**the following obituary abstracts are from Selected Death Notices From Jackson County, Kansas Newspapers, Vol. XII; compiled by Dan Fenton:

The Holton Recorder
May 5, 1921
Nancy Brackett was born in the state of Maine on the 2nd day of February in the year of 1826, and departed this life at her home in Holton, Kansas, April 27, 1921. She had attained the unusual age of 95 years, 2 months and 5 days. She was married to William H. Chase on New Year’s day, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Chase moved to Nunda, N. Y., after they had been married five years, and later to St. Joseph, Mo., in the year of 1859; seven years afterwards they took up their residence in Jackson county, Kansas, settling on a farm southeast of Holton. It has been 62 years since the family left New York state, and of the six children that emigrated westward with their parents, five of them are living. Mrs. Chase has been a resident of Holton for 38 years. Mr. and Mrs. Chase were the parents of ten children, six of whom survive. They are Mrs. Delia Parish, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. E. H. Lyman, Topeka, Kan.; Charles W. Chase, Holton; F. H. Chase, Topeka; Mrs. Ida Renfro, Holton, and Mrs. Jennie B. Woodruff, Kansas City, Mo. In the family connection there are 34 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren … Mr. and Mrs. Chase lived in the holy bonds of matrimony for a period of 69 years. Mr. Chase lived to be 90 years old. He served as commissioner of Jackson county and representative in the Kansas legislature. Mrs. Chase was a cousin of the late Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives. Mr. Chase was a cousin of Salmon P. Chase formerly chief justice of the U. S. supreme court and a member of President Lincoln’s cabinet during the Civil war. The death of Mr. Chase occurred nine years ago. During the years of her girlhood at the age of 13, Mrs. Chase was converted to Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal church … The burial was made in the beautiful Holton cemetery.

The Holton Recorder
April 28, 1921
…. She had been in failing health for several months. Funeral will be held at the residence, corner Second and Pennsylvania …

The Holton Signal
April 28, 1921
… her home 201 Pennsylvania …

The Holton Recorder
May 5, 1921
The following out of town relatives were in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Wm. Chase last Friday: Mrs. Mable Lowe, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Stanley Kessinger and son of Enid, Okla.; Mrs. John Baxter, Wamego; Dr. Sam Lyman, Topeka; Dr, and Mrs. Harry Lyman, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Long, Horton; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Helm, Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graham, Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Chase, Topeka; Francis Helm, Topeka.