Source- History of Dakota Territory IV, By George W. Kingbury, 1915
REV. A.D. CHASE.
Rev. A. D. Chase is now living retired in Watertown at the advanced age of almost eighty-four years but for an extended period was connected with the upbuilding and advancement of Methodist churches in the northwest. He was born in Sullivan county, New Hampshire, July 25, 1831, a son of Jacob and Sarah Chase. On leaving New England, the family established their home in Vernon county, Wisconsin, and there the father passed away in the year 1865.
A. D. Chase was one of six children and in the public schools he acquired his early education, attending to the age of sixteen years. In 1847 he went to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he completed a course in the Nashua Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching and in
1859 went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in church work. In 1878, he came to South Dakota and organized the first Methodist Episcopal church in Watertown. He was well known among the pioneer preachers of this state and his influence was of no restricted order. He established several churches and his labors were attended with splendid results.
All through his life his work has been an element for the uplift of the individual and of the community. On the 27th of November, 1889, he was appointed by Governor Mellette to the position of railroad commissioner and made an excellent record in that office. On one occasion he was appointed probate judge but refused to serve, preferring to devote his time and attention to other duties. He was elected treasurer of the Farmers Alliance and he served for three terms as organizer and lecturer of the alliance. While thus engaged he organized the work among the farmers that resulted in the adoption of the state constitution. He later became very active in republican and progressive republican circles. His influence has ever been on the side of progress, reform and improvement.
On the 7th of April, 1853, Rev. Chase was united in marriage to Miss M. Tirzah J. Turner, a daughter of Archibald Turner, of New Hampshire. She died January 24, 1895, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Thomas McBath of Watertown. Rev. Chase is widely known not only in Watertown but throughout the eastern part of the state and his many sterling traits of character have endeared him to those with whom he has come in contact. He is a man of influence and has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and action to the betterment of both. His ideas have been sound, his efforts practical and as the years have gone on the worth of his work has been recognized. Today he receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one of his years whose life has been worthily passed. There is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and morally as the years God by and gives out of the rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Rev. A.D. Chase.
REV. A.D. CHASE.
Rev. A. D. Chase is now living retired in Watertown at the advanced age of almost eighty-four years but for an extended period was connected with the upbuilding and advancement of Methodist churches in the northwest. He was born in Sullivan county, New Hampshire, July 25, 1831, a son of Jacob and Sarah Chase. On leaving New England, the family established their home in Vernon county, Wisconsin, and there the father passed away in the year 1865.
A. D. Chase was one of six children and in the public schools he acquired his early education, attending to the age of sixteen years. In 1847 he went to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he completed a course in the Nashua Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching and in
1859 went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in church work. In 1878, he came to South Dakota and organized the first Methodist Episcopal church in Watertown. He was well known among the pioneer preachers of this state and his influence was of no restricted order. He established several churches and his labors were attended with splendid results.
All through his life his work has been an element for the uplift of the individual and of the community. On the 27th of November, 1889, he was appointed by Governor Mellette to the position of railroad commissioner and made an excellent record in that office. On one occasion he was appointed probate judge but refused to serve, preferring to devote his time and attention to other duties. He was elected treasurer of the Farmers Alliance and he served for three terms as organizer and lecturer of the alliance. While thus engaged he organized the work among the farmers that resulted in the adoption of the state constitution. He later became very active in republican and progressive republican circles. His influence has ever been on the side of progress, reform and improvement.
On the 7th of April, 1853, Rev. Chase was united in marriage to Miss M. Tirzah J. Turner, a daughter of Archibald Turner, of New Hampshire. She died January 24, 1895, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Thomas McBath of Watertown. Rev. Chase is widely known not only in Watertown but throughout the eastern part of the state and his many sterling traits of character have endeared him to those with whom he has come in contact. He is a man of influence and has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and action to the betterment of both. His ideas have been sound, his efforts practical and as the years have gone on the worth of his work has been recognized. Today he receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one of his years whose life has been worthily passed. There is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and morally as the years God by and gives out of the rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Rev. A.D. Chase.
Source- History of Dakota Territory IV, By George W. Kingbury, 1915
REV. A.D. CHASE.
Rev. A. D. Chase is now living retired in Watertown at the advanced age of almost eighty-four years but for an extended period was connected with the upbuilding and advancement of Methodist churches in the northwest. He was born in Sullivan county, New Hampshire, July 25, 1831, a son of Jacob and Sarah Chase. On leaving New England, the family established their home in Vernon county, Wisconsin, and there the father passed away in the year 1865.
A. D. Chase was one of six children and in the public schools he acquired his early education, attending to the age of sixteen years. In 1847 he went to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he completed a course in the Nashua Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching and in
1859 went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in church work. In 1878, he came to South Dakota and organized the first Methodist Episcopal church in Watertown. He was well known among the pioneer preachers of this state and his influence was of no restricted order. He established several churches and his labors were attended with splendid results.
All through his life his work has been an element for the uplift of the individual and of the community. On the 27th of November, 1889, he was appointed by Governor Mellette to the position of railroad commissioner and made an excellent record in that office. On one occasion he was appointed probate judge but refused to serve, preferring to devote his time and attention to other duties. He was elected treasurer of the Farmers Alliance and he served for three terms as organizer and lecturer of the alliance. While thus engaged he organized the work among the farmers that resulted in the adoption of the state constitution. He later became very active in republican and progressive republican circles. His influence has ever been on the side of progress, reform and improvement.
On the 7th of April, 1853, Rev. Chase was united in marriage to Miss M. Tirzah J. Turner, a daughter of Archibald Turner, of New Hampshire. She died January 24, 1895, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Thomas McBath of Watertown. Rev. Chase is widely known not only in Watertown but throughout the eastern part of the state and his many sterling traits of character have endeared him to those with whom he has come in contact. He is a man of influence and has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and action to the betterment of both. His ideas have been sound, his efforts practical and as the years have gone on the worth of his work has been recognized. Today he receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one of his years whose life has been worthily passed. There is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and morally as the years God by and gives out of the rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Rev. A.D. Chase.
REV. A.D. CHASE.
Rev. A. D. Chase is now living retired in Watertown at the advanced age of almost eighty-four years but for an extended period was connected with the upbuilding and advancement of Methodist churches in the northwest. He was born in Sullivan county, New Hampshire, July 25, 1831, a son of Jacob and Sarah Chase. On leaving New England, the family established their home in Vernon county, Wisconsin, and there the father passed away in the year 1865.
A. D. Chase was one of six children and in the public schools he acquired his early education, attending to the age of sixteen years. In 1847 he went to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he completed a course in the Nashua Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching and in
1859 went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in church work. In 1878, he came to South Dakota and organized the first Methodist Episcopal church in Watertown. He was well known among the pioneer preachers of this state and his influence was of no restricted order. He established several churches and his labors were attended with splendid results.
All through his life his work has been an element for the uplift of the individual and of the community. On the 27th of November, 1889, he was appointed by Governor Mellette to the position of railroad commissioner and made an excellent record in that office. On one occasion he was appointed probate judge but refused to serve, preferring to devote his time and attention to other duties. He was elected treasurer of the Farmers Alliance and he served for three terms as organizer and lecturer of the alliance. While thus engaged he organized the work among the farmers that resulted in the adoption of the state constitution. He later became very active in republican and progressive republican circles. His influence has ever been on the side of progress, reform and improvement.
On the 7th of April, 1853, Rev. Chase was united in marriage to Miss M. Tirzah J. Turner, a daughter of Archibald Turner, of New Hampshire. She died January 24, 1895, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Thomas McBath of Watertown. Rev. Chase is widely known not only in Watertown but throughout the eastern part of the state and his many sterling traits of character have endeared him to those with whom he has come in contact. He is a man of influence and has left the impress of his individuality upon public thought and action to the betterment of both. His ideas have been sound, his efforts practical and as the years have gone on the worth of his work has been recognized. Today he receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one of his years whose life has been worthily passed. There is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and morally as the years God by and gives out of the rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Rev. A.D. Chase.
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