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Show 14 THE CHASE MILL 1852 GEORGE OGDEN CHASE George Ogden Chase, son of Isaac Chase and Phoebe Ogden Chase, was born in the town of Sparta, Livingston County, New York. When he was eight years of age he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Prophet Joseph Smith. After the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo he came to the Valley with his family in the fall of 1847. As a young man he aided his father in all his pioneering endeavors. He lived on the pro~ erty known as the Big Field and helped his father to build the mill and the large home which still stands in Liberty George Ogden Chase Park. He also helped to plant the black locust seed and replant the trees which, at one time, where in such profusion in this place. On Christmas Day, 1854 he married. Emily Hyde, daughter of Apostle Orson Hyde, and on March 25, 1856, married his second wife, Josephine Streeper. He had two children by each of these wives while living at the mill home; Mirinda and Phoebe by his first wife; Kate Matilda and Josephine by his second wife. He worked diligently with his father at the mill attending, also, to farm and church duties until an exchange of property was made between his father and Brigham Young. He then moved his family to Centerville, Utah. They lived for awhile in a little log cabin with a dirt roof which had been built by Thomas Thurston. Later George and his father built a larger home and again he began pioneer work. He died after a short illness at his home "Chase Park" Centerville, May 5, 1896. George Chase possessed the same sturdy qualities as his parents and forefathers. He was prudent, thrifty, and loyal to any call made by his country, his Church or his community. |
