John W. Sage, M. D.

    John W. Sage, M. D. of Hartford City, was born in Bear Creek Township, Jay County, Indiana, June 10, 1841, his parents, Ebenezer and Emily Sage, being among the first settlers of that county. He was reared in his native township until attaining the age of twenty years.

    July 19, 1862, he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company F, Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, joining his regiment at Wabash, Indiana. He then proceeded to Indianapolis, thence to Louisville, serving for some time in Kentucky. He went to Murfreesboro in January, 1863, remaining there until May 5, then started on the march for Chattanooga, and on the first day out came under fire at Hoover's Gap, where his regiment was engaged two or three days. from there they were engaged in fighting every day until reaching Chickamauga, where they took part in the battle of that name. Doctor Sage was wounded in the left arm at the battle of Chickamauga, which disabled him for duty. He was sent to Nashville to hospital, and from there was transferred to a veteran reserve corps. he then commenced reading medicine, and was appointed Assistant Ward-Master, which position he held until the close of the war. He was discharged at Nashville in July, 1865, when he returned to Jay County, and for the next two years attended Liber College, at the same time keeping up his medical studies. He then went to Union City, where he studied medicine with Doctor Simmons, and afterward attended lectures at Cincinnati Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1868. In the fall of the same year he came to Hartford City, Blackford County, where he has since followed his chosen profession, and being well skilled in medical science, has succeeded well, building up a large and lucrative practice.

    Doctor Sage was married July 1, 1869, to Miss Martha E. Barr, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Emily Barr, who are now living in Jackson Township, Blackford County. To this union have been born five children, whose names are -Harry Alvin, Ernest D., Freddie Arthur, Mary Gertrude and Howard Hamlin.

    Doctor Sage is a Republican. He has twice been president of the town board, and is at present a member of the city council. He is also a member of the board of health. he is a comrade of the Grand Army, Post No. 228 of Hartford City, and has held the position of Surgeon ever since the post was established. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been junior warden of Blackford Lodge, No. 106, about ten years. He is a member of the State Eclectic Medical Society.

Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887.