F. R. CHASE, merchant, and member of the firm of Sanford & Chase, Platteville; is a native of Niagara Co., N. Y.; was born in 1833. In 1834, his parents removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio, and came from there to Platteville in 1855, where they continued to reside till their death. F. R. Chase was engaged in the drug business in Platteville from 1861 to 1865, then sold out in 1867, went into general merchandising, in company with R. C. Sanford, which he has continued up to the present time. He was married in 1862, in Whitehall, Ill., to Miss Jennie McCollister, and has three children - Albert, Mary and Jennie. He has been Alderman two terms.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.