Wayne County MI Archives Obituaries.....CHASE, Supply June 2, 1887
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Detroit Free Press - 3 Jun 1887 (Friday)
OBITUARY - Rev. Supply CHASE

The Reverend Supply CHASE, the oldest and probably the most extensively known
Baptist Minister in 
Michigan, died at 11:45 o'clock last night at his late residence, 100 Ledyard
Street, in his 87th year. 
Last Saturday morning he was stricken with paralysis near the corner of Grand River
and Adams and 
sank to the sidewalk. He was brought home by Dr. ROUSE, who saw him fall. He was
unconscious up to 
his death and died without speaking.

The Reverend Supply CHASE was born in Rutland, Vermont, 30 Sep 1800. He was a
descendent of an 
old Rhode Island family, who were said to have come with the historical Roger
WILLIAMS from England. 
His father was a farmer, and when he was about 8 years of age the family moved to
Tully, NY, a small 
town near Syracuse. Here he grew up, worked on the farm, and married. One day while
plowing in the 
field he felt called to preach the gospel and in 1834 was ordained a minister in the
Baptist Church at 
Tully. He was a Colonel in the NY State Militia before he entered the ministry. Soon
after his ordination 
he was appointed a home missionary by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society,
and was sent to 
Michigan. He reached Detroit in 1836 and took charge shortly after of a church in
Mt. Clemens. He 
preached there three years and then removed to Mount Vernon church in Washington,
Macomb Co. A 
few years later found him in charge of a Stony Creek church. Here is first wife died
and he married Miss 
Mary STEVENS of Stony Creek. She died January 9, last. He was next located at Romeo,
then at Northville 
and lastly at Detroit in 1853. He was assigned the pastorate of the Second Baptist
(colored) Church on 
Croghan Street by the Freedmans Aid Society, and he held that pastorate 13 years.
This was his last 
charge. He was succeeded by J.P. WILLS. He was in good circumstances and at the time
of his death he 
was president of the Peninsular Iron Co in Hamtramck, and his surviving children are
Mrs. S.F. SMITH, 
Mrs. George PRENTIS, and T. Russell CHASE, all of Detroit. The time for the funeral
has not yet been 
decided. 

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