The children of Hannah Rachel Harrison and Frederick Sager:
(15.1.1) Mary Elizabeth Sager, was born on 23 August 1815 in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio and died on 23 March 1845, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Schoolcraft, Michigan. She married on 2 January 1830, in Union County, Ohio (a double ceremony with her uncle Alex I) (13.7) Elias Stillwell Harrison (the son of Judge Bazel Harrison and Martha Stillwell) *Note Elias was the first cousin of Mary's mother, Hannah Harrison Sager.
The children of Hannah Rachel Harrison and Frederick Sager:
John Graham Sager, photo contributed by Bob Keldgord.
(15.1.2) John Graham Sager, was born on 15 August 1816, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died on 2 June 1888, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He is buried in Gilson Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. John Graham Sager married Anna "Ann" Carney, born on 2 September 1820, in Niagara County, New York, she died on 9 August 1912, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and is also buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery. She was the daughter of John and Lydia Carney. John Graham and Ann did travel to some of the family settlements (in particular Adams County, Indiana), however spent most of their time in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, where he farmed and followed in his parents' footsteps operating a saw-mill in Pavillion Township. The cemetery where John Graham and Ann are buried is referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery, however the proper name is Carney-Gilson Cemetery (they have two markers here). Ann's family moved in a mass group to Michigan in 1837. Many of her siblings married into the Sager-Harrison family.
Sager marker in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, adjacent to the markers for John and Anna:
(15.1.3) Sarah "Sally" Sager, was born on 7 April 1818, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died on 6 June 1836, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
(15.1.4) Louisa Maria Sager (pronounced Low- wise- a) and middle Mariah, was born on 11 November 1819, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died in 1912. She is buried in Gilson Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Daniel C. Powers, he was born 1819 in New York and died in 1895, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and is buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He is the supposed son of Israel Powers and Altana Butler. Louisa and husband, Daniel, assisted with many of the family settlements in particular Prairie City and Harrisonville, Iowa. Louisa has been identified as part of the family show (her uncle, Alex I, reportedly did magic tricks and played the banjo in this traveling show). The family said that she had psychic powers and until her dying day at the age of 93 continued to entertain the family in her home, she had great accuracy in her predictions.
(15.1.5) Joseph William Sager, was born on 28 July 1821, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio (note I have a photo of him). He died on 17 April 1898, in Kalamazoo County, and is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Climax, Michigan. He married Mary Foote (note their great granddaughter, Elcy Sager Ford (1902-1997) supplied us with great detail on this branch). He had lived in Montana, Iowa, Nebraska and Canada. Joseph spent time settling and exploring family settlements, Prairie City and Harrisonville, Iowa. Afterwards he settled down and raised his family in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, however, he did make some treks, but continued his residence in Michigan. Joseph spent a considerable amount of time with his uncle, Alex I and family (there is a notation in a family history that the date that appears on Joseph's gravestone is incorrect (1819).
(15.1.6) Rosanna Sager, was born on 8 March 1823 and died on 18 March 1823, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio.
(15.1.7) Bonhebe Sager, was born on 8 March 1823 and died on 7 May 1823, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and is buried in Sager Cemetery, Union County, Ohio, (later known as the Darby Cemetery).
(15.1.8) Rebecca Hannah Sager, was born on 6 April 1824, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio and died on on 6 April 1850. She is buried in Gilson Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Sidney Roberts, he was born in 1805. Rebecca and Sidney were noted as being early settlers of Prairie City, Iowa, but returned to Michigan. Rebecca reportedly died about the same time that her father, Frederick Sager, her grandmother Bathsheba Oglesby Harrison and her uncle Joseph Harrison I (all during an epidemic). The Roberts children were raised by their grandmother (15.1) Hannah Sager and found homes with many relatives such as their great uncle, (15.8) Alex I and great aunt (15.9) Betsey Harrison Soule (this the is only mention of this family found in the Harrison and Sager Manuscript's).
(15.1.9) George
Melchoir Sager I, was born on 12 June 1825, in Jerome Township,
Union County, Ohio and died on 16 June 1890. He married Lucretia
Carney on 12 September 1847, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, the daughter
of John and Lydia Carney. Lucretia was born on 4 August 1829, in
Niagara County, New York, and died on 5 Dec 1894 (from the 1892 Sager history/1894
tombstone) in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and is buried in Carney-Gilson
Cemetery. George and Lucretia's siblings were very inter-mingled
as two of his brothers married two of her sisters, (John Graham Sager and
Ann Carney and Samuel Sager and Lydia Carney), as well as their niece,
(15.1.4.3) Hannah Elizabeth Powers whom married William Carney (either
a brother of nephew of the Carney ladies). The Carney family moved
to Michigan in 1837, and settled around the Climax Township area, note
the Carney name on the Carney-Gilson Cemetery, which is also referred to
as the Old Pioneer Cemetery, and just the Gilson Cemetery.
George visited many of the
family settlements, however his farm in Pavillion Township, Kalamazoo County
remained the headquarters for his clan.
George was named in honor of
his grandfather Sager, and one of his father's brothers, Melchoir Sager,
who was of the first to settle Iowa (Prairie City
area).
(15.1.10) Abraham Merle Sager I, was born on 9 October 1827, Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio and died on 14 February 1890, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Climax Township, Michigan. He married (1st) Mehitable Powers on 4 January 1848 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and married (2nd) (15.9.4) Elizabeth "Lib" Soule in 1863, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (15.9.4) Elizabeth "Lib" Soule, was born 7 June 1839, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan and died 7 June 1919, in Climax Township, Michigan. She is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Climax, Michigan (* note Abraham married his first cousin, "Lib," his mother and her mother were sisters). I have several photos of Abraham and "Lib". Abraham was of the first settlers in Harrisonville, Iowa in 1865, he also settled Gordon, Nebraska and had visited the Montana (Kalispell) and Hill City, South Dakota settlements.
(15.1.11) Emily Jane Sager, was born on 15 March 1829, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio and died on 15 November 1858 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Gilson Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Andrew T. Foote on 11 January 1849, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Emily Jane and Andrew lived on a farm in the Wakeshma Twp. area. They lived near her uncle, Fred Harrison, and were great friends. Emily Jane and Andrew appear as Fred and Lucretia Roe Harrison's witnesses at the time of their wedding. Emily Jane died after complications having their last child. As to what happened to Andrew is not recorded in the family history. Their children were raised by the Sager family.
Samuel Sager
(15.1.12) Samuel Sager, was born on 5 October 1830, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died on 30 March 1911, in Bowie County, Texas. He is buried in Redlick Graveyard, in Bowie County, Texas. He married (1st) Lydia J. Carney, the daughter of John and Lydia Carney. She was born on 21 March 1839, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and died on 30 June 1907. Lydia is buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Lydia's parents moved to Michigan in 1837, from New York. It appears that Sam and Lydia separated around 1876, at the same time that Sam's brother, Eli and his wife, Edna Ann Harrison, and Edna Ann's brother, Ben Harrison and his wife, Josie, all divorced. It was at this time the family made a definite decision to remove to Harrisonville, Iowa. This reportedly broke up many marriages, as many of the spouses did not want to leave Michigan. Sam married (2nd) Nannie Sexton (according to their daughter Hazel they were married on 12 December 1882 in Emory, Rains County, Texas, however there was a fire in that county shortly after and the marriage records--as well as other records-- were lost). Sam lived in the Harrisonville, Hinton, Iowa settlement, and ended up in Texas. Sam Sager was one of many in the Harrison/Roe family group that travelled to Texas in 1879 and established homesteads. Samuel Sager and his first wife Lydia J. Carney had the following children:
(15.1.12.1) Frank Sager, born on 4 December 1859, in Pavillion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He married Margaret Strobe on 27 Oct 1891. Frank Sager wandered with his father to many of the family settlements, including Harrisonville, Iowa, Gordon, NE and Texas. He provided for his mother and took care of his younger siblings both as a father-figure and financially. Frank assisted with the family history and provided addresses for his half-brother, Jay and half sister, Mary Guy of Hooks, Texas. He stated that there was a real division in the family, and said "his father had two separate families and therefore two separate lives." There children were:Nannie's son Jay gave his mothers data as follows: "Nannie Sexton was born on 12 March 1854 and died on 3 January 1925," (from 1926 correspondence). Samuel Sager and his second wife, Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Sexton, had the following children:(15.1.12.1.1) Ned Sager, born on 5 August 1892, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and died in February 1976, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. He married Lillian Baxter in 1912.(15.1.12.2) Etty Adell Sager, born on 17 April 1861, she married Levi Strubble. Levi was born on 27 January 1857, and died on 10 February 1923. Their children were:
(15.1.12.1.2) Jennie Sager, born on 10 August 1894, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Peter Babcock in 1913.
(15.1.12.1.3) Myrtle Lydia Sager, born on 18 October 1895, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and died as a child during an epidemic. She is buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
(15.1.12.2.1) Clarence Struble, born on 15 April 1879, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. he married Lottie Burman, she was born in 1878. Their children were:(15.1.12.2.1.1) Loren Struble.
(15.1.12.2.1.2) Archie Struble.
(15.1.12.2.1.3) Cecil Struble.
(15.1.12.2.1.4) Benjamin "Bennie" Struble.
(15.1.12.2.2) Claude Struble, born on 22 May 1893, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
(15.1.12.3) Carrie Belle Sager, born on 1 April 1869 in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan and died on 3 October 1870. She is buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
(15.1.12.4) Claude Sager, born on 21 October 1870, in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He married Jennette Tobin on 20 March 1898. Their children were:
(15.1.12.4.1) Millard Sager, born on 21 May 1900 and died in May 1974. She married Ersa Baker on 6 August 1924. Ersa was born on 8 February 1902.
(15.1.12.4.2) Leo Sager, born on 24 May 1902.
(15.1.12.5) Jay A. Sager, born 25 November 1883 in Texarkana, (either in Texas or Arkansas), he married Hattie Bradshaw on 31 March 1912 in Bowie County, Texas, and died on 24 April 1978 in Bowie County, Texas.Photos and family data contributed by Don and Harriet DeLaughter.
(15.1.12.6) Mary Hannah Sager, born on 30 January 1885 in Texarkana (either in Texas or Arkansas). She married Frederick Herbert Guy on 27 March 1904 in Bowie County, Texas, and died on 22 May 1936, she is buried in Red Lick Cemetery, in Bowie County, Texas. Their daughters were:
(15.1.12.6.1) Gracie Lee Guy, born 1 June 1907.
(15.1.12.6.2) Leilah May Guy born 7 February 1910.
(15.1.12.7) Dottie Bell Sager, born on 15 September 1886 in Texarkana (either Texas or Arakansas). She married Weslie Guilliams.
(15.1.12.8) Hazel Ett Sager, born on 26 October 1897 in Leary, Bowie County, Texas. She married William Walter DeLaughter on 22 October 1911 in Bowie County, Texas, and died on 21 August 1994 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas.
(15.1.12.9) Samuel Christian Sager II, born and died in 1900, in Hooks, Texas.
(15.1.13) Ferdinand Sager, was born on 16 August 1832, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died 21 November 1924, in Springfield, Arkansas. He is buried in Franklin Township Cemetery, Madison, South Dakota. He married (1st) on 4 July 1853, in Calhoun County, Michigan (in a double ceremony with his brother, Eli Sager 15.6.3), (13.1.6) Sarah Angerona "Sally" Harrison, born 2 May 1835, in Charleston Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Sarah Angerona "Sally" Harrison died on 22 November 1905 and is buried in Franklin Township Cemetery, Lake County, South Dakota. Sally was the daughter of (16.1) "Uncle Billy" Harrison and his cousin, (15.6) America Diana Harrison. Ferdinand Sager married (2nd) Lillian O' Brien. I have identified photos of Ferd and Sally Sager. They were early settlers of Harrisonville, Iowa, Madison and Hill City, South Dakota, Gordon, Nebraska, and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Eli Orrin Sager in 1898 in Sioux City, Iowa
Photo courtesy of "The Harrisons...A Bridge Over Time", by Justin Herbst(15.1.14) Eli Orrin Sager, was born on 21 August 1834, in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, and died 14 June 1916, in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. He is buried in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. He married (1st) (15.8.5) Edna Ann Harrison, on 4 July 1853 in Calhoun County, Michigan (the wedding reception took place at Alex Harrison's farm in Kalamazoo, the double ceremony actually took place in Calhoun County, Michigan). They were divorced in 1876. Edna Ann Harrison, was born on 16 March 1838, in Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and died 26 July 1904, in Banner Township, Woodbury County, Iowa. She is buried in Harrison Cemetery, Climax, Michgan. (15.8.5) Edna Ann Harrison was the daughter of (15.8) Alexander Jordan Harrison I and Elizabeth Jane Roe (note-I have many photos of Eli and Edna Ann, and some of their possessions). Justin Herbst also submitted a great Sager Four Generation photo of Eli and his son, grandson and great grandson. They were among the earliest settlers in Harrisonville in 1876. Eli Orrin Sager married (2nd) (15.7.8) Letita Jane "Tish" Harrison Davis, on 28 February 1884, in Lincoln Township, Harrisonville, Plymouth County, Iowa. (15.7.8) Letita Jane "Tish" Harrison Davis, was born in 1845 in Root Township, Adams County, Indiana, and died in 1914, in Sioux City, Iowa. She is also buried in Graceland Park Cemetery. "Tish" was the daughter of (15.7) Columbia Ephraim Harrison (1809-1896) and Catherine Mary "Kate" Roe. Tish was married (1st) to William Davis, (always said to be related to Worlenda Davis).
(15.1.15) Bazel Harrison Sager, was born on 12 March 1836, in Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and died 26 February 1898. He is buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He married Mariah Roe on 6 July 1856, in Calhoun County, Michigan. Mariah was the daughter of Jeremiah Roe II and his second wife, Ann Borum. She was born on 5 September 1834, in Root Township, Adams County, Indiana and died on 1 June 1897, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is also buried in Carney-Gilson Cemetery. Bazel's name is recorded as Basil in all the Sager papers, however in vital records, Roe family records and his tombstone inscription which reads "Bazel," is consistent. Bazel was the youngest of 15 children, and all of his siblings were born in the Ohio settlement. He traveled with many of his brothers and Harrison cousins to the family settlements. He married Mariah Roe (the 11th child of Jeremiah Roe II and his second wife). Mariah's father had 27 children and the family was extremely close to the Harrison family, and moved from Adams County, Indiana to Climax in 1854. Mariah had 6 full siblings, namely; Nancy Roe (1826-1886) wife of Charles Gorsline; Joseph Roe (1829) husband of Martha Jane Whitcomb; Thomas Simeon Roe (1831-1889) husband of Frances Loretta Powers; Frederick Roe (1832-1909) husband of Alice Gilson; and Noah Roe (1835-1903) husband of Adeline Rosanna Powers. Two of Mariah's older half-sisters were, Kate Roe (wife of 15.7) Columbia Harrison and Betsey Roe (wife of 15.8) Alex Harrison I. Mariah's birth on her tombstone is 1837, however all family and census records indicate her birth was probably in 1834 or 1835. Bazel and Mariah farmed in Climax Twp., Michigan. They were very giving people and raised his sister's son, Eli Foote, whom appears at age 8, in the 1860 Federal Census. Eli's mother died in 1858, and Bazel and Mariah raised him as a son. They opened up their home to other family members as well. On the 1870 Federal Census of Climax Township (Aug 9th) Mariah's younger half brother, Hiram Roe, is also living with the family. Bazel appears in Harrisonville, Iowa, and accompanied his brothers, brother-in-laws and cousins to Texas in 1880. He later returned to his farm in Michigan. When Mariah died in 1897, the family said that Bazel was so lost without her he died of a broken heart 6 months later.
Hannah Rachel Harrison and Frederick John Sager family data compiled by Justin Herbst, Clyde Sager, Kathleen Sones, Irene Townsend, and Loraine Washburn.
This web page is authored by Scott Duncan. All information listed without a reference should be verified.
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