Joseph Chase (1824 - 1885)

Born 1824 in Hanover, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Walker (Harvell) Chase — married 21 Jun 1847 in Manchester, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1885 at about age 61 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Joseph Chase was born in 1824 in Hanover, New Hampshire to Harvey Herman Chase and his second wife Persey Hall Chase.

He moved to Lowell, Massachusetts as a young boy and was soon working in the mills. He and his brother eventually purchased mills at Dracut that were known for years as the Chase Mills. He was also an agent in the Blackstone mills.

He married Rachel Harvell of Madison, Maine, in Manchester, New Hampshire 21 June 1847. She was the daughter of Joseph Harvell and Sarah/Sally Unknown Harvell. Their first child, Frederic Adelbert Chase, was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts in 1848. The couple had three more children in Massachusetts: Grace Theresa, Josepha Percy, and Joseph Harville Chase.

Joseph died of heart failure in Boston, Massachusetts 2 April 1885 at the age of 60 years and 7 months. He was residing, at the time, at 51 Chestnut Street.

Sources

1855 and 1865 Massachusetts Censuses.

1860 - 1880 US Federal Censuses.

New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947.

Vital Records of Massachusetts, Deaths, Boston, Suffolk County,1841-1910, Vol 366, page 94.

Worcester Spy, 4 April 1885.

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