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Adela Page Chase-Thorne
Birth: Jun. 29, 1845 Stoughton Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA.
Death: May 2, 1922 Saint Louis St. Louis City Missouri, USA.Educated in the schools of Massachusetts, Adela spent much of her time at the home of her aunt, Miss Sarah Baker, who established a church in Dorchester later called the Sarah Baker Memorial.
Miss Baker was closely associated with the patriots who followed Kossuth in his exile, and with William Lloyd Garrison and other noted abolitionists of her day. She was the author of various abolition pamphlets and other works and a woman of wide culture. At her home, Mrs. Thorne met many of the most cultivated men and women of that day, deriving great benefit from these associations. After leaving school she came to St. Louis where she was the first to introduce the Leigh phonetic system into the schools of that city. She also worked on a phonetic system for the blind.
She was deeply interested in philanthropic work of various kinds. During the last epidemic of cholera in St. Louis she labored heroically with others who were interested in the mission work at Biddle Market to alleviate the sufferings of those stricken with the disease and give a proper burial to the victims. A member of the Episcopal Church of the Trinity for several years and later a communicant of St. George's Church of St. Louis she did much good work in connection with various church charities. She married Edward Dr. Chase Thorne, whose mother was of the illustrious Chase family of Ohio, of which Chief Justice Chase was a member.
This Chase family descended from the Chases of Hundridge, one of whom was the martyr William Chase, who fell victim of religious persecution during the reign of Henry VIII. Mrs. Thorne was a long-time secretary of the Chase Association of America, interested in genealogical work, both in this country and England. Closely connected with the leading literary clubs of St. Louis, she wrote numerous sketches and short stories, was a frequent contributor to the press, assisted in getting out a "Globe Manual," and textbooks used in Missouri and Illinois schools. In addition, she was the author of two novels.
Burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis St. Louis City Missouri, USA Plot: Block 211 Lot 4833.
Created by: Connie Nisinger Record added: Jul 23, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 114269879.
