George B. Chase (1905)

CHASE, ANDERSON, SIMMONS, PORTER, APPLEGATE

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 7/14/2007 at 16:35:43

The Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Friday, August 4, 1905
Page 6, Column 5

Death of George B. Chace

George B. Chase, an old veteran of thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Allen Applegate, 317 North Sixth street west, at 5 o'clock on Thursday evening, August 3, 1905, of cancer. He was 75 years old.

Mr. Chace is survived by five children, Mrs. Applegate, Mrs. J.L. Simmons of Woodward, Oklahoma, Hiram Chace of Mason City, Nebraska, Mrs. H.M. Porter of Shelton, Nebraska, and W.E. Chace of Winterset, Iowa. One brother, two sisters, twenty-one grand children and nineteen great grand children. Mrs. Chace preceded her husband in death nearly twenty years.

Short funeral services will be held at the home of his daughter at 7 o'clock this evening, and at 9:30 the remains will be taken to Winterset, Iowa, his old home for burial under the auspices of the G.A.R. Post, of which he was a member.
________________________
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
August 10, 1905

Obituary

Geo. B. Chase was born in Indiana August 28, 1830, died at the home of his daughter in Cedar Rapids, Aug 3d, 1905, aged 74 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was married to Martha Ann Anderson, December 12, 1850, who preceded him to the better world December 9th, 1886.

To them were born six children, one dying in infancy. Those who survive him are Mrs. M. L. Simmons of Woodward, Oklahoma; Biram Chase, of Mason City, Nebraska; Mrs. H. M. Porter, of Shelton, Nebraska; Mrs. Allen Applegate, of Cedar Rapids and W. E. Chase, of Jackson township. Besides other kinfolks, he leaves twenty-one grand children and nineteen great great-grandchildren.

Deceased was among those who carried the musket in defense of the nation in ‘61 to ‘65 and was with Sherman on his famous March to the Sea as a member of Company A, of the 39th infantry. Since the death of his companion be made his home with his children, and a warm heart and sunny disposition earned him many warm friends who sorrow at his departure.
-----------------

Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
August 10, 1905
Page 1

Death of G. B. Chase

The not unexpected death of G. B. Chase occurred in Cedar Rapids last week and the remains were brought here for burial last Saturday. Mr. Chase was an old resident of Madison county but during the past few years he has been living with his daughter, Mrs. Applegate in Cedar Rapids. He had been suffering for sometime with a cancer, and for the past month it has been known that the end was near. He was a man highly respected by all who knew him. He was an old soldier and a member of the G.A.R. The Pitzer Post met the remains at the depot and escorted them to the M.E. church where the services were held, then to the cemetery for interment.

Note: Possible news print error in Madisonian, could possibly be great grandchildren instead of great great-grandchildren. Burial in Winterset Cemetery.

Gravestone Photo
 

Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen