Brief Life History of John Darwin
When John Darwin Chase was born on 10 August 1815, in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Abner Chase, was 31 and his mother, Amy Scott, was 25. He married Priscilla Ann McHenry about 1839, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1870 and Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1846. He died on 21 July 1902, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Abner Chase - 1820 US Census, Bristol, Addison, Vermont (See image 4 of 7)
- Legacy NFS Source: John Darwin Chase - birth-name: John Darwin Chase
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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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.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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COMMENTS about John Darwin Chase Taken from a series on early Lattery-day Saints by Susan E. Black BYU Library 1. John was Counselor to Bishop in Nauvoo ward and the Bishop in that same ward. Referen …
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