Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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AMOS S. CHASE

Amos S. CHASE (deceased), came to Harrison County in the fall of 1848 and located at the mouth of the Soldier river. He remained there one winter and then move to Little Sioux on what is known as the Murray farm. He took a claim and remained three years then sold out and moved to Bigler's Grove where he bought an interest in a saw-mill and operated it for some time. This mill was run by horse-power. He next went to Preparation, Monona County, and invested all he had but finally came away and left it all. He moved to Nebraska, bought an interest in a mill which he moved to Yankton, Dak., remained five years and on account of Indian troubles, abandoned his mill which became a dead loss for him. He loaded his household goods into a wagon and came away, counting life dearer than property. He moved into Calhoun Township near Magnolia, and kept hotel at the last named place one year and also conducted a hotel at Little Sioux, and ran a mill until 1870, in which he lost an arm. He then bought a farm on the Soldier, Jackson Township; he remained there until the date of his death in 1888.

He was born in Bristol, Vermont, in 1820, the son of Abner and Amy CHASE, who had ten children, three of whom still survive. He remained in the Green Mountain State until he became of age and then went to Illinois, where he worked out by the month.

He was married in January 1848 to Sarah SILSBY, the daughter of A. and Betsy SILSBY, natives of New Hampshire and Vermont respectively.

Our subject and his wife were the parents of the following children -- Anna, Asaph, May, and Milton A.

Mr. CHASE served as a member of the Board of Supervisors, a number of terms and was also a Justice of the Peace and was the second prosecuting attorney of Monona County, elected in the fall of 1854. Both he and his wife were members of the Latter Day Saints Church.

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