John Savage died 22 November 1878 in Cass County, Michigan. His military marker, probably set over 100 years after his death, is inscribed with a death date of 1870. It is likely that no detailed research was done, or was not available at the time, and the "1870 era" death year was used.
John's original monument featuring his and his wife's vital data was still standing in 2016. The name of John Savage was common enough that several, named as such, have had errors made in their pedigrees.
John Savage, born 1 June 1788, has been reported to have been born at Hebron Township, Washington, New York, United States. However, the following history of Cass County, Michigan, published in 1882, suggests that he was born and spent his boyhood near Salem, Massachusetts, only removing to Washington County, New York when about 12 years old.
Since it was published in a period of time when there were several living members of this family, it is safe to conclude that John Savage was born in Massachusetts.
In any case, John was a son of Daniel Savage and his wife, Sarah "Sally" Parish.
John's father, Daniel, has been recorded as being a son of John Savage, born about 1733-38 of England, and Susan Lathrope.
Sarah, his mother, was the daughter of Thankful Towner and Josiah Parish, natives of New Haven, Connecticut.
From The History of Cass County, Michigan, [location of John's grave] - [published within 4 years of his death], 1882:
"The progenitor of the Savage family [John, the elder], in-this country, was an officer in the army of Gen. Wolfe, who came to America about 1758. He took part in the battle of Quebec, and shortly after that event emigrated to Massachusetts, settling near Salem, where Daniel Savage, the father of John, the immediate subject of this memoir, was born. But little is known of his history further than that he was a typical pioneer, hale, hearty and resolute even in his old age.
He [Daniel] was married, in Salem, to a Miss Parish [Sarah "Sally"], and it was here that our subject was born, June 1, 1788.
About 1800, the family separated, a portion of them removing to Virginia, while the remainder emigrated to the State of New York, the family of Daniel settling in Washington County, where they remained until about 1808, when they removed to Camillus, Onondaga County, which, at this time, was on the extreme frontier.
John was at this time in the prime of his early manhood, and well fitted for the arduous duties incident to the settlement of such a forbidding country, and well prepared to undergo the severe privations and hardships of pioneer life, in a region so far removed from civilization. Some idea can be formed of their sufferings from the fact that during the first year of their residence there, over fifty heads of families died.
During the war of 1812, when an invasion by the British was threatened, he, with others, hastened to Sackett's Harbor and Oswego, to defend the frontier.
In July of 1812, he was married to Miss Laura Patch, by whom he had two sons - Harrison H. and Lewis. Shortly after the birth of the second son, Mrs. Savage died, and in 1821 he was again married, to Miss Hannah Skinner, who was born in Vermont in November of 1803. She was a lady of remarkable beauty, and possessed of many ennobling traits of character.
Mr. Savage resided in Onondaga several years after his last marriage, and was engaged in farming and at his trade-that of a cooper. From Onondaga he removed to Wayne County, N. Y., and from thence to Ohio, where he remained until 1840, when he emigrated with his family to Cass County.
He purchased a farm on Section 28, in the township of Marcellus, where he was also a pioneer, the first settlements having been made only some three or four years previous. After a residence of sixteen years, during which time he became closely identified with all the varied interests of the township, he removed to Cassopolis, but village life was not congenial, and he yearned for the associations of farm life, and the society of his children and neighbors, and he returned to Marcellus, where he died at the home of his son-in-law, Christopher Patrick, in November of 1878, "full of days and honor."
His wife died in January of 1881. Mr. Savage was a pioneer in the fullest and strictest sense of the term. Born in a new country, and being so well qualified, both mentally and physically, for pioneer life, he became one of that band of adventurous characters who preceded civilization in its westward march. He was a man of great natural ability. His youth and early manhood were passed far beyond the limits of educational opportunities, but this deficiency was more than made up in after years, by extended reading and close observation, aided by the possession of an extraordinary memory.
He was well versed in history, both civil and political, and it is said that he was able to give from memory, with remarkable accuracy, all of the important events in America's history. He was possessed of a large fund of general information, and in many things was regarded as an oracle. His physical, moral and intellectual powers were harmoniously blended, and he retained them in frill perfection to the last. He was a man of noble impulses, and with that innate sense of right that made his name a synonym for integrity and generosity. His social qualities were marked, and, perhaps, no one stood higher in public esteem than he.
As before stated, he was twice married, first, to Miss Laura Patch, of Camillus, N. Y., By this union there were two children- Lewis and Harrison H., the former of whom, at the time of his death, was a resident of Oregon, where, by superior ability, he had attained prominence in many ways.
He was a prominent member of the State Senate from 1872 to 1874. The latter is a reáideut of Junction City, Kansas. By the second marriage there were thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy. The remaining ten grew to maturity, and death did not again invade the family circle until March, 1863, when Henry, the second son, was killed at the battle of Spring Hill. Three other sons-John, George and Frank-did honor to the family name in the war of the rebellion.
With the exception of two daughters-Laura and Elizabeth, deceased (the former in Minnesota and the latter in Michigan) - all of the family are living, among whom are George and Frank, prominent farmers of Marcellus."
Source
From:
History of Cass County, Michigan
With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of some of it's Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago 1882.
John Savage died 22 November 1878 in Cass County, Michigan. His military marker, probably set over 100 years after his death, is inscribed with a death date of 1870. It is likely that no detailed research was done, or was not available at the time, and the "1870 era" death year was used.
John's original monument featuring his and his wife's vital data was still standing in 2016. The name of John Savage was common enough that several, named as such, have had errors made in their pedigrees.
John Savage, born 1 June 1788, has been reported to have been born at Hebron Township, Washington, New York, United States. However, the following history of Cass County, Michigan, published in 1882, suggests that he was born and spent his boyhood near Salem, Massachusetts, only removing to Washington County, New York when about 12 years old.
Since it was published in a period of time when there were several living members of this family, it is safe to conclude that John Savage was born in Massachusetts.
In any case, John was a son of Daniel Savage and his wife, Sarah "Sally" Parish.
John's father, Daniel, has been recorded as being a son of John Savage, born about 1733-38 of England, and Susan Lathrope.
Sarah, his mother, was the daughter of Thankful Towner and Josiah Parish, natives of New Haven, Connecticut.
From The History of Cass County, Michigan, [location of John's grave] - [published within 4 years of his death], 1882:
"The progenitor of the Savage family [John, the elder], in-this country, was an officer in the army of Gen. Wolfe, who came to America about 1758. He took part in the battle of Quebec, and shortly after that event emigrated to Massachusetts, settling near Salem, where Daniel Savage, the father of John, the immediate subject of this memoir, was born. But little is known of his history further than that he was a typical pioneer, hale, hearty and resolute even in his old age.
He [Daniel] was married, in Salem, to a Miss Parish [Sarah "Sally"], and it was here that our subject was born, June 1, 1788.
About 1800, the family separated, a portion of them removing to Virginia, while the remainder emigrated to the State of New York, the family of Daniel settling in Washington County, where they remained until about 1808, when they removed to Camillus, Onondaga County, which, at this time, was on the extreme frontier.
John was at this time in the prime of his early manhood, and well fitted for the arduous duties incident to the settlement of such a forbidding country, and well prepared to undergo the severe privations and hardships of pioneer life, in a region so far removed from civilization. Some idea can be formed of their sufferings from the fact that during the first year of their residence there, over fifty heads of families died.
During the war of 1812, when an invasion by the British was threatened, he, with others, hastened to Sackett's Harbor and Oswego, to defend the frontier.
In July of 1812, he was married to Miss Laura Patch, by whom he had two sons - Harrison H. and Lewis. Shortly after the birth of the second son, Mrs. Savage died, and in 1821 he was again married, to Miss Hannah Skinner, who was born in Vermont in November of 1803. She was a lady of remarkable beauty, and possessed of many ennobling traits of character.
Mr. Savage resided in Onondaga several years after his last marriage, and was engaged in farming and at his trade-that of a cooper. From Onondaga he removed to Wayne County, N. Y., and from thence to Ohio, where he remained until 1840, when he emigrated with his family to Cass County.
He purchased a farm on Section 28, in the township of Marcellus, where he was also a pioneer, the first settlements having been made only some three or four years previous. After a residence of sixteen years, during which time he became closely identified with all the varied interests of the township, he removed to Cassopolis, but village life was not congenial, and he yearned for the associations of farm life, and the society of his children and neighbors, and he returned to Marcellus, where he died at the home of his son-in-law, Christopher Patrick, in November of 1878, "full of days and honor."
His wife died in January of 1881. Mr. Savage was a pioneer in the fullest and strictest sense of the term. Born in a new country, and being so well qualified, both mentally and physically, for pioneer life, he became one of that band of adventurous characters who preceded civilization in its westward march. He was a man of great natural ability. His youth and early manhood were passed far beyond the limits of educational opportunities, but this deficiency was more than made up in after years, by extended reading and close observation, aided by the possession of an extraordinary memory.
He was well versed in history, both civil and political, and it is said that he was able to give from memory, with remarkable accuracy, all of the important events in America's history. He was possessed of a large fund of general information, and in many things was regarded as an oracle. His physical, moral and intellectual powers were harmoniously blended, and he retained them in frill perfection to the last. He was a man of noble impulses, and with that innate sense of right that made his name a synonym for integrity and generosity. His social qualities were marked, and, perhaps, no one stood higher in public esteem than he.
As before stated, he was twice married, first, to Miss Laura Patch, of Camillus, N. Y., By this union there were two children- Lewis and Harrison H., the former of whom, at the time of his death, was a resident of Oregon, where, by superior ability, he had attained prominence in many ways.
He was a prominent member of the State Senate from 1872 to 1874. The latter is a reáideut of Junction City, Kansas. By the second marriage there were thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy. The remaining ten grew to maturity, and death did not again invade the family circle until March, 1863, when Henry, the second son, was killed at the battle of Spring Hill. Three other sons-John, George and Frank-did honor to the family name in the war of the rebellion.
With the exception of two daughters-Laura and Elizabeth, deceased (the former in Minnesota and the latter in Michigan) - all of the family are living, among whom are George and Frank, prominent farmers of Marcellus."
Source
From:
History of Cass County, Michigan
With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of some of it's Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago 1882.
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