Joseph Ballard Chase

Brief Life History of Joseph Ballard

When Joseph Ballard Chase was born on 26 November 1827, in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, his father, Isaac Chase Jr., was 29 and his mother, Elitha Miranda Ballard, was 24. He married Irena Thankful Drake on 20 March 1857, in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 28 March 1884, in Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ballard Chase
1827–1884
Irena Thankful Drake
1837–1905
Marriage: 20 March 1857
Carrie Mary Chase
1858–1940
Irving Newton Chase
1860–1914
Alice M Chase
1864–1913
Amira Myra Chase
1866–1898
Elinor Leafa Chase
1870–1949
Ira Elmer Chase
1872–1942

Sources (41)

  • Joseph Chase, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Joseph Chase, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
  • Joseph B Chase, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (7)

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.

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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