Dr. Frederic L. Gage
Dr. Frederic L. Gage was born in Concord, Ross County, Ohio, in 1847. He first attended the Academy at South Salem. Ross County, and was a classmate of Hon. J. B. Foraker. He graduated at Marietta College. Ohio, in 1871. He attended Starling Medical College, and graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in Medicine in 1876. He began the practice of medicine in Mt. Sterling in 1876, and came to Berkshire. Delaware County, Ohio, in 1877, and moved to Delaware in 1900. He was coroner of the county from 1900 to 1904. and was elected health officer January 1, 1907. His eldest son, Carl, graduated from the "O. W. U.," and is soon to leave for China as a missionary.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908