George C. Sanger Biography


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	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 836-837

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GEORGE C. SANGER, a prominent merchant of White Lake, Aurora county, 
who is enjoying business prosperity, is a native of Essex, England, and 
was born August 7, 1831, the third child of a family of seven children, 
of whom John and Anna M. (Chambers) Sanger were the parents. His father 
was game keeper on Lord Harper's estate. 

Our subject engaged in farming in his native country for a time and 
then learned the trade of confectioner and baker. In 1854 he emigrated 
to America, and located in Orange county, New York. working on a dairy 
farm. In 1856 he moved as far westward as the railroad was built at 
that time' which was to Iowa City, Iowa, and soon began farming. In 
1890 he moved to Dakota and located in Cooper township, having made a 
tour of Dakota the fall before, and intending to give the country a 
trial of a few years. He filed a claim in Cooper township and soon 
afterward purchased another farm in White Lake township, and also- 
invested in some village property, erecting a store building, which he 
rented, but soon afterward he established his son in business, and in 
1886 began the furniture and harness business himself, retaining his 
farming interests. In 1862 our subject enlisted in Company G, Thirty-
fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Among the battles in which he was 
engaged we mention Nashville, Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, and also was in 
the Red River expedition. After three years of active service, he was 
mustered out at Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Sanger was married to Mrs. Bailey, 
formerly Miss Mary Kelley, in 1859. Mrs. Sanger died in 1897. To our 
subject and his wife were born five children: John C., deceased; 
Galena, Mrs. Kennedy, of Iowa; Janevera, deceased; John, deceased; and 
Theo H., engaged in the livery business in White Lake. Mrs. Sanger had 
three children by her first husband, two of whom are living, Joseph and 
Louis. 

Mr. Sanger is one of the substantial business men of the town of White 
Lake, and his large circle of acquaintances are ever ready to accord 
him their highest praise. In political views he is a Republican. He is 
a member of the Presbyterian church.