Husband Joseph L. Chase 1
AKA: Joseph I. Chase 2
Born: 17 Jul 1799 - Litchfield, Litchfield Co, CT 3
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Died: 23 Apr 1879 4
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Father: Rev. Amos Chase (Abt 1759-1849) 2 5 6
Mother: Joanna Lanman ( -Abt 1848) 6 7
Marriage: Nov 1825 8
Wife Susan Jane Titus 9
Born: 1801 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 4
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Died: 28 Dec 1878 4
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Father: Jonathan Titus (Abt 1767-1857) 10 11 12
Mother: Mary "Polly" Martin ( - ) 11 12
Children
1 F Mary Chase 8
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Died: 1848 8
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Spouse: Samuel A. Torbett ( -1871) 8
2 F Joanna L. Chase 13
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Died: Mar 1858 8
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Spouse: Jonathan Watson (1819-1894) 14
Marr: Dec 1848 15
3 M Joseph Titus Chase 8 16
Born: 17 Jun 1829 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 8 16
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Died: 26 Feb 1897 8
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Spouse: Elizabeth Adrain ( -1874) 8 16
Marr: Mar 1853 8 16
4 M Cornelius S. Chase 8
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Died: 17 Jun 1862 8
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5 M Thomas S. Chase 8
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Died: 21 Jun 1865 8
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6 M William Wirt Chase 8
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Died: 1910 4
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7 F Susan Emma Chase 8
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Died: in infancy
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M Edward B. Chase 8
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Died: 1900 4
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9 F Adelaide Chase 8
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Died: Aft 1898
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Spouse: John L. Dalzell ( - ) 8
10 M George A. Chase 17
Born: 6 Dec 1844 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 18
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Died: Aft 1899
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph L. Chase
He was about seventeen years of age when the family removed to Titusville, and he engaged in trading with the Indians, sending the furs he received to Philadelphia. At the age of twenty-four years he had already amassed a fortune of $25,000, which was comparatively as much as twenty-five millions would be at the present time. He was the first merchant and the first postmaster in Titusville, and retired for a time in 1842 from business pursuits. He again established himself in business in 1859, and continued until 1865, the firm name being J. L. Chase & Company, and his partner, his brother-in-law, Thomas Sill. They were extensively engaged in the lumber business, buying large tracts of timber land, which they converted into lumber, and at all these lumber camps they had co-operative stores. He had a chain of saw mills all over the country, and built the first grist mill in Titusville. In his later years he was also largely interested in oil production in that region. He became president of the first gas company that operated at Titusville. He was a strong supporter of Whig principles, and he was the second burgess of the Borough of Titusville, his father-in-law, Jonathan Titus, having been the first. Joseph L. Chase and Jonathan Titus donated land upon which the first church in Titusville was erected, this being at the head of Franklin street, and they were always generous contributors to the support of this Presbyterian church. In this he was a communicant sixty years, and an elder for a long period. He purchased from his father-in-law, what is now the central part of the city of Titusville. Upon the formation of the Republican party, Mr. Chase joined its ranks, but was never a politician in the accepted sense of the word. He was six feet in height, and a very active man all his life. [GPHWC, 1299]