society