Shirley: Concerning your question to Lisa about the history of Eli and his father Stephen Chase, I can offer the following historical perspectives: Eli said he moved from NY to Ilinois in 1830, joined the LDS church in 1832, and that his father, Stephen, died Feb. 11, 1847 and was buried "six miles north of the Missouri line." >From my knowledge of U.S. and LDS history, those dates sound okay. The LDS church was organized in 1830, in NY, so an 1832 date for joining it would be ok. (Perhaps he joined in Ohio, where most of the church was located in 1832, but that is just a guess.) Later, many members moved to Missouri, but they were later driven out of that state and went to an area in Illinois along the Mississippi River where they established a new city, called Nauvoo. Then, in the winter of 1846/47, its members were driven out of Nauvoo, Ill., crossed the Mississippi on the ice and began a winter trek westward across southern Iowa, taking care to stay out of Missouri. Many died along the Iowa trail, so a death date of Feb. 1847 (in Iowa) north of the Missouri line also fits. Most of them went on that winter to the area of Council Bluffs, Iowa, where they spent the rest of the winter. The following spring, many of them went on to the valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, where they arrived in July 1847. Hope that helps. Ray