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CHACE, Rev. Dr. Squire William Davis

CHACE, Rev. Dr. Squire William Davis

Male 1803 - 1858  (55 years)

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  • Name CHACE, Squire William Davis  [1, 2] 
    Title Rev. Dr. 
    Nickname S.W.D. 
    Birth 24 Oct 1803  Galway, Saratoga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Blacksmith, Methodist minister, lawyer, and physician  [2, 3] 
    REF LRS8-M4W  
    Residence Abt 1805  Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1823  White Creek, Washington County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1828  Clarence, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1830  Cambria, Niagara County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1831  Attica, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1832  Attica, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1833  Brockport, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1835  Brockport, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1837  Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1838  Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1839  Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1839  Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1840  Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10] 
    Residence 5 Dec 1840  Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence Dec 1841  Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1843  Frankfort, Will County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12] 
    Residence Dec 1845  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Residence 1846  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Jan 1847  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1848  Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 4 Mar 1849  Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Residence 28 Apr 1849  Phillips County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Residence 1850  Planters Township, Phillips County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Residence Dec 1854  Planters Township, Phillips County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Residence 1855  Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 25 Oct 1858  Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 19] 
    Burial 28 Oct 1858  Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 
    Person ID I753  O'Rear-Hussey | Ancestors of Brian Andrew O'Rear and siblings, Ancestors of Mariana Hussey O'Rear, Ancestors of Patrick O'Rear and siblings
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father CHACE, George,   b. 8 Oct 1771, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1814 (Age 42 years) 
    Mother BROWNELL, Rebecca,   b. 1772 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1793  Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GARDNER, Sarah,   b. 25 Dec 1805, Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1876, Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1825  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. CHASE, Emeline Amelia,   b. 9 Sep 1826, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1904, Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. CHASE, Delia Louise,   b. 11 Jun 1828, Clarence, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844 (Age 15 years)
     3. CHASE, Sarah Gardner,   b. 1831, Attica, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1832, Attica, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. CHACE, William T.,   b. 1833   d. 1835, Brockport, Monroe County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     5. CHASE, George Gardner D,   b. 7 Mar 1835, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1854, Planters Township, Phillips County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     6. CHACE, Palmer,   b. 29 Dec 1837, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1847, Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
     7. CHACE, Maryette,   b. 9 Mar 1840, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     8. CHACE, Sarah Provost,   b. 2 May 1843, Frankfort, Will County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1917, Lexington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     9. CHACE, Wintemoyeh,   b. 14 Apr 1846, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1912, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F1249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Oct 1803 - Galway, Saratoga County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1805 - Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1823 - White Creek, Washington County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1828 - Clarence, Erie County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Cambria, Niagara County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1831 - Attica, Genesee County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1832 - Attica, Genesee County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1833 - Brockport, Genesee County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1835 - Brockport, Genesee County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1837 - Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1838 - Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 5 Dec 1840 - Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dec 1841 - Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dec 1845 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1846 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jan 1847 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 4 Mar 1849 - Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 28 Apr 1849 - Phillips County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Planters Township, Phillips County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dec 1854 - Planters Township, Phillips County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Oct 1858 - Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Oct 1858 - Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] “Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988,” image for Squire William Davis Chace last will and testament in Tazewell > Probate records 1858-1859 vol K > image 106-07, FamilySearch, 2023, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1834344.

    2. [S1810] “Obituary of Rev. S.W.D. Chace,” Washington (IL) Investigator, November 18, 1858.

    3. [S1462] Lillian May Stickney Gardner and Charles Morris Gardner, Gardner History and Genealogy (Erie, PA: Erie Printing Co., 1907), 223-24.

    4. [S1812] “Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” database entry for Sarah Chase Franklin (1917), FamilySearch, 2024, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1438856.

    5. [S1815] 1830 U.S. census, Niagara County, New York, Cambria, p. 317, [line 11], Squire W.D. Chace household.

    6. [S3563] “First Preachers of This Region,” Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), July 19, 1907.

    7. [S1818] John H. Ryan, “Early Circuits in Central Illinois,” in Minutes of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Session of the Central Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Galesburg, IL: N.T. Allen, 1921), 270-72.

    8. [S1820] “U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015,” images for Squire W. Chace (Tazewell County, IL, 1839), Ancestry, 2008, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/.

    9. [S1602] S.W.D. Chace, "It becomes my duty," Biographical Department, Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati), February 22, 1839.

    10. [S1822] 1840 U.S. census, McLean County, Illinois, p. 277, S.W.D. Chase household.

    11. [S1818] John H. Ryan, “Early Circuits in Central Illinois,” in Minutes of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Session of the Central Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Galesburg, IL: N.T. Allen, 1921).

    12. [S3566] “Mrs. J. N. Franklin of Lexington Dead,” Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), November 30, 1917.

    13. [S1823] H.L. Johns, Methodist Circuit Riders: Mississippi and Louisiana, Early Times 1792-1847 (Monroe, LA, 1969).

    14. [S3560] Methodist Episcopal Church South, Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, for the Years 1845-1846 (Philadelphia, 1846), 31.

    15. [S1824] S.W.D. Chace, “Letter to Abraham Lincoln,” March 4, 1849, https://www.loc.gov/item/mal0019000/.

    16. [S3561] “Drs. Smith & Chace,” Advertisement, Southern Shield (Helena, AR), April 28, 1849.

    17. [S1782] 1850 U.S. census, Phillips County, Arkansas, Planters Township, p. 349, dwelling 39, family 39, S. W. D. Chaise [Chace] household.

    18. [S3562] “Distressing Occurrence,” New Orleans Crescent, December 25, 1854.

    19. [S3558] “Death of S.W.D. Chace,” Washington (IL) Investigator, October 28, 1858.

    20. [S3559] “Dr Squire William Davis Chace (29 Aug 1803–25 Oct 1858),” database and images, Find a Grave, accessed May 24, 2024, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40675142/william_davis-chace.


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