CHASE, Sumner B., Dr. ca.1820-1891
CHASE
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/16/2010 at 16:41:06
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DIED — This morning Mrs. Dr. Chase received a telegram from her husband asking her to come to Osage at once. Letters were also received at the same time, which were written yesterday, stating that Dr. Chase's father, Dr. S. B. Chase, was very low and probably would live but a short time. Though the telegram this morning did not state that ho was dead it is probable that he is.
Dr. Chase was about 70 years of age and has been for a long time one of the prominent citizens of Osage. He attended the meeting of the State Medical Association in this city this spring and seemed to be among the jolliest of the visitors to the city on that occasion. For sometime past, however, he has suffered with the grip, which sapped his vitality and of late he has been gradually sinking. He was a member of the Equitable Mutual Life and Endowment Association, of this city.
[Waterloo Daily Courier, Saturday, June 20, 1891]
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Dr. C. S. Chase, the medical director of the Equitable, had prepared a paper for the medical department, but the sickness of his father will probably compel him to remain at Osage.
[ Waterloo Daily Courier, June 16, 1891 ]
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In the winter of 1855-56 Dr. S. B. Chase of Decorah purchased land laying in the southwestern part of the tract. (Osage). In the spring, he and other interested parties platted the present city of Osage.
The streets were sixty-six feet in width with the exception of Main Street, which was one hundred feet wide. The alleys were about twenty feet in width. The streets running east and west were generally named for trees. The streets running north and south were numbered. Dr. Chase, who named all the streets, was responsible for setting out the maple trees, which line the streets. If people were not able to buy, he gave them trees, even helping to plant them. He had come from Portland, Maine, a city lined with trees. The glorious autumn colors of these Maples are annually a fitting tribute to this pioneer.
[Osage 1956 Centennial Book]
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#4:The Osage Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:
CHASE, S. B. (loc.) 0143 12 (death/burial) 19 JUN 1891
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#5:Photo of Dr. Chase from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911, published by Anderson Pub. Co., Chicago.
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#6:Iowa Plain Dealer July 2, 1891, P5 C3
Dr. Sumner B. Chase of Osage, among the early settlers of Mitchell County, died on Friday, June 19th, 1891 and was tenderly laid to rest in the Osage cemetery, June 21st, his two sons, Dr. Chas S. Chase of Waterloo, and Dr. Frank W. Chase of Cedar Falls; his two sons-in-law, Dr. J. L. Whitley and Dr. A. B. Cutler of Osage and Dr. W. H. H. Gable and Dr. D. C. Thomas of Osage as pall bearers.
Dr. Chase settled in Osage in 1856. He was a tireless worker in the interest of his locality, an active democrat always on the alert for self and immediate friends. He was courteous and affable with fine personal appearance and address. He was a busy and successful physician for many years, a deacon in the Congregational Church and a public spirited citizen who will be greatly missed by the people of his town. His age we should judge was about 70 years.
(Credit: joy Moore, 12/22/2014)
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