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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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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.
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.
Possible Related NamesChase, 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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