BIO: Milton H. SANGREE, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 273-274.
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  SANGREE, REV. MILTON H., pastor of Fourth Reformed church, 
Harrisburg, Pa., parsonage 1508 Market street, was born in Washington 
county, Md., November 7, 1832, son of Abraham B. and Margaret (Tritle) 
Sangree.  His grandparents on both sides came from Switzerland, and are 
supposed to have been descendants of French Protestant refugees.  His 
grandfather, Michael Sangree, was married about 1790, in York county, 
Pa., to Miss Elizabeth Burkholder; they had nine children:  Jacob, 
John, Christian, Abraham B., Joseph, Benjamin, Esther, Jane and 
Elizabeth.  Abraham B. Sangree, father of Rev. M. H. Sangree, was born 
in York county, Pa., February 15, 1799.  He was a miller, and continued 
in this occupation during the greater part of his life; but a few years 
before his death he bought a farm in Huntingdon county, Pa., which is 
still called the "Sangree Farm," and which he cultivated until his 
death, March 16, 1868.  He was married in 1830, at Smithburg, Md., to 
Maria Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Huyett) Tritle, who 
was born in Washington county, Md., November 15, 1808.  Their children 
were:  Rev. Milton H., Arietta, wife of William Smith, a veteran 
soldier, deceased, Amanda J., Melinda, wife of Dr. William H. Aller, of 
New York, deceased, Luther, enlisted in Company C, Fifty-third 
regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and was killed at the battle of 
Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. The life of the father was shortened 
by grief for the death of this son.  He died March 16, 1868, aged 
seventy years.  He was an elder in the Reformed church at 
McConnellstown, Pa.
  Milton H. Sangree attended the public schools of Huntingdon county, 
from which he entered Tuscarora Academy for a short time.  He then 
became a teacher in the public schools of Huntingdon county, and 
continued in this service through eleven years, during which time he 
also traveled as far west as Topeka, Kan., and resided in Missouri for 
a short time.  After his return from the West, Mr. Sangree enlisted, in 
February, 1865, in company K, Seventy-eight regiment, Pennsylvania 
volunteers, and was promoted to be second lieutenant and served in 
Tennessee, and was discharged in September, 1865.  He did not take part 
in any battle, but was detailed for post duty at Nashville, Tenn.  He 
was afterwards superintendent of oil interests in Venango county, Pa., 
for two years.  Esteeming it a duty and a privilege to become a 
minister of the gospel, Mr. Sangree pursued a thorough course of study 
in the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg for three years.  This 
course was completed in1871, when he was ordained to the office of the 
holy ministry.  He was financial agent of Mercer College one year and 
was then called to be pastor of the Reformed church at Bloody Run, now 
Everett, Pa., which was a missionary field of large extent; here he 
remained for seven years, and accomplished valuable results in 
gathering the people and organizing the work.  His next charge was the 
Water Street church, Huntingdon, Pa.  It was undertaken in 1879, held 
successfully for almost five years, and relinquished for that of 
Arendtville, Adams county, Pa., in 1884.  In 1889 Rev. Mr. Sangree came 
to Steelton, Dauphin county, where he found a wide and important field 
for mission work, and where he was successful in building up a large 
and flourishing congregation and erecting a beautiful church.  After 
four and a half years of service there he was sent by the board of home 
missions of the Reformed Church to East Harrisburg, to establish the 
Fourth Reformed church, of Harrisburg, which is his present charge.  In 
all places where he has labored Mr. Sangree has been devoted, 
painstaking and successful.  Mr. Sangree was married, October 6, 1856, 
at Three Springs, Huntingdon county, Pa., to Miss Jane E., daughter of 
George and Rebecca (Hubbell) Hudson.  Their children are:  Rev. Henry 
H., pastor of the Reformed church at Steelton, married Miss Helen Hoke, 
of Hanover, Pa.; Francis N., wife of Dr. Elmer C. Fahrney; Ernest B., 
M. D., late of Philadelphia, well known as a physician and scientist, 
having been pathologist in the Philadelphia hospital, assistant 
professor of pathology in the Medico-Chirurgical College, adjunct 
professor of pathology in the Academy of Natural Sciences; was elected 
in the spring of 1896 to the chair of pathology and bacteriology in the 
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., by unanimous vote of the board 
of trustees; Margaret T. resides at home, is a teacher of music; Thomas 
C., also a physician, now in practice in New York, and, until recently, 
surgeon in the employ of the Red Star line, between New York and 
Antwerp; Hope M., wife of Walter Kauffman, Steelton, Pa.; Allen L., 
graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, resides in New York, is on 
the staff of the New York Sun, and George, living at home.  Mrs. 
Sangree, wife of Rev. M. H. Sangree, was born at Three Springs, 
Huntingdon county, Pa., in 1833. Her father's ancestors were from 
England on his father's side, and Ireland on his mother's side. He was 
a farmer, as well as the owner of a large mill.  He was married, in 
1823, to Miss Rebecca Hubbell, of the same nativity as himself.  He had 
eight children, of whom five are living.  Mr. Hudson died in 1856, aged 
sixty years; Mrs. Hudson died in 1881, aged eighty years.