I posted a ghost story about Mary Chase who is buried in the graveyard at the St. John's Episcopal in Worthington recently.

Mary, wife of Philander Chase an Episcopal priest moved to Worthington in 1817 and died in 1818. The first settlers moved to Worthington in 1803.

Is Chase Rd. in Columbus just south of Worthington named for Philander and Mary Chase or their descendents? 

A real estate agent told me a story about why Chase, Lincoln and Stanton are named Chase, Lincoln and Stanton and it had to do with President Abraham Lincoln... that Lincoln and his cabinet stayed there on one of his visits to Columbus.  Chase and Stanton were names of men in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet? Why would President Lincoln visit Columbus and stay way out in Worthington (or almost Worthington) way back when...

St. Johns Episcopal Church is at 700 High Street Worthington Ohio, right on the Worthington Green.  It is about a mile and a third from the church to Chase Rd, the first street south of Worthington. 

A Worthington Ghost - Mary Chase

A Worthington Ghost Story - Dr. Thomas Morrow

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