Brief Life History of Jonathan R.
When Jonathan R. Chase was born in November 1843, in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Josiah P Chase, was 26 and his mother, Shuah Brown, was 23. He married Emma B Wilkinson on 15 March 1905, in Livingston, Illinois, United States. He lived in Campus, Round Grove Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Dwight, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1862.
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- John R Chase in household of John G Cate, "United States Census, 1860"
- John R Chase, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- John L Chase, "New Hampshire, Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).
History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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