Darwin Chase

Brief Life History of Darwin

When Darwin Chase was born on 25 February 1816, in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Stephen Chase, was 36 and his mother, Orryanna Rowe, was 31. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and El Dorado, El Dorado, California, United States in 1850. He died on 4 February 1863, in Bear River, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Fort Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Chase
1779–1847
Orryanna Rowe
1784–1880
Daniel Chase
1800–1802
Silas Chase
1803–1835
Asenath Chase
1804–1884
Sophia Chase
1807–1821
Eli Marion Chase
1808–1851
Orpha Chase
1811–1875
Orryanna Chase
1813–1892
Darwin Chase
1816–1863
Harriet Nancy Chase
1818–1821
Stephen Chase
1820–1821
Hiram Barry Chase
1823–1895
Mary Mariah Chase
1825–1854

Sources (21)

  • Darwin Chase in household of Worden P Fletcher, "United States Census, 1850"
  • U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916
  • Find a Grave Memorial 62181258 - Lieut Darwin Chase

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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Biography of Darwin Chase

Chase, Darwin J. Biography 25 Feb. 18161–4 Feb. 1863.2 Miner, town officer, military officer.3 Born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York.4 Son of Stephen Chase and Orryanna Rowe.5 Baptized into LDS …

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