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William Henry Chase

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William Henry Chase

Birth
Canada
Death
26 Aug 1912 (aged 89)
Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.4608231, Longitude: -95.7580948
Plot
Section 5 (east)
Memorial ID
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**year of death on the stone is incorrect (and possibly the year of birth), see date of obituary below

**Brother: Joel Charles Chase

**the following obituary abstracts are from Selected Death Notices From Jackson County, Kansas Newspapers, Vol. IX; compiled by Dan Fenton:
The Holton Recorder
September 5, 1912

Wm. H. Chase was born in Canada, June 9, 1822, and died at his home in this city, Monday, August 26, 1912, aged 90 years, 2 months and 17 days. Mr. Chase was married to Miss Nancy Bracket at Weston, Maine, in 1842, seventy years ago. Mrs. Chase with seven of ten children born to them, is still living. They moved to New York in 1848 and then to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859, and to Jackson county, Kansas, in 1866, and settled in the south part of the county, where they lived until they moved to Holton some years ago. Mr. Chase was a prominent citizen of the county for many years, having been county commissioner and a representative in the legislature. He owned a large tract of land and was a potent factor in the affairs of the county for many years. One of the children that survive him is Frank H. Chase, a prominent business man and citizen of Hoyt, and this year the Democratic nominee to represent the county in the legislature .... The following grandsons of the aged couple acted as pallbearers; Samuel Lyman, H. E. Lyman, Wm. Lyman, Charley Lyman, Levi Chase and Everett Renfro.

The Holton Signal
September 5, 1912

.... they moved to Nunda, N. Y., in 1848 where they lived until 1859 when they moved to St. Joe, Mo..... He is survived by his wife, 81 years of age, and seven children including; Della Parish Gentry, Ark.; Emma Lyman, Topeka; C. W. Chase, Holton; F. H. Chase, Hoyt; Ida Renfro, Holton; Laura Helm, Wamego; Jennie Woodruff, Topeka .... Interment was in the Holton cemetery.
**year of death on the stone is incorrect (and possibly the year of birth), see date of obituary below

**Brother: Joel Charles Chase

**the following obituary abstracts are from Selected Death Notices From Jackson County, Kansas Newspapers, Vol. IX; compiled by Dan Fenton:
The Holton Recorder
September 5, 1912

Wm. H. Chase was born in Canada, June 9, 1822, and died at his home in this city, Monday, August 26, 1912, aged 90 years, 2 months and 17 days. Mr. Chase was married to Miss Nancy Bracket at Weston, Maine, in 1842, seventy years ago. Mrs. Chase with seven of ten children born to them, is still living. They moved to New York in 1848 and then to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859, and to Jackson county, Kansas, in 1866, and settled in the south part of the county, where they lived until they moved to Holton some years ago. Mr. Chase was a prominent citizen of the county for many years, having been county commissioner and a representative in the legislature. He owned a large tract of land and was a potent factor in the affairs of the county for many years. One of the children that survive him is Frank H. Chase, a prominent business man and citizen of Hoyt, and this year the Democratic nominee to represent the county in the legislature .... The following grandsons of the aged couple acted as pallbearers; Samuel Lyman, H. E. Lyman, Wm. Lyman, Charley Lyman, Levi Chase and Everett Renfro.

The Holton Signal
September 5, 1912

.... they moved to Nunda, N. Y., in 1848 where they lived until 1859 when they moved to St. Joe, Mo..... He is survived by his wife, 81 years of age, and seven children including; Della Parish Gentry, Ark.; Emma Lyman, Topeka; C. W. Chase, Holton; F. H. Chase, Hoyt; Ida Renfro, Holton; Laura Helm, Wamego; Jennie Woodruff, Topeka .... Interment was in the Holton cemetery.


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