1802 – Feb 25. Born in Cornish, NH, son of Moody Chase & Lucy Farnum. Brother of Rev. James Morris Chase.
1822 – 1825 – Prep studies at Kimball Union Academy
1822 – Sep 19 – married Susan Stuart Bailey, dau of Samuel Bailey of West Newbury, MA
1829 – graduated from Dartmouth College (Dartmouth, 1868)
1832 – Andover Theological Seminary
1832 – Appointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to go to the West
1833 – Aug. Ordained an evangelist by Salem Presbytery, Ind.
1832-5 – acting pastor Orleans, Ind
1834 – Appointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to Orleans, Paoli & Bono, Indiana
1835-41 – Danville, Hendricks Co, Ind. And vicinity
1837 – 7 June. Married Hannah Jewett of Pepperell, MA at Greencastle, Ind.
1840 – Mar. Preached sermon at formation of Indianapolis presbytery (N.S.) and Elected moderator; Henry Ward Beecher was elected temporary, and subsequently, stated clerk at the same meeting. (Moore, 1876)
1840 – reappointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to Danville, Ind.
1842 – April. Dismissed to Presbytery of Crawfordsville. (Moore, 1876)
1842 – Reappointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to Poplar spring and Parkersburg, Ind.
1841-46 – Bainbridge, Ind. And vicinity
1843 – Reappointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to Parkersburg and Bainbridge, &c. Ind.
1844 – Reappointed by Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society to Bainbridge, &c. Ind.
1846-54 – Pastor Parkersburg Ind
1854-79 – without charge at Parkersburg, Ind.
1868 – “He has been laid aside from the active duties of ministry for eight or ten years, by failure of health….” (Dartmouth, 1868)
1879 – Mar 22. Died Parkersburg, Ind. (United Presbyterian Church, 1870)
Sources:
American Home Missionary Society. (1833-1834). Home missionary and American pastor’s journal. New York: American Home Missionary Society. (Volumes 5-6)
American Home Missionary Society. (1840-1843). The Home missionary and pastor’s journal. New York: Executive Committee of the Society. (Volumes 13-14) http://books.google.com/books?id=Y1gpAAAAYAAJ
Congregational Home Missionary Society. (1842-1844). The Home missionary and pastor’s journal. New York: Executive Committee of the Society. (Volumes 15-16)
Dartmouth College. (1868). The Dartmouth. Hanover, N.H: Students of Dartmouth College. (Volume 2): http://books.google.com/books?id=N-ASAAAAIAAJ
Moore, A. Y. (1876). History of the Presbytery of Indianapolis. Indianapolis: J.G. Doughty, printer. http://www.archive.org/details/historyofpresbyt00moor
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., & United Presbyterian Church of North America. General Assembly. (1870). Minutes – United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Philadelphia. http://books.google.com/books?id=hpRJAAAAMAAJ