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GEBURT:
1. 1870 Federal Census. 1 TYPE Census
1 LOCA www.ancestry.com.
2. The Death of Stephen H. Chase. 1 TYPE Newspaper
1 PERI San Jose Mercury Herald
1 PLAC San Jose, CA
1 DATE 26 Oct 1915
1 LOCA www.genealogybank.com.
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3. The Death of Stephen H. Chase. 1 TYPE Newspaper
1 PERI San Jose Mercury Herald
1 PLAC San Jose, CA
1 DATE 26 Oct 1915
1 LOCA www.genealogybank.com.
Å“Although the early pioneer farmers in the Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains cut and split lumber for their own use and sometimes to sell, they were not primarily occupied by the lumber business. The first full-time lumbermen in the Summit area were Stephen "Si" Hall Chase and his cousin, Josiah W. Chase.
Å“The Chases left Maine in 1859 on the three-masted schooner, the Golden Rucket. Sailing around Cape Horn they arrived in San Francisco on May 18, 1859, and immediately headed for the Santa Cruz Mountains. They worked as laborers in the lumber camps around Lexington and Alma, in the lower Santa Cruz Mountains. On April 15, 1863, they bought about 146 acres from Lyman Burrell for $100 (6) and built a mill and lumber yard on Summit Road. The Chases began to cut timber and make lumber on their land, becoming the first lumber company to transport lumber from Santa Cruz County to San Jose. After cutting a section of land they would sow hay to help feed their working animals. The lumber business grew rapidly resulting in four mills on various parts of the mountain.
œIn 1878, the Chases moved their finishing mill into San Jose and by 1885, had one of the largest industries in the area. This mill turned out fruit boxes, drying trays, doors, sashes, and other products of mill work. (Frontier Gazette, Home Coming 1959; Winther, Oscar Osburn. "The Express and Stagecoach Business in California." Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 1934; "Memoirs of Walter Young," Los Gatos Times-Observer, 12/18/ 1961; The Skyland Mountain Realty, 12/1927)
Nieces and nephews named in his will were: James E. Chase and Ephraim S. Chase of San Jose; Eliza Chase, Lucy Ober, and Jessie Kelley, all of Maine; Fred Hall and Laura Patten, both of Maine; Mark Chase of Nevada; Honora Donohue and Mary Chase, both of California.
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