CLASS OF 1861

Joseph Venable Chase died at the Putnam Hospital, Marshall, Mo., July 22, after an illness of two months.

He was born in Selby county, Ky., August 4, 1836, his parents being Rev. James Morris and Salina Anne (Venable) Chase. His father was a graduate of Dartmouth in 1827, and a brother, Henry Chase, was of the class of 1859. His parents removed to McDonough county, 111., in his infancy, and his preparation for college was obtained there, chiefly under his father's instruction. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he returned to Illinois, and was engaged there in farming until 1866, when he removed to Marshall, Mo., where he has since resided. He engaged in the business of making an abstract of the land titles of the county, an enterprise involving much time and labor. He afterwards sold out his abstract business and engaged in farming, at a time when the occupation of a tiller of the soil was not a money-making business. He then practiced law for a term of years and was in the real estate business, and became highly regarded for his public spirit and devotion to all the interests of his locality. In 1906 he was elected judge of probate of Salina county, and re-elected in 1910, retiring from office in 1915, at the age of 79.

April IS, 1869, Mr. Chase was married to Camilla Brown of Marshall, who died January 27, 1911. They had one child, a daughter, who died when five years old. Since his wife's death, Judge Chase had made his home with a niece of his wife, who had been brought up in his family. Two brothers are the nearest surviving relatives.