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Chase, Lucien B – Chauncey, Isaac

Chase, Lucien B

congressman, author, was born Aug. 9, 1817, in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1845 to 1847, and for a second term, ending in 1849. He was the author of a work entitled History of President Polk's Administration. He died Dec. 14, 1864, in Vermont.

Chase, Martha Ellen

educator, was born Dec. 5, 1846, in Lyndon, Vt. She is the daughter of General E. B. Chase; has always been engaged in educational work; and in 1877 established the Santa Rosa seminary, California, of which she is still principal. She has contributed extensively to the educational literature of the times; and also on current topics.

Chase, Philander

bishop, author, was born Dec. 14, 1775, in Cornish, N. H.

He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio, and later of Illinois. He founded Kenyon college at Gambier, Ohio.

He was the author of A Plea for the West; Defence of Kenyon College; and Reminiscences. He died Sept. 20, 1852, at Jubilee College, Ill.

Chase, Philip Stephen

soldier, legislator, was born Nov. 3, 1843, in Portsmouth, R. I. He was a soldier in the civil war, and in 1883 was appointed department commander Grand Army of the Republic. In 1868 he was a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and in 1895 was elected city auditor of Providence, R. I. He was an officer of the Rhode Island militia for fourteen years, thirteen of which was assistant adjutant general with rank of lieutenant colonel.

Chase, Pliny Earle

educator, scientist, author, was born Aug. 18, 1820, in Worcester, Mass. He was an educator and scientist of Philadelphia and the author of Numerical Relations of Gravity and Magnetism; Elements of Meteorology; Elements of Arithmetic; and Common School Arithmetic. He died Dec. 17, 1886, in Haverford, Pa.

Chase, Samuel

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress, from New York, from 1827 to 1829.

Chase, Thomas

educator, college president, author, was born June 16, 1827, in Worcester, Mass. He was an educator of Pennsylvania, and president of Haverford college. He was co-editor with George Stuart of a series of classical textbooks, and also published Hellas, her Monuments and Scenery, descriptive of his travels in Greece. He died in 1892.

Chase, William Ezra

educator, lawyer, was born Jan. 1, 1872, in Fremont, Neb. He graduated from the Iowa college in 1891, with the degree of A. B. For two years he was professor of ancient and modern languages in Hull, academy, Iowa; in 1893-94 was instructor in the Calumet high school, Michigan; in 1894- 95 was principal of public schools in Benjamin, Tex.; and in 1895-96 was connected with the Epworth seminary, Iowa.

Chase, William Merritt

painter, was born Nov. 1, 1849, in Franklin, Ind.

Fish Market; The Dowager; Broken Jug; Ready for a Ride; The Apprentice; portrait of General Webb; and portrait of Peter Cooper (1882).

Chastain, Edward W

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress, from Georgia, from 1851 to 1855.

Chauncey, Charles

lawyer, jurist, was born June 11, 1747, in Durham, Conn.

He became state's attorney in 1776. He was a judge of the superior court from 1789 till 1793, and was for forty years a lecturer on jurisprudence. He was the principal founder and president of the first agricultural society in Connecticut.

He died April 28, 1823, in New Haven, Conn.

Chauncey, Isaac

naval officer, was born Feb. 20, 1772, in Black Rock, Conn.

He made several successful voyages to the East Indies in the ships of John Jacob Astor. He distinguished himself in several actions off Tripoli and was thanked by congress for his services. He served with distinction in the war of 1812; and in 1833-40 was president of the board of navy commissioners in Washington, D.

C., in which city he died Jan. 27, 1840.