DR. BYRON S. CHASE – born in Jamaica, Vt., January 9, 1834; raised on farm; educated in common schools and Chester Academy; at 21 engaged in sale of maps, in Michigan; later studying medicine with his uncle, Dr. E. W. Howard, in Akron, graduating at Ann Arbor, Mich., beginning practice with Dr. Howard in Akron; in 1862, entered the army as assistant surgeon of 16th Regt. O.V.I.; in June, 1863, was transferred to 53rd Mississippi (colored) Regt. as surgeon, serving till close of the war, acting on operating board at Chickasaw Bayou and during the siege of Vicksburg. At close of the war resumed practice in Akron, continuing with marked success until his death, February 23, 1878, at the age of 44 years, 1 month and 14 days. January 26, 1863, Dr. Chase was married to Miss Henrietta Sabin, daughter of the late Joseph W., and Prudence (Brown) Sabin, born in Akron December 17, 1842, who bore him four children – William Sabin, born December 9, 1866, now city editor Akron Daily Beacon and Republican; Charles Hibbard, born June 2, 1869, now clerk for the E. H. Merrill Stoneware Company; Martha, born November 25, 1874, and Byron Samuel, born October 12, 1877; Doctor and Mrs Chase also having adopted and raised a nephew, Sabin Ford, son of Hobart and Martha (Sabin) Ford, now in the employ of The Diamond Match Company, at Ontonagon, Mich.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County [O.], page 179, By Samuel Alanson Lane.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County [O.], page 179, By Samuel Alanson Lane.
DR. BYRON S. CHASE – born in Jamaica, Vt., January 9, 1834; raised on farm; educated in common schools and Chester Academy; at 21 engaged in sale of maps, in Michigan; later studying medicine with his uncle, Dr. E. W. Howard, in Akron, graduating at Ann Arbor, Mich., beginning practice with Dr. Howard in Akron; in 1862, entered the army as assistant surgeon of 16th Regt. O.V.I.; in June, 1863, was transferred to 53rd Mississippi (colored) Regt. as surgeon, serving till close of the war, acting on operating board at Chickasaw Bayou and during the siege of Vicksburg. At close of the war resumed practice in Akron, continuing with marked success until his death, February 23, 1878, at the age of 44 years, 1 month and 14 days. January 26, 1863, Dr. Chase was married to Miss Henrietta Sabin, daughter of the late Joseph W., and Prudence (Brown) Sabin, born in Akron December 17, 1842, who bore him four children – William Sabin, born December 9, 1866, now city editor Akron Daily Beacon and Republican; Charles Hibbard, born June 2, 1869, now clerk for the E. H. Merrill Stoneware Company; Martha, born November 25, 1874, and Byron Samuel, born October 12, 1877; Doctor and Mrs Chase also having adopted and raised a nephew, Sabin Ford, son of Hobart and Martha (Sabin) Ford, now in the employ of The Diamond Match Company, at Ontonagon, Mich.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County [O.], page 179, By Samuel Alanson Lane.
Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County [O.], page 179, By Samuel Alanson Lane.
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