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Philander Chase ( December 14 , 1775 - September 20 , 1852 ) was an Episcopal Bishop and founder and first president of Kenyon College in Gambier , Ohio in 1824 . He was the First Rector of Christ Church , New Orleans . He later became Episcopal Bishop Of Ohio , Illinois and later Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Chase spent the final years of his life founding Jubilee College and the surrounding frontier community near present-day Peoria, Illinois , financed by arduous fund-raising journeys overseas. Philander Chase was the uncle and caretaker of Salmon P. Chase , former Chief Justice Of The United States . |
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