Chase, William Plummer

Chase, William Plummer, a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Canterbury, N. H., May 31, 1812. He was baptized in 1829, began to preach in 1831, and was ordained at Canterbury in October, 1834. For five years he toiled as an evangelist in northern New York, amid poverty and hardships, and saw many revivals. He next labored at East Weare, N. H., and, as the result of a powerful revival, organized a Church. In 1841 he removed to Limerick, Me. Overwork and application to study broke .down his health, and in 1843 he returned to New Hampshire. For many years he supplied different church's, as his strength permitted, until his death in South Vineland, N. J., Feb. 5, 1874. See Morning Star, March 18, 1874. (J. C. S.)