Thomas Chase
Thomas Chase was born around 1807 in Maine. He married Esther M. Merrill on January 15, 1832, and they had at least nine children: Malona, born around 1835; Roscoe, born on November 3, 1838; Abbie, born around 1840; Charles, born around 1841; George, born around 1844; Howard, born around 1847; Lucy, born around 1849; William, born around 1853; and Homer, born around 1856.
They lived in Buckfield, Maine, and he worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $2,000 of real estate. He supported the Republican Party, and he was elected to the state legislature in 1855. He served several more terms over the following decade. In the early 1860s, he also served as an officer of the State Temperance Convention. One editor noted that he was “well known and highly respected, not only in his own county, but in the State at large.” He died in Buckfield on March 13, 1866.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4008) | Chase, Thomas | 1807 | 1866-03-13 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (11295) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Thomas Chase, 20 January 1863
- (11311) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Family, 11 May 1864
- (11313) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Thomas Chase and Esther M. Chase, undated
- (11320) [recipient] ~ Alonzo A. Miner to Thomas Chase, 8 September 1864
- (11321) [recipient] ~ Hezekiah S. Chase to Thomas Chase, 21 November 1864
People - Records: 4
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 1
- (3) [politician] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Maine Marriage Index, 1670-1921, available from Ancestry.com; Bangor (ME) Daily Whig and Courier, 24 September 1855, 21 February 1862, and 19 March 1866
