BIOGRAPHIES:  Rev. C. H. CHASE, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Submitted by Nance Sampson, Pepin Co. Archives File Manager on 19 November 2004
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Rev. C. H. Chase, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, Pepin, was
born in Roxbury, Dane county, Wis., June 8, 1861, a son of James and
Hannah (Gay) Chase.  When five years of age his parents removed to
Chippewa county, Wis., where his youth was spent upon a farm, attending
the district school when he could and studying at home.   Later he
attended the Theological college at Winnebago City, Minn.  He began his
professional life as an exhorter and licensed preacher in 1883, and was
ordained a minister of the Methodist Protestant church October 3, 1886.
He was located near Winnebago City in 1884-85, and again in 1888; at
Fairmont, Minn., in 1886-87; at Bloomer, Wis., in 1889-90.  Since
October, 1890, he has supplied the Methodist Episcopal church  at
Pepin, united with the west Wisconsin conference on his ordination
credentials, September, 1891, and was returned to Pepin for 1891 and
1892.  May 30, 1886, Mr. Chase married Miss Ruth Wood, daughter of
George and Martha (Williams) Wood, of Huntley, Minn.,  They have three
children:  Laverna M., born March 18, 1887; Alvin R., May 29, 1889, and
Iva J., May 30, 1891.  Mr. Chase is an earnest and attractive speaker,
and is deeply interested in the church work.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 933


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