HENRY SACK was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany May 26, 1845 and came to his death at seven o'clock p.m., November 18, 1903 by being struck by a fast freight train drawn by two locomotives on the C. B. & Q. at nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Sack came to this country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Sack when eleven years of age and settled on a farm in Lima, Carroll County, Illinois where he remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war. He enlisted in Co. I. of the 75th Illinois Infantry as a private and served until the close of the war. He was a charter member of the Hostetter Post of G. A. R. also a member of the K. O. T. M. He was married December 27, 1866 to Miss Luvisa Lewis. To them were born fifteen children two of whom have preceded him to the eternal world. Besides his aged mother, two brothers George and Conrad Sack of Fair Haven and three sisters Mrs. Addie Imel of Fair Haven, Mary Felsing and Christina Paul of near Waterloo, Iowa, he leaves his widow and thirteen children, Ira and William of Waterloo, Ia., Emma Miller of Dixon, Ill., Frank Sack of Lanark, Ill., Elizabeth Hohnadle, Charles Sack, Amelia Spealman and Katie, Edgar, Mary Ella, Grace, and Eva all of Fair Haven. Funeral services were held at Hope church Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The services were in charge of Rev. Gamber assisted by Rev. Rife of Dixon, Berge of Fair Haven, Eller of Brookville and Dolliver of Lanark. Burial was made in Chadwick cemetery.

ANOTHER OBIT: Died - At the home of Ira Lewis of Chadwick, Wednesday evening, November 18, 1903, Henry Sack, aged 57 years, 4 months and 22 days. Henry Sack was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, May 26, 1845 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Sack. When eleven years of age he came to America with his parents and settled on a farm in Lima, Carroll county, Illinois. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted and served his country faithfully until the close of the war. He was united in marriage to Miss Luvina Lewis, daughter of Ira Lewis of Chadwick in 1866. To this union were born thirteen children, namely, Ira and William Sack of Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. Emma Miller of Dixon; Frank Sack of Lanark; Mrs. Elizabeth Hohnadle, Chas. Sack, Mrs. Amelia Spealman, Catherine, Edgar, Mary Ella Grace, and Eva Sack all of whom live in the vicinity of Chadwick. To mourn his tragic death, besides his wife and children, he leaves his aged mother, two brothers and three sisters. The deceased was a very prominent man in the town of Fair Haven and his friends were horror stricken to hear of his fatal accident, an account of which was given in our last week's issue. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Hope church in Chadwick, Rev. Gamber officiating.
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He also served in Company "I" 21st Illinois Infantry-mustered out on December 16, 1865.