Chase, James Morris

Chase, James Morris, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Cornish, N. H., April 4, 1800. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1827. In 1832 he was licensed by the Schuyler Presbytery, and in 1837 was ordained pastor of Shiloh Church at Macomb, Ill. In 1846 he preached as stated supply at Camp Creek, in 1853 at Mount Sterling, and in 1854 became pastor at Ebenezer, where he died, Feb. 10, 1865. He was a ripe scholar, an able preacher, and a highly respected pastor. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1866, p. 97.