Biography
Tirzah Wells Chase was born 29 July 1796 in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States to Elisha Andrews Wells (1759-1836) and Tirzah Severence (1764-1827) and died 4 April 1867 Harrisville, Weber County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married Ezra Chase (1796-1873) 29 September 1818 in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Brigham Young 1848 Pioneer Company
After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.
This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ezra Chase (1819-1819) | |||
| Abigail Eliza Chase (1820-1892) | |||
| Nancy Bailey Chase (1823-1892) | |||
| Charlotte Chase (1825-1904) | 11 May 1825 Bristol, Addison County, Vermont, United States | 15 December 1904 Lewisville, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States | William Wilkinson Dixon (1818-1891) Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) Thaddeus Constantine Hix (1818-1868) Tyrus Walker Hurd (1821-1890) |
| Diana Severance Chase (1827-1886) | 25 July 1827 Bristol, Addison County, Vermont, United States | 6 September 1886 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States | Brigham Young (1801-1877) William Montgomery Shaw (1826-1902) |
| Elisha Wells Chase (1830-1917) | |||
| Henry Chase (1832-1910) | |||
| Dudley Chase (1835-1906) | |||
| Newton Chase (1837-1918) | |||
| Juliett Chase (1841-1911) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Tirzah Wells
- Wells in Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Wells in Weber County, Utah