Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Gray, Sherman F. Chase 1821 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 6, 2007, 10:48 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) SHERMAN F. CHASE, M. D., is one of the most eminent members of the medical profession in Tuscola County, and not only is he honored for the success which has attended his efforts as a physician, but also for the active part he has always taken in the cause of education, and in all matters relating to the advancements of the business or moral interests of the community. While he is a very liberal man, giving to every project that has for its aim the alleviation of human misery, or the enhancing of "creature comfort," and while he is kind to the poor to an extent not often met with, allowing many bills to outlaw rather than put to distress those who are in need, he has prospered withal, and is now comfortably situated in a pleasant home in Caro. There is still (1891) residing in Morrow County, Ohio, a worthy old couple, whose ages are eighty-seven and eighty-one years, respectively. The closing years of their lives are quiet and peaceful, and cheered by the hope of the future and by the thought of the past well spent, they wait for the summons which shall call them hence. They are known as Daniel and Sally (Hammil) Chase, and are both natives of New York, although their home has been in the Buckeye State for many years. They are the parents of the gentleman whose biography is here recorded, and who was born in Morrow County, January 17, 1849. Although in those days educational advantages were not so good as at present, Sherman F. Chase received what was then considered a good education, and this he has supplemented by careful study on all topics of importance to our nation and State. After he had completed the course of study in the district school near his home, he attended an academy for one year, leaving it when seventeen years of age. When nineteen years old, Mr. Chase commenced to clerk in a drug store where he remained until he became of age. He then began to read medicine under Dr. J. H. Tims, of Sparta, Ohio, and later spent one year attending lectures at Philadelphia. He was graduated from the Homoepathic Medical College at Detroit, in 1872. Thus fully equipped with a theoretical knowledge of his profession, he located in Caro immediately after graduating, and here by steady attention to business, has built up a profitable and extensive practice. Two years after locating here he was married, March 24, 1874, to Miss Lettie A. Crissy, the daughter of Jackson and Caroline (Horton) Crissy, natives of New York State. A refined and accomplished lady, Mrs. Chase is a prominent figure in social circles in Caro, and numbers many warm friends among her acquaintances. Like his father, our subject is a firm Republican in his political sympathies, and has served efficiently in various capacities. He has been Alderman three terms, County Coroner several years, and held other offices of a local nature. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight Templar of the Tenth Degree. He has held many offices in the Order, and has been elected High Priest several times. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows also numbers him among its most prominent members. In the Mutual Masonic Insurance Company, of which he was one of the organizers, he is now serving as Medical Director. In his profession the Doctor is orthodox and liberal, yet independent, holding decided views of his own on all important issues. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/bios/gray478gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb