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Loring Chase
Loring Augustus Chase (born July 1, 1839 in Nashua, New Hampshire - August 21, 1906) was a cofounder of Winter Park, Florida as one of the incorporators of the Winter Park Company. He is listed as a Great Floridian. Born to Otis Nelson Chase and Joanna (Colburn) Chase, Loring Chase became an orphan at the age of two after his mother died on May 4, 1841 and after his father died on August 6, 1841. He was sent to live with his uncle Albert M. Chase and his aunt Mary in Canton, Massachusetts. In October 1862, Loring Chase enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment and served nine months in a North Carolina camp during the U.S. Civil War. He was honorably discharged in June 1863, returned to Canton, Massachusetts, and became a bookkeeper for a wholesale firm in Boston. On December 6, 1864 Chase arrived in Chicago and worked as a bookkeeper at the first National Bank. He enrolled in the Bryant & Stratton Business College and entered Illinois State Normal University. He worked as a real estat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester. Along with Manchester, it is a county seat, seat of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough. Built around the now-departed textile industry, in recent decades Nashua's economy has shifted to the financial services, high tech, and arms industry, defense industries as part of the Massachusetts Miracle, economic recovery that started in the 1980s in the Greater Boston region. Major private employers in the city include Nashua Corporation, BAE Systems, and Teradyne. The city also hosts two major regional medical centers, Southern New Hampshire Health System, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua, New Hampshire), St. Joseph Hospital. The South Nashua commercial district is a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
