Person:George Chase (2)

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Chase, George Ogden

Birth Date: 11 Mar. 1832
Death Date: 5 May 1896
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Company: Jedediah M. Grant - Joseph B. Noble Company (1847)


Sources:

"George O. Chase Passes Away," Davis County Clipper, 15 May 1896.

Geo. O. Chase Passes Away
The funeral services over the remains of Col. George O. Chase, whose death was announced in last week's Clipper as having occurred on the 5th last, took place at the meeting house in Centerville on Friday, the 8th and was very largely attended... The Centerville brass band excorted the remains from the family residence to the grave. In addition to the people from all parts of the county, who turned out, two carload of friends and accquaintences came up from Salt Lake on the dummy, among them being Mr. Pyper with his associate singers who rendered a beautiful quartette and Hugh Dougal who sang a lovely solo...The North District Sunday school, over which he was superintendent at the time of his death and over which he had presided for twenty-three years, presented a token of respect and estemm in the form of a large floral gate ajar...It was also his request that a funeral be held at the family residence but is was thought best to hold it in the meeting house so as to accommodate more people. Elder Lorin Farr, of Ogden, Pres. Bess, B. H. Roberts & Joseph F. Smith were the speakers. The services lasted about three hours.

The remains were interred in the Centerville cemetery beside his wife Josephine who had preceeded him by nearly two years and were followed to their final resting place by a large cortege.

The last work he did was in the Sunday school. "The train's come, don't let me get left, good bye all, do right". were the last words of the dying parent to his almost heart-broken children and grandhchildren who were assembled around his bed and then he peacefully departed this life having been sick only about nine days.

Deceased was the only son in a family of eight chldren of Isaac and Phebe Ogden Chase and born on March 11, 1832, in Sparta, Cauga county, New York. White yet very young his father's family moved to Nauvoo, where at the age of eight years he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by teh Prophet Joseph Smith. The family left Nauvoo with the rest of the saints at the time they were driven out and after stopping for a time at Winter Quarters came to these valleys arriving in Salt Lake in the fall of pioneer year - 1847, locating in the captial which was his home until 1860, when he moved to Centreville. On Christmas day in 1854 he married Emily Hyde daughter of Apostle Hyde. They took up the land where Liberty park is now located and he build a grist mill and sawmill there and set out most of the trees that still adorn the park. Both of the mills were the first of their kind in the territory and were operated by him.

On the 25th of March, 1856, he married Josephine Streeper, and four years later moved to Centerville. Here, as in Salt Lake, his pioneer work was continued building the first sawmill in the county which was located in Farmington canyon.

Patents for a great deal of the land in Centreville and for some of the land in the adjacent towns were [?] to him which he deeded ou to the repective [?] and in many cases trusting them for the pay which he never got; the premises, known as Chase park, he purchased from the heirs of his father's estate.

Many, many years ago when the first militia was organized [?] it fell to his lot to be [?] also the [?]. He had a fine [?] and ever afterwards his military [bearing] was apparent in all his movements.

It was George O. Chase who had the first bathing resort that was ever erected on the shores of the Salt Lake.

All the ...He was numbered with those who went to Echo canyon to head off Johnson's army.

He had a friendly disposition and was especially gifted with power to make peace with the Indians which was of great value in the early settlement of the country. He never turned an angel from his door hungry even though he should have called dressed in beggar's clothing.

He leaves thirteen children, forty grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death.

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Journal History, 21 June 1847, p. 28

George O. CHASE Self M Male W 48 NY Farmer NY NY Josephine S. CHASE Wife M Female W 45 PA Keeping House PA PA Kate M. CHASE Dau S Female W 22 UT At Home NY PA Fanny D. CHASE Dau S Female W 20 UT At Home NY PA Viola CHASE Dau S Female W 18 UT At Home NY PA Alice CHASE Dau S Female W 16 UT At Home NY PA Frank L. CHASESon S Male W 14 UT At Home NY PA Mary E. CHASE Dau S Female W 13 UT At Home NY PA John W. CHASE Son S Male W 9 UT At Home NY PA David N. CHASE Son S Male W 7 UT NY PA Clara G. CHASE Dau S Female W 2 UT NY PA

George Ogden Chase, son of Isaac Chase and representative of the family in America in the ninth generation, was quite young when his father removed with the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where at the age of eight years he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was with the family as they journeyed westward to Utah and settled in the capitol city, which remained his home until 1860, when he removed to Centerville. It was the year following, 1861, that his father, Isaac Chase, passed away in Salt Lake, while his mother died in that city on the 10th of June, 1872. They were the parents of six children but only one is now living.

George O. Chase was reared and educated in Utah and in Salt Lake City was married on Christmas day of 1854 to Miss Emily Hyde, while on the 25th of March, 1856, he wedded Miss Josephine Streeper, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1836, a daughter of Wilkinson and Matilda (Wells) Streeper. There were six children born of the first marriage and fifteen of the second marriage. Of this number eight are now living: Kate M„ who occupies the old homestead; Fannie D., the wife of Joseph R. Mathews; Viola, the wife of Charles 0. Rollins; Alice, the wife of James Smedley; Frank Leslie, who owns and occupies the Chase farm at Centerville; Mary Ella, who is a graduate of the University of Utah and now a teacher in Salt Lake City; John W., a merchant of Salt Lake City; and Emma, who is a high school graduate and lives at Chase Park. The home at Centerville is occupied and owned by the sisters, comprising two acres of land which is planted to fruit. It is a beautiful home, remaining as the mother left it. After removing to Centerville, George O Chase continued the pioneer work which had been begun by his father. He. in company with Judson L. Stoddard, bought and operated one of the first sawmills in Davis county, located in Farmington Canyon. He secured the patents to much land in Centerville and in adjoining towns, which were issued to him and he deeded out to the respective settlers and in many cases trusting them for pay which he never got Like his father at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, George O. Chase planted the black locust around much of his land, which later caused the place to be known as Chase Park. The home and place are still so designated today. This is one of the few pioneer homes still in use. It is a most comfortable and attractive residence and one of interest because of the beautiful old furniture in it, the cheerful fireplaces and the old spinning wheel, each in turn telling mutely the story of former days.

George O. Chase became a colonel in the reorganization of the Nauvoo Legion in Salt Lake valley and went with the troops to Echo Canyon to head off Johnston's army. He was a man of friendly and of social disposition and readily made friends with the Indians and did much to maintain peace. He possessed the sturdy qualities of the pioneer — the fearlessness, the courage and resolution — and his many admirable traits of character won for him the highest regard of all with whom he was associated. He passed away in Centerville, May 5, 1894, one of the most honored and valued citizens of his section of the state. He had reared a family of highly educated sons and daughters — a family that has been very prominent in Davis county from early days and very active in the work of the church and Sunday school.

A contemporary writer, commenting concerning the Chase family, wrote as follows: "They were Godly. They brought up their families in the practice of religion as it was interpreted in their days. They were prudent. There is no record of any Chase being aided by the town. They were a thrifty lot. Nearly all left good fortunes. How they did it with such large families to support and educate is a problem that this generation had better be studying. They were loyal to any call of country need. We are gratified upon looking over the early Massachusetts records to find how well the Chase families in Newbury stood in relation to enlistments. They were enterprising. There was no loafing among any of the early generations. They show thrift and good judgment. They had strong minds. Look at the children of the second and third generations — several college men, some finely educated, who have made their mark in the world. The parents transmitted good strong intellect and the children did credit to their parents, becoming senators, bishops, judges." In a word many representatives of the family have left their impress upon the history of the state in its material, intellectual and moral progress and the value of their labor along these lines is widely acknowledged./http://archive.org/details/utahsincestateho03warrrich