Tuscola-Wayne County MI Archives Biographies.....Gage, George S. 1838 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 14, 2007, 5:49 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) GEORGE S. GAGE, of Gagetown, who was born in Haldimand County, Canada, June 10, 1838, is a son of William and Lydia (Hopkins) Gage, the father being a farmer by occupation and a native of Hamilton, Canada, while the mother was born in Niagara, N. Y. The mother's people came from England to America about the year 1795 and made their home in Canada. They were largely interested m the development of the country and were extensively engaged in business. The father's ancestry was from Ireland. The mother of our subject died when the boy was but ten years of age, but he was given a good common-school education and was allowed to pursue his studies until lie reached the age of nineteen. He came to the United States in 1859, locating first at Detroit and working for a term of six months on the Detroit and Michigan Railroad, after which he took a position in a barrel factory in Detroit for a short time. Shortly after the events just narrated a brother, Joseph, came to the United States and he and George together came to Tuscola County, which was then a perfect wilderness, and located some Government land, gradually increasing their area. They first cleared a small tract of ground and during the same season returned to Canada to work in the harvest field in order to earn money to live upon until they could obtain crops from their land. August 14, 1862, was the date when our young friend enlisted in the service of the United States, joining Company D, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry and serving under Gen. Sherman in the Army of the Cumberland through the Atlanta campaign. After the taking of Atlanta he was transferred to the Navy, being placed on the United States steamship "Benton." He was soon promoted to the rank of a mate which he held till the close of the war, being discharged in October, 1865, at Cairo, Ill. The young man now returned to Michigan and in October, 1866, he was married to Dorothea A. Beach, of Caro, Mich. He followed farming until 1868 when he removed to Caro and engaged in the grocery and drug business, following this until 1874, when he again sought the farm remaining there until 1889, when he sold his place and came to Gagetown and built the Gagetown elevator, where he is now buying and shipping grain, produce and everything of that character. He has also been engaged for the past few years in the sale of agricultural implements. In political matters Mr. Gage formerly ranked himself as a Democrat but he now considers it unworthy of a man of mind to be led too closely by party leaders and he calls himself an independent. He held the office of Township Treasurer for a number of years while on the farm and also since coining to town he has filled the same office in the village, he is always interested in the development of fine stock and especially of horses, and always keeps first-class animals for both pleasure and profit. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/bios/gage639gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb