The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-12
OBITUARY..

Mr.. Chase was born in Charlton, Mass. Dee
Chase. His parents moved to Belfast when
he was six months old and settled at the
Head of the Tide. In 1926 they moved to
the village and the father opened a watch
and clock-making and jewelry business in a
wooden building on the site of the store in
which the family has done continuous
business in the same line to the present dav.
nearly tbree-quarterS of a century. Hiram
learned the trade in 1871 and the business
was transferred to him Jan. 1, 1874. Fred
r., son OF Hiram, learned the trade from
1870 to 1878, and was taken into partnership
in 1873. the style of the new firm being
Hiram Chase 4 Son. Sept. s, 1897, George
H. Doak bought the interest of the senior
member and the name was changed to { haSe
ness. Hiram Chase was possessed of strong
convictions. was positive and outSpoken on
all subjects, and a man of great energy and
force. He served the city as \ Alderman from
Ward in 1859. and was appointed Post
master by President Lincoln in 1851. holding
the office four years. He was one of the
thirty men of Belfast who went to the
Aroostook war and was the last survivor of
that company He was often called upon
to serve on fire inquests and other tribunals
where thorough investigation and fearless
rendering of judgment was required, and
never refused a call to public duty on ac-
count of fear OF favor He was one of the
I,Ih of IF, u-1,i
lied Jan. 1. 1864. and continued a member
as long as the club existed, period of 3,
years.
But it was in Freemasonry that Timothy
and Hiram Chase were best known, both
having been Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Maine, as we'll as prominent in the
Grand Chapter and the local bodies. limo
Lodge in Charlton, Mass, April 3, 1916.
He became a member of Belfast Lodge
shortly after coming to Belfast, and it was
through an act of his in bestowing charity
upon shipwrecked brother that the charter
OF Phoenix Lodge was saved during the
anti-Masonic excitement. He was a Past
Master of Belfast Lodge and was District
Deputy in ls4o He was elected Junior
Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Maine
III 1850, and filled the other chairs success
slvely until 1854. when he was elected Grand
Master He was made a ROYAL Arch Ma
son in New Jerusalem Chapter of East
Thomaston, now Rockland. Feb "A. 1913.
and became a charter member of Corn-
THAN Royal Arch Chapter the same year.
He held the office of King three wears and
was High Priest two years. In the Grand
Chapter he held the offices of Grand King.
Deputy Grand High Priest and Grand High
Priest. In 1864 he took a demit from I'h,p-
nix Lodge to become a charter member of
the new lodge which bore his name He
was prominent in the higher degrees. being
a charter member of King solomon Council
and was a Knight Templar He died Jan.
6, 1871 and was buried with Grand Lodge
honors.
Hiram hase followed closely in the foot
steps OF his father in Masonry. He was
made a Mason in PhmniX Lodge Dec. II,
1916, and after passing through the subordi-
nate stations was elected Worshipful Master
III 1870. In 1917 and ~ he was elected Grand
Master of Maine. While serving in that ca
pacity he laid the cornerstone of the new
city building in Portland. He took the Royal
Arch degree in Corinthian r. A. CHAPTER
Mar. %, 1854, and was High Priest in 1856
and 81. In the Grand Chapter he was Grand
Principal Sojouruer in 1S6CAl-2: Grand
Scribe in 1864 Deputy Grand High Priest in
1863 but declined an election as Grand II Ugh
Priest the next year. He was greatly inter
ested iii the Council and was a charter mem
ber of King Solomon Council No. / of Bel
fast, which was instituted June Is, 1854, the
first Council in Maine. He was also IA men,
ber of Palestine Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, of which he was the eldest member in
years but not in membership. He was the
last survivor of the charter members of the
Council, the eldest both in years and service
of the Grand Masters of Maine and of the
Order of High Priesthood of Maine, to which
he was admitted in 1856.
lie was an incorporation and director in the
Masonic Temple Association, which held its
first meeting Feb. l, 1876, and was director
and President of the Association from that
time to his death
He married Sarah Titcomb OF Anson, who
died Jan. I, 1874, the day following the death
of her husbands father. They had three
children, Timothy, who died Dec 30, 1863,
Miss Frances, who lives at the old home, and
Fred T. Chase, above mentioned. One
brother, Alden ID. Chase, and one sister,
Mrs. Ellen C. Allard, survive him.
hn FINN bn1I lat
Sunday afternoon. There was a large at
tendance of business and professional men,
FreemaSOns and others. Rev j. NJ Leigh
ton conducted the services and made brief
remarks in eulogy of the deceased. The
Grand Lodge of Maine then held the Ma
sonic house funeral service, Grand Master
Winfield S. Choate of Augusta officiating, as
sisted by the following acting Grand Officers
Deputy Grand Master, Fred w. PlaSted,
Augusta; Senior Grand Warden, S. A.
Parker; Junior Grand Warden, Geo f.
johnson; Grand Treasurer. F. A. Follett
Grand Secretary, James Pattee; Grand
Chaplain, Isaac Hills; Grand Marshal. f.
c. Dudley, Augusta Grand Senior Deacon,
f. S. Carter Grand Junior Deacon, u. A.
lloyt; Grand Senior Steward, l.. +. McMa-
han; Grand Junior Steward, W. b. Wash
burn; Grand Tyler, II. W. Mariner. The