History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . his township, which office he heldtwo terms. In 1874 he was elected by the Republicanparty (to which he has always belonged) to represent hisdistrict in the State Legislature, filling the office one then moved to La Grange, Ind., and engaged in banking,he being one of the directors of the Fiist National Bankof that place. He also oversees his farm in Noble. Onthe 9tli of June, 1859, he was married to Miss MariettaC. Spaulding, of Lima, Ind. om?.isTiisrji. oiaL^-S
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . his township, which office he heldtwo terms. In 1874 he was elected by the Republicanparty (to which he has always belonged) to represent hisdistrict in the State Legislature, filling the office one then moved to La Grange, Ind., and engaged in banking,he being one of the directors of the Fiist National Bankof that place. He also oversees his farm in Noble. Onthe 9tli of June, 1859, he was married to Miss MariettaC. Spaulding, of Lima, Ind. om?.isTiisrji. oiaL^-SE. Among tlie exirly settlersin tlie west part of the townof Noble was Mrs. ChristinaChase and her son Chases liiisl)an(l, ArielChase, was l)(>rn in Vermont,Jan. 18, 1789, wliere he grewto manhood, following thebusiness of a were married Jan. :10, Mrs. Chase was hornin Durham, Cumberland Co.,Maine. After tiieir marriagethey moved to Clarkson, Mon-roe Co., N. Y., where engaged in died July 12,1830. Therewere born to Mr. and two sons, Russell W.,. MBS. CHRISTINA CHASE. June 16, 1826, and Chaun-cey, Sept. 19, 1828. Afterher husbands death, Mrs,Chase remained in Clark-son two years, and movedto Parma, Monroe County,where she educated her eldest, Russell W., adopt-ed railroading as a business,holding the positions of mailagent, express agent, andtraveling agent of differentrailroads in Vermont, and fill-ing these places with suchmarked ability that, upon thecompletion of the NorthernPacific Railroad, he was askedby its president to accept theposition of general freight
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