The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ire, of Keene, New Hampshire. Charles A. Chase,* treasurer of Worcester County Institution for Savings,was born in Worcester September 9, 1833. He received his early educationin the public schools of his native town, and was graduated at HarvardCollege in the class of 1855. He was for several years connected with theeditorial staff of the Boston Advertiser. In 1865 he was elected treasurerof the county of Worcester, succeeding his father, the late Anthony Chase,who resigned the office after many years service; and in 1876 h
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ire, of Keene, New Hampshire. Charles A. Chase,* treasurer of Worcester County Institution for Savings,was born in Worcester September 9, 1833. He received his early educationin the public schools of his native town, and was graduated at HarvardCollege in the class of 1855. He was for several years connected with theeditorial staff of the Boston Advertiser. In 1865 he was elected treasurerof the county of Worcester, succeeding his father, the late Anthony Chase,who resigned the office after many years service; and in 1876 he relin-quished that position to become register of deeds. In 1879 he was appointedtreasurer of the Worcester County Institution tor Savings, and has dis-charged the duties of that office with marked ability to the presenttime. Mr. Chase is a ready and correct writer, and is especially interested inmatters connected with the history of his native place, in which he isregarded as an authority. He has contributed several papers of wider ^See portrait on page 362 ^!m ^. JONAS G. CLARK. The Worcester of 1898. 583 scope to the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, of whichhe is the recording secretary. He is treasurer of the Memorial Hospital,and is connected with various societies, clubs and other institutions. Hewas married in 1863, and has two children. Jonas Gilman Clark, the founder of Clark University, was born inHubbardston, ^lassachusetts, February i, iSrj. His great-grandfather,John Clark, a direct descendant of Hugh Clark, the emigrant, settled inHubbardston before the Revolution, and in 1775 was a delegate to theProvincial Congress held at Cambridge. His son, William, married HannahSmith of Rutland in 1776; he was a soldier in William Mareaus companyof Colonel Doolittles regiment which marched on the Lexington alarm inApril, 1775. William Smith Clark, father of the subject of this sketch,married Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Clark, Her father wasalso
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