Biographies:  Dr. Clinton Straw CHASE, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Dr. Clinton Straw Chase was born May 25, 1831, and came from Springfield,
Vermont, to Eau Claire.  He fitted for college at Springfield, Vermont, 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852, studied medicin at Castleton
and in New York City, and received his degree of M. D. in 1855.  Practiced
two years at Springfield and was in the drug business there and at Detroit,
Michigan.  He came to Eau Claire in 1859 and went into the drug business
with Dr. Skinner, theirs being the first drug store in the Chippewa Valley.
He died at Detroit about 1899.  On October 29, 1869, he married Harriet
Eliza Sherwin, of Weatherfield, Vermont, and had three children: Anna,
Alfred and Alice.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 320.