GEORGE SAGER, Sr.
The exact date of the settlement of the Sagers is not known. It was about 1805. This family was not only one of the earliest, but probably the largest in the vicinity. It consisted of George Sager, Sr., and his children-George, Christian, Frederick, Jacob, Henry, Samuel, Abraham and Barbara. The children were grown, and some of the sons were married when they came. Within a few years after they arrived, the cabins of the various members of the Sager family dotted the valley of Big Darby from Union to Jerome Township. They were Germans and emigrated from Loudoun County, Va. The farm upon which they first settled was in Survey 3,272, on the south bank of Darby, about a half mile below Unionville, where Michael Sager now resides. Until they had erected their cabin, the family took up their abode in the cabin of James Robinson, across the creek. In early days, they were all Jackson Democrats. Few members of this once extensive family now remain in Union County. Michael, the son of Samuel, now occupies the old homestead, and J. F. Sager, of Marysville, the County Surveyor, is the grandson of Christian Sager.