Chauncey S. Sage (September 5, 1816 – November 23, 1890) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He was born on September 5, 1816, on a farm in

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, the son of Roswell Sage (1789–1879) and Mercy Sage (1793–1876). He attended the common schools and Verona Academy. In 1840, he married Mary E. Cummings (1821–1842), and they had one son. In 1844, he married Lucy Lee, and they had four children. From 1840 to 1841, he ran the Verona Centre House hotel. Then he sold the hotel and bought a farm near the Village of

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instead. In 1848, he moved to a farm in

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. In April 1850, he returned to

, settling on a farm in Williamstown, and engaged in the

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business. Sage was Supervisor of the Town of Williamstown in 1855, 1856, 1860, 1862, 1876 and 1877; and a member of the

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(Oswego Co., 3rd D.) in

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and

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; and Postmaster of Williamstown from 1861 to 1882. He died on November 23, 1890.''Landmarks of Oswego County, New York''
(1895; pg. 118)

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