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Show THE CHASE MILL 1852 13 First Chase Home in Centerville and running of the mill for many years. He also lived in the mill home with his two wives, Emily Hyde and Josephine Streeper. Four granddaughters were born to Isaac and Phoebe Chase in his home. Brigham Young became a partner in the mill but Isaac Chase continued his duties as miller. About 1860, a transfer of this property was made between Isaac Chase and Brigham Young which resulted in Isaac leaving the mill and his home. He was given a piece of land in Centerville, Utah, which a man by the name of Thomas Jefferson Thurston had given up. This comprised one hundred and ten acres of untilled land and a small log house with a dirt roof on it. He aided his son George to build a home on this property but he, himself, never lived there. Instead he went to the little adobe house which stood on the city allotment. His daughter, Louisa, took care of him and his wife until their death May 2, 1861 and June 10, 1872 respectively. He lived just one year after leaving his mill home. Isaac Chase was never happy after leaving the mill and the Big Field. He felt it too late to start over again after he had put so many valuable years of earnest endeavor into his early holdings in the Territory. He was an honest, humble, salt-of-the-earth type of pioneer, progressive and always faithful to the Church for which he had so nobly sacrificed. He was a devout believer, always obeying those who were in authority and many times he was wont to say to those who knew him and to his children: "Land 0' mercy, don't look at the faults and shortcomings of the people for your guidance, look well to the principles of your Church." Taken from the records of the Chase family on file in the Daughters of Utah Pioneer's library. |
