Hi, Lana I can't provide you with any immediate connections, but I do know of some CHASEs who lived in Kansas. My 3g grand aunt was Minerva Herd MERRITT (b. 1831 Grainger Co., TN). Her husband was Obediah CHASE (b. abt 1830 in TN). They had 3 sons - John Edward CHASE (b. 7 Dec 1855 in TN), Joseph T. CHASE (b. Feb 1860 in KS) and (poss.) Louis F. CHASE (b. abt 1864 in KS). I'm unsure where Louis fits in, as Obediah is supposed to have died in the Civil War, and Louis is not mentioned in the papers Minerva filed seeking a pension. He was living with Minerva as a 6-year-old on the 1870 census, Doniphan Co., KS. There was also a daughter Minnie Elizabeth CHASE who married Thomas B. WYKERT in Doniphan Co. 22 Jan 1871 and had 5 children. On the 1880 census for Doniphan Co., the only CHASEs I found were a Miranda CHASE age 42 born in TN and her 15-year-old son Louis born in KS, both of whose parents were born in TN. I think this is Minerva and Louis, but I don't know if the other two sons had died, left the area or what happened to them. This isn't from the Soundex. I have occasional access to an every name indexed 1880 census for Doniphan Co. There is, BTW, a Wichita in Guthrie Co., IA, as well as the better known one in Sedgwick Co., KS. It will be a while until I can get back to the archives to check, but I'll look for the CHASE boys both places next chance I get. If your grandfather was born in IA and then moved to KS, Obediah's sons may not be connected, but I've learned never to overlook the slightest possibility. Good Luck! And let me know if anything sounds the slightest bit familiar. Victoria L. Sullivan vlsullivan@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: David and Lana [mailto:hammer@hit.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 6:58 PM To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHASE-L] new to list Hello my name is Lana Chase, I live in Winfield, Kansas. I am the mother of 5 (two who are 8 yr old identicle twin girls) and grandmother of 1. I don't know much about my Chase ancestors. I have only researched my mothers side of the family. I am the daughter of Gardner Ellsworth Chase who was born Aug. 27, 1916 in El Dorado, Kansas and Died Oct. 22 1997 in Udall, Kansas. My father always told everyone he was born in 1926 and it was even printed that way in his obituary but that would be impossible since his mother Helen May Parsons died Sept. 12, 1920 when my father was only four years old. My Grandfathers name was Ernest Ellsworth Chase and he was born Nov. 14, 1887 in Wichita, Iowa and died in 1945 in Winfield, Kansas. He was a retired Police Officer. My grandfather had 3 brothers and 3 sisters whose names were Everett, Harry, Milo, Helen, Lula, and the last sister I only know her last name was Vanderhoff. I believe my grandfather was the oldest of them all. This is all I know of the Chase side of my family and would love to learn more. This info came from old newspaper clippings my mother kept. My father would only answer "I don't know" to any questions that were asked of him so I have had little to go on. Also we live near Wichita, Kansas so I am not sure if Iowa is correct for the place of birth of my grandfather. It could be a human error in the newspaper clipping. Thanks to anyone who can help me and also i am new to the internet so i am not to keen on places to go for help. Thanks again Lana Chase ______________________________