Chase, Horace, 1788-1875

Lawyer, of Hopkinton, N.H.

From the description of Papers, 1816-1926. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961441

Horace Chase graduated from Dartmouth College, class of 1814, and had a law practice in Hopkinton, N.H.

From the description of Letter, 1843 Oct. 9, to Samuel Chase. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122477286

Horace Gair Chase was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on July 9, 1827, the son of Horace Chase and Betsey Blanchard. He was a shoemaker in Hopkinton until 1852, when he joined his brothers, Samuel Blanchard and Charles Carroll ("Charley"), in Chicago, Illinois, where the they eventually formed Chase Bros. & Co., a real estate firm later known as the Chicago Title & Trust Co. He married Ellen Marian Sherwin (b. 1822) on June 14, 1860, and they had four children: Samuel, Bessie, Lucy, and Horace. Horace G. Chase died in 1913.

From the guide to the Horace G. and Ellen Marian Chase papers, Chase, Horace G. and Ellen Marian papers, 1852-1870, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)