C. H. Sage
C. H. Sage, proprietor of the Mantua House, Mantua Station, was born July 28, 1847, in Freedom Township, this county; son of Roswell and Minerva (Hawley) Sage, natives of Massachusetts, who came to Portage County, Ohio, in about 1830, and settled in Freedom Township, where the father has remained to the present time. Roswell Sage was twice married, on first occasion to Miss Hawley, who bore him seven children: C. R.; H. H.; Dwight;
C. H.; Roswell; Clita, wife of E. Tuttle, Jr., and Harriet, widow of S. S. Hurlburt. Mrs. Sage died in 1850, and Mr. Sage subsequently married Mrs. W. Parshall, by whom he has three children living: Theodocia, Flora and George. Our subject, September 3, 1879, married Anna Hare, whose parents are natives of Maryland. For a time Mr. Sage engaged in the grocery business at Mantua, but subsequently disposed of same to Mr. Beecher and took possession of the Mantua Hotel, located near the railroad depot in Mantua, and which is known as one of the best appointed and conducted establishments of the kind in the township.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885