Chase

Ann, an American patriot; born in Ireland in 1809; came to the United States in 1818; settled in New Orleans in 1832; removed to Tampico, Mex., in the following year, where she met and married Franklin Chase, United States consul, in 1836. During the War with Mexico, in the absence of her husband, she remained at the consulate to protect the American records. On one occasion a mob attempted to pull down the American flag that floated over the consulate, but she protected it with drawn revolver, ond declared that the flag should not be touched except over her dead body. Later through her efforts the city of Tampico was taken. She died in Brooklyn, N. Y.. Dec. 24, 1874.