The following undated, unidentified newspaper article was found in a copy of Helen Craft's Scrapbook at the Lowell Public Library:
DIED: -- Mr. Cyril C. Sanger died at his home in Hammond, Indiana, Monday, June 3rd, 1895. He was a former respected and influential citizen of Lowell, and his death is sincerely mourned by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and daughter who have the sympathy of all. Funeral services were conducted from the Christian church at this place by the Masonic order, on Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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from Goodspeed, Weston A., ed. Counties of Porter and Lake Indiana. Chicago: F.A. Battery & Co., 1882
C.C. SANGER was born in Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, February, 1839, and is a son of James H. Sanger (deceased). Mr. Sanger was reared in Lake County, which has always been his home. He received a good common school education in youth, and finished at the old Male and Female College at Valparaiso. His wife was Miss Caroline Childers, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Childers. Shortly after their union, Mr. Sanger engaged in farming at Cedar Creek Township, at which he continued until 1874, when they moved to Lowell, and rented their farm, and where they have since resided. In the same year, Mr. Sanger opened a hardware store and has carried on said business since that time; he carries a full line of hardware, tinware, stoves, agricultural implements and the like, in which he is having a good trade. Besides property in Lowell, Mr Sanger has a farm of over 160 acres in Cedar Creek Township. He is a member of the Freemasons, and a Republican in politics. Mrs. Sanger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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S. B. SANGER
from Goodspeed, Weston A., ed. Counties of Porter and Lake Indiana. Chicago: F.A. Battery & Co., 1882. p. 759.
S.B. SANGER was born in Ontario County, N.Y., November 31, 1833. He was the eldest of eight children born to James H. and Martha Sanger, who were born and were married in New York State. In 1836, they came to this county and settled in Cedat Creek Township, where, in due course of time, they departed this life. S.B. Sanger came here with his parents, with whom he remained until past thirty-two years of age, when he came to this township and settled on the farm on which he yet lives. He has ninety acres of fine land, which he has constantly improved since his residence upon it. Mr. Sanger remains unmarried.
from Goodspeed, Weston A., ed. Counties of Porter and Lake Indiana. Chicago: F.A. Battery & Co., 1882. p. 658-659.
SIMEON L. SANGER was born in Ontario County, N.Y., October 13, 1835, and is the second of eight children born to James H. and Martha B. (Cleveland) Sanger, both natives of Ontario Conty, N.Y. Simeon L. Sanger acquired a common school education in youth. When one ot two years old, his father came to Lake County, Ind., and Simeon worked for him on his farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and afterward on shares for three or four years. He then began farming on 116 acres of his own in Cedar Creek Township, where he has since remained. To this land he has added until he now has 190 acres, all well improved. On February 26, 1868, he was married to Mary E. Belshaw, a native of Lake County, daughter of Henry and Mary E. (Smith) Belshaw, the former of England, the latter of Terre Haute, Ind. To this union were born four children, three of whom are living--Walter Lee, Henry and an infant unnamed. Mr. Sanger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Last updated on June 13, 2008.
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