Husband Edward H. Chase 1
Born: 18 Jul 1807 - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT 2
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Father: Rev. Amos Chase (Abt 1759-1849) 2 3 4
Mother: Joanna Lanman ( -Abt 1848) 4 5
Marriage: 24 Feb 1835 2
Wife Sarah Ann Titus 6
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Father: Jonathan Titus (Abt 1767-1857) 1 7 8
Mother: Mary "Polly" Martin ( - ) 1 8
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1 F Mary A. Chase 2
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Spouse: Reuel Danforth Fletcher ( - ) 2
2 F Elizabeth Sheffield Chase 2
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Spouse: Gurdon Sill Berry ( - ) 2
3 M Lanman Chase 9
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Spouse: Joanna Lanman Watson ( -Aft 1899) 9
General Notes: Husband - Edward H. Chase
He was only eight years of age when his father moved his family to the wild woods of western Pennsylvania, locating first at Waterford, Erie County, but very soon making his home in Titusville. After an active period of youth he became the senior partner of the mercantile house of Chase, Sill & Company in Erie, but in 1839 engaged in extensive lumbering operations with his brother, Joseph I. Chase, with his residence in Titusville. From that time until his death, he was one of the most conspicuous of the public-spirited citizens of Titusville. He was for fifteen years an efficient and acceptable justice of the peace and for numerous years a popular postmaster. When the development of the Drake and Barnsdall wells assured the rapid growth of the village, he became a prominent factor in all the measures adopted in bringing the primitive village organization in touch with its changing progress and transition into a wholly rounded and cosmopolitan center, and until its career was consummated in a complete city government. In these measures he found ample scope for his rare energy, quickness of thought and wonderful versatility and powers of organization. His personal affairs were not neglected in his public duties, for with wise prudence and characteristic forethought he so judiciously managed the large landed interests under his control as to rapidly promote the prosperity of the city and to develop an advancing value to the Jonathan Titus estate, which formed so large a part of the territory of Titusville. His habits of thought and action were strongly judicial and they were publicly recognized in 1868 in his election to the office of associate judge of the county, which trust he held by re-election for nine years, until the day of his death.
Judge Chase in many important respects was an extraordinary man. His unassuming deportment, his kindly disposition, his generous heart and the universally recognized purity of his motives won him friends in all classes of the community, who were bound to him as if by links of steel. He was the peacemaker of this region and during his long career as magistrate and judge his labors in that relation bore rich fruit. He was the guardian of many orphans and the trustee of many estates, and it is said that such was his system and accuracy that the condition of the large number of these trusts in his hands at the time of his death were so clearly set forth on his books that his successor needed not to delay their settlement a day! Never could malice or envy whisper aught against the purity of his motives or his kindliness of heart. Integrity, strength and force of character, keen and alert comprehension of affairs, quick decision and indomitable perseverance were among his marked characteristics. His detestation of wrong and oppression placed him in the front ranks of the workers in all causes tending to advance humanity or to ameliorate its condition. He possessed in a remarkable degree a legal mind and was an effective speaker. His presence was magnetic though dignified, his propositions were the result of clear, intelligent thought and dispassionate reasoning, and they were announced with convincing force, strict fidelity to truth and with a logic that could not be controverted. The social side of his nature was charmingly developed, and in the various relations of son, husband, parent, friend and citizen, he rose to the highest ideals. When he was called from earth, sorrow visited the entire community and gloom rested on every heart. [HCC 1899, 929]