Lisa, Thanks a bunch -- when I typed that out, I took a second look at it because I thought the same thing. Now, I'm wondering if I typed it out correctly from the copy -- too late to find out -- my husband read several books on the subject and we discussed it years ago and I kinda thought this was wrong. The rest of the text sounds so plausible, though. This is embarrassing. Now that I look thru the text more, I think a typo must be the problem: "I, Eli Chase was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1808. Sep.. 10,1820 my father and family, consisting of my mother and brothers Silas, Darwin and Stephen, and my sisters Sophia, Orpha, Orryanna, Harriet N., took water for the state of Illinois on our own boat 7 or 8 tons burthen" And then, many paragraphs down, he says" My father, Stephen Chase, died Feb. 11, 1847. Buried on Indian land about 40 miles from Council Point, six miles north of the Missouri line, about 12 miles above the ferry on Niskorabotna river called Huntsucker's ferry, on the ridge road about one half mile north of a stream called Camp Branch, 210 feet northwest of the boiling spring, our cabin standing about 120 feet above the head of the spring. The names of the brethren that built the coffin and buried my father are as follows: Samuel Gates, Martin Bushman, Aaron Dolph, Wm. Crazier, Wm. Redfield, Wm. N. Rowe. Lisa, he also mentioned that in 1832 he joined the Church of Jesus of the Latter Day Saints. I'm not up on the dates, so do you think this is possible? All I can think of is that they did leave in 1820 but only to move to the frontier. What do you think? Thanks again, Lisa. Shirley Shirley At 09:25 AM 01/07/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Shirley, > >Just thought you might want to know that no one left to go to Salt Lake City in >1820. The earliest settlers were the Mormon pioneers who came in 1847. > >Lisa Eckerirley Farone wrote: > >> Glen, >> >> Your Rowe info is very interesting. I notice that Ferdinand was born in >> Onondaga Cty. in 1806. Do you know if he had a sister or aunt by the name >> of Orryanna Rowe - b. 6/14/1784? Do you know if parts of the Rowe family >> ever lived in the Ellisburgh, NY area and perhaps left from there to go to >> Salt Lake City in 1820? My 4th ggm was Orryanna Rowe (thru adoption). She >> married a Stephen Chase and they had a dtr., Asenath Chase, who married a >> David Wallace (born in Onondaga Cty. in 1799) in Ellisburgh. The Wallaces >> moved to Pillar Point, while the rest of the Chase family (mother was >> Orryanne Rowe) left for Salt Lake City. Someone sent me a long, detailed, >> and very interesting article written about the journey (a diary). At the >> top of the article was a paragraph which I will quote below. The locations >> within this paragraph don't make a bit of sense to me, nor does the >> verbless sentence -- maybe you will find some clues in this paragraph about >> Rowe family who had a connection to Onondaga County at about the time your >> Ferdinand was born. >> >> " *The family of uncle Benoni Haskin, b. July 25, 1788, who married >> Eleanore Rowe, sister to Eli Chase's mother, Orryanna, comes from Dorwyne >> or Dunryne, Bung or Buny Co., N. Y. Eleanor Rowe was born Feb. 12, 1794 in >> Providence, Junction County, N.Y. (All children were born in N.Y. except >> one born on Sep.. 22, 1812 in upper Canada.) " >> >> >> Note: The person who sent this to me wrote: >> >> "The following is a writing by Eli Chase. The narrative was garnered from >> a microfilm (#0000048) at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. >> The handwritten history consists of 15 pages, some of which are quite faded >> and difficult to read." >> >> (Eli was a son -- his father was killed at 6 miles north of the Missouri >> line at Council Points and Orryanna Rowe Chase died in Salt Lake City, as I >> understand it, on 14 July 1880. Incidently, the article states that a Wm. >> N. Rowe helped bury the father out on the plains. >> >> Any clues in there at all, Glen? I feel the Chases, Rowes and Wallaces all >> lived in Onondaga Cty. at the same time (probably known as Oneida then). >> If you want me to send the whole article, let me know --have it all ready >> to go out via attachment. >> >> Shirley - twigs@bright.net >> >> ============================== >> Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >> RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >