. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. jNIerritt desired assistance as a partner in the manufac-ture of salt on a large scale, but about this timesalt-brine was found in abundance at Syrac^use,New York, and its subsequent manufacture , with whicli the market was filled renderedthe Canadian salt wells unprofitable Chace soon withdrew from the company inwhich he was interested and engaged in the gen-eral mercantile business which he followed forseveral years. While engaged in salt manufac-turing he made the discovery of the medicina
. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. jNIerritt desired assistance as a partner in the manufac-ture of salt on a large scale, but about this timesalt-brine was found in abundance at Syrac^use,New York, and its subsequent manufacture , with whicli the market was filled renderedthe Canadian salt wells unprofitable Chace soon withdrew from the company inwhich he was interested and engaged in the gen-eral mercantile business which he followed forseveral years. While engaged in salt manufac-turing he made the discovery of the medicinalproperties possessed by the water wliicli is leftafter extracting; the .salt from the .salt-brine. was engaged in the mercantile businessand practice of medicine at St. (atiiorines until1855, when he returned to Mayville, where he])racticed for some years aud where he died in1876, at eiglity years of age. He was a repub-lican and a vestryman of the Protestant J^pis-(wpal church. He was married three times. Hisfirst wife was Mary Brundigc, who died and left. OF CHAUTAUQUA COrSTY. him one oliild : Jaiius ]>., now ( ITo married for tfcond wife Ccliiida IIo1<1lHaud after iier doatli wedded Evans. Byhis seeond marriage lie liad live children : Wil-liam and Mary, who died in infancy; Eliza(deceased); Dr. William, and John (dead).Mrs. Celinda (Ilolden) Chace was born August30, 1802, aud passed away in the spring of1834. She was a daughter of William Ilolden(maternal grandfather), who was a native far-mer and life-long resident of Tompkins county. William Chace received his literary educationin St. Catherines academy and read medicinewith his fiither. He entered the College ofPhysicians and Surgeons, of New York city,and was graduated from that institution in theclass of 1858. Immediately after graduationhe came to Mayville where he remained eversince and has been engaged successfully in tliepractice of his profession. August 7, 1861, liemarried
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