Biographies:  Ralph Rollin CHASE, M.D., Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Ralph Rollin Chase, M.D., of Eau Claire, has attained to  a prominent place
in the ranks of the medical profession of Eau Claire county.  He was born in
Lima, Livingston county, New York, July 4, 1860, a son of Levi C. and Lucy
A. (Crouch) Chase, and comes of Englash ancestry.  Their coat of arms was
obtained through Queen Ann, who knighted John Chase, who accompanied her
from France as her licentiate or court physician when she returned to England
to become queen in 1702.  His father, who was born April 11, 1809, died in 
1903, and his mother, who was born December 7, 1817, died April 10, 1891.

Dr. Chase was graduated from the Geneseo College, New York, with the class 
of 1882.  He later studied medicine in New York City, where he had rare 
clinical advantages at several hospitals, and was graduated from the medical
department of the University of Minnesota in 1889, being valedictorian of
his class and prosector. On April 22, 1889, he located at Eau Claire, where
he has since been in the active and successful practice of his profession.
Dr. Chase is a member of the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin
State Medical Society and the Eau Claire County Medical Society.  He is a
32nd degree Mason and Shriner, also a member of the Knights of Pythias and
the Knights of Hermann, being past dictator and representative of the Grand
Lodge of Wisconsin of the last named order.  His is also a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is medical examiner for the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company
of New Jersey.

The Chase family is noted for its longevity and for their preference for the
medical profession, the majority of the male members of the family being
disciplesof Esculapius.  Dr. Chase is a cousin of Drs. Dwight and Henry Day,
who successfully practiced their profession in Eau Claire for over thirty 
years.  Dr. Chase's father died in Eau Claire at the residence of our subject
in 1903 at the age of ninety-four years.

Dr. Chase has large real estate holdings in Eau Claire.  He was married 
June 1, 1908, to Belle, daughter of Lucius V. and Belle (Burdette) Ripley,
of Eau Claire.

In addition to the many other prominent positions filled by Dr. Chase, he 
served as health physician for the city of Eau Claire nine years.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 328 - 329.