Charles R. Sage
Charles R. Sage, general merchant, P. O. Mantua Station, was born June 9, 1836, in Freedom Township, this county, son of Roswell and Minerva (Hawley) Sage, natives of Massachusetts, who emigrated to Ohio in 1829 and settled in Freedom Township, where the former still resides. Roswell Sage was twice married, the first occasion in Freedom, this county, to Miss Minerva Hawley, who bore him seven children, six of whom still survive: Harriet, widow of S. S. Hurlbut; Harvey H., of Collinwood. Cuyahoga Co., who is in the hardware business; Charles R.; Olivia, wife of Eli Tuttle, of Freedom, this county; R. G., in the grocery business in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio; Clarence H., proprietor of the Mantua House, Mantua Station, Ohio; Dwight, who died in Berrien Springs, Berrien Co., Mich., in 1875, leaving a wife and two children. Mrs. Sage dying in 1850, Roswell Sage subsequently married Mrs. Waittie Parshall, by whom he has three children: George, Theodocia and Florence. Our subject was married, January 10, 1877, to Mrs. Cornelia A. Beecher, daughter of Reuben Center. He owns a beautiful farm and residence at the Center of Shalersville Township, this county, where he now resides; also a flourishing store at Mantua Station, which he has successfully conducted since the spring of 1884. He has no children. Mr. Sage is a successful, quiet, unassuming gentleman, and a pleasant one with whom to do business.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885