Rosa's Cousins - Lillie Chase

According to her Find A Grave entry, Lillie Mae Chase was born 25 May 1868 in Oceana County, Michigan, the daughter of Crawford and Mary (Johnson) Chase. Crawford Chase was the oldest brother of Lucy Jane (Chase) Shipman, Rosa's mother. He has been a little difficult to research. In 1850 he was not with the rest of the family, but as a 16 year old was with a different family, but in the same county in Connecticut. By 1860 he was married and living in Geauga County, Ohio, next door to Lake County where his parents were. The 1863 Civil War Draft Registration placed him in Crawford County, Pennsylvania in the area where his wife was from.

The 1870 census showed 2 year old Lillie with her mother and siblings in Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, in the household of her mother's family. Her father was listed on the Mortality Schedule for Cherokee County as having died in February of that year. However he was also listed on the Mortality Schedule for Mercer County Illinois. Checking that entry it showed him listed from the household of his parents and siblings. It appears that both his wife and his parents reported his death in Feb 1870.

When Lillie appeared on the 1880 census she was with her mother and older brother in the household of Ralph Chase where she was listed as a daughter. Ralph was Crawford's brother and had apparently married Crawford's widow Mary. The household also included Hattie, age 6, the daughter of Ralph and Mary. They were living in Leroy Township, Lake County Ohio.

On 19 Jun 1887 in Lake County, Lillie married James Hulbert, a widower who was 20 years older than her. They were in neighboring Ashtabula County for the 1900 census with their 2 older children: Henry J. and Vira I. Their 3rd child, Reed was born in 1904 and the 3 children were all still at home for the 1910 census. James, Lillie, Vira and Reed all appeared in the Ashtabula City Directories for 1915 and 1918 in the rural section. However that was a little misleading because James died 6 Oct 1916 and was buried in Lake County Ohio.

Although I haven't found a marriage record, Lillie had remarried before the 1920 census, as she was listed as Lillian Vincent with her 15 year old son, Reed Hulbert, in Ashtabula County. I haven't yet located her in 1930 or 1940 censuses, but she died 29 Dec 1952 in Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, with the name Lillie M. Turner so apparently had married a third time. She was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Andover, Ashtabula County.