Roscoe G. Chase
Roscoe G. Chase was born on November 3, 1838, in Buckfield, Maine, to Thomas and Esther Chase. His father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Buckfield, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on December 13, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company K of the 13th Maine Infantry. He was discharged for disability on June 14, 1862.
 
After leaving the army, Chase moved to California, where he taught school for several years. He returned to Maine around 1864 and settled in Auburn. He joined his father and brothers in the fruit tree business, and by 1870, he owned $5,000 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property. He married Eliza Gerrish around 1866, and they had at least two children: Lila, born on April 3, 1867; and Orville, born on May 26, 1873. His daughter died on May 2, 1871.
 
They moved to Geneva, New York, around 1872. As an early biographer noted, the “result was the establishment of an extensive nursery business.” He served as president of the New York State Association of Nursery Canvassing Employers. He supported the Republican Party, and he was elected to the town’s Board of Trustee in 1884. He also served on the Geneva Board of Education from 1899 until 1910, and he served as a trustee of the Geneva City Hospital. He died in Geneva on January 15, 1920.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3997)Chase, Roscoe G.1838-11-031920-01-15
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 25

  • (11221) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 7 October 1860
  • (11225) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 16 January 1861
  • (11227) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 15 February 1861
  • (11228) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 7 March 1861
  • (11231) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 25 July 1861
  • (11243) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 20 October 1861
  • (11245) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 29 October 1861
  • (11250) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 7 November 1861
  • (11253) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 24 December 1861
  • (11254) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 1 January 1862
  • (11255) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 16 January 1862
  • (11261) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 27 February 1862
  • (11269) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 4 May 1862
  • (11270) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 6 May 1862
  • (11271) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 21 June 1862
  • (11272) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 3 August 1862
  • (11273) [recipient] ~ Abbie F. Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 9 August 1862
  • (11289) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 27 November 1862
  • (11298) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 2 March 1863
  • (11300) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 29 March 1863
  • (11302) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 4 April 186X
  • (11304) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 24 June 1863
  • (11306) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 11 July 1863
  • (11307) [recipient] ~ Charles Chase to Roscoe G. Chase, 13 September 1863
  • (11319) [writer] ~ Roscoe G. Chase to Sister, 27 December 1862

People - Records: 4

  • (3997) Chase, Roscoe G. is the [sibling of] (3996) Chase, Charles
  • (4000) Chase, Abbie F. is the [sibling of] (3997) Chase, Roscoe G.
  • (4008) Chase, Thomas is the [parent of] (3997) Chase, Roscoe G.
  • (4009) Chase, Esther M. is the [parent of] (3997) Chase, Roscoe G.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2579) [birth] ~ Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
  • (1964) [death] ~ Geneva, Ontario County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (536) [enlisted] [K] ~ 13th Maine Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; New York Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com; Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com; Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, 9 July 1883 and 5 February 1884; Buffalo (NY) Courier Express, 13 May 1888; The Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun, 23 January 1920