Nephi Bennion Chase

Brief Life History of Nephi Bennion

When Nephi Bennion Chase was born on 12 February 1907, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, his father, John Henry Chase, was 42 and his mother, Ida Bennion, was 34. He married Florence Guymon on 3 April 1935, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States for about 4 years. In 1938, his occupation is listed as coach cleaner union pacific railroad in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States. He died on 21 March 1976, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nephi Bennion Chase
1907–1976
Zula Clarissa Ward
1915–1979
Marriage: 11 October 1940
Milford Ward Chase
1946–2020
Thomas Ray Chase
1948–1948
Gordon Lynn Chase
1952–2021

Sources (50)

  • Nephi B Chase, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Nephi Chase, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Nephi Dennion Chase, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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Life Story by Nephi Bennion Chase

Written in January and February 1976 My father, John Henry Chase, was the oldest son of Amos Chase and Ellen Elizabeth Coolidge, and was born 29 August 1864, at Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah. My fathe …

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