Samuel S. Thaxter & Son
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Samuel S. Thaxter & Son Soundex Code T236
At age of 16 (1843), Horace Gair Chase became an apprentice in the mathematical and nautical instrument store of Samuel S. Thaxter & Son, Boston, remaining there until his health failed. He then returned home. In 1852 (age 25), he followed his two brothers and came to Chicago.