Contra Costa-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Chase, John G. 1837 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JOHN G. CHASE. — Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Hudson, New
Hampshire, April 19, 1837, where he was educated and resided until nineteen
years old. He then, in company with one sister (Mrs. T. F. Davis, of Berkeley),
sailed from New York on June 4, 1856, on board the steamer Illinois to
Aspinwall; at Panama, took passage on board the good ship John L. Stephens, with
some sixteen hundred other passengers, all bound for the golden shores of the
Pacific; and, after a pleasant voyage, arrived in San Francisco July 1st 6f the
same year. Our subject immediately proceeded to the mines of Calaveras county,
where he followed mining until the Fall of 1858, when he came to Contra Costa
county in company with D. Glass, of San Ramon valley, to buy stock; but on his
arrival, was so well pleased with the country, he concluded to remain, and took
up his residence in what has since proved to be his home for upwards of
twenty-four years. February 22, 1861, Mr. Chase made his first entry into the
pleasant little village in which he now resides, at that time being employed in
hauling coal from the mines to Antioch. At this period there was only one house
on the site where now stands the thriving town of Antioch. Mr. Chase, in 1862,
1863 and 1864, worked in the Mt. Diablo coal fields; he then engaged in the
stage business from Somersville to Antioch for a short time, when he sold out,
and took a prospecting tour through several counties, but again returned to this
county and purchased his former stage line, in connection with which he started
a livery stable. In 1867, his livery barn was burned; he then purchased the
property on which his present stables stand, and has since conducted a very
successful business in his chosen line. Mr. Chase also owns a valuable farm of
three hundred and twenty acres in Sycamore valley. Was Deputy Sheriff during Mr.
Ivory's incumbency, and was twice Constable of Township Number Five. Was united
in marriage in Sycamore valley December 9, 1868, to Miss Elmira A. Johnson, by
which union they have had two children—a daughter, Nettie M., and a son, J. Rudolph.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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