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Katherine Jane Chase ( August 13 , 1840 – July 31 , 1899 ), was the daughter of famous Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase . She is best known as a society hostess during the American Civil War , and a strong supporter of her father's political ambitions. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio . Keenly interested in politics, Chase married wealthy Rhode Island Governor William Sprague during the war. This union was an unhappy one and ended in divorce. Her fortunes gradually declined and she died poverty-stricken in 1899 in Washington, D.C. She is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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