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| Father | Benjamin Franklin Sager1 b. 12 August 1800, d. 9 June 1889 | |
| Mother | Deborah Duvall1 b. 22 November 1797, d. 2 August 1842 | |
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| Family | Sarah C. Cougar b. April 1834, d. 6 June 1924 | |
| Children | 1. | William Alden Sager b. 13 May 1858, d. b 1930 |
| 2. | Abel Franklin Sager b. 29 May 1860, d. 28 Oct 1955 | |
| 3. | Henry Wilber Sager b. 4 Jul 1862 | |
| 4. | Edward Truman Sager M.D. b. 13 Nov 1866, d. Dec 1967 | |
| 5. | James Delmar Sager b. 8 Feb 1869, d. 20 Oct 1895 | |
| 6. | Minnie Elzina Sager b. 13 May 1872 | |
| Birth* | 13 August 1833 | Bowling Green Twp., Marion Co., OH1,2,3 |
| Census* | 1850 | 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Marion County, Bowling Green Township, Series: M432, Roll: 708, Page: 30B, September 26 (enumerated with father, Benjamin Sager) 23, 452, 456, Sager, Benjamin, 16, M, Laborer, , , O, , , ,1 |
| Marriage* | 8 February 1857 | Marion Co., OH, BENJAMIN SAGER & SARAH COUGAR, 08 FEB 1857, Marion, Ohio, by JP John D. Guthery, Principal=Sarah C. Cougar4,2,5 |
| Biography* | 1883 | (From the book "The History of Marion County, Ohio", 1883 - By Leggett, Conaway & Co.) BENJAMIN F. SAGER (Bowling Green Township) (1907) was born in Bowling Green Township August 13, 1833, and is the son of Benjamin and Deborah (Duvall) Sager, who are mentioned elsewhere. Benjamin F. obtained his early education in the old-fashioned log schoolhouse, this being, the first schoolhouse in the township; it did not contain a sawed board, a pane of glass or a nail; not a piece of iron of any kind was used in its construction. This building was replaced by a hewed-log house with a puncheon floor. The hinges to the doors in place of wood, were made of scrap iron. He attended school during part of the year until he was fourteen, and for those days acquired a fair education. He was left motherless at the age of eleven, and his father breaking up housekeeping at the age of thirteen, his advantages were very limited. From about this age he began to work and manage for himself. He was engaged in various business enterprises, among which was lumbering, traveling and boating on the Wabash & Erie Canal two years, at the expiration of which time he returned to farming and followed that vocation of summers and lumbering of winters until the year 1854. During the summer of 1855-56 he worked on the farm, and during the winter went to school. He was married, February 8, 1857, to Sarah C., daughter of Abel and Phebe (Dice) Couger, of Pendleton County, W. Va. From this marriage there are the following children: William A., A. F., Henry W., Edward F., James D., Minnie E., all living at home. Mr. Sager is the owner of 500 acres of valuable land, located on the La Rue & Essex pike, three and one-half miles south of La Rue. It has the highest chattel assessment of any one in the township of Bowling Green. To the improvement of this farm and the raising of stock he devotes the most of his time. He has been called upon to fill several offices of honor and trust in the township, such as Assessor, Clerk, and in 1881 was elected Justice of the Peace, in which capacity he is now acting. He is a member of the IOOF Lodge at Rush Creek. He is the oldest native citizen now living in Bowling Green Township and is one of its most substantial and prominent men.2 |
| Death Cert* | 21 March 1915 | Marion Co., OH, SAGER, Benjamin F. Death date: 3/21/1915, Marion County Volume #1604 Certificate #171656 |
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