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Sally “Caty” <I>Sage</I> Frost

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Sally “Caty” Sage Frost

Birth
Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Death
21 Jan 1853 (aged 66)
Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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"January 21; death of Sally Frost (born Catherine "Caty" Sage, adopted Wyandot captive and widow of Tarhe, Between-the-Logs, and Frost, of pneumonia at the age of 66. She is buried next to Mrs. Witten in the Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery (Quindaro Cemetery). Her brother, Charles Sage writes of going alone to visit her grave; "She was truly a pious woman and a Methodist."∼Kidnapped, 5 July 1792, & traded to Indians, she spoke no English when found by her brother, who identified her by a birthmark & childhood burn scar. She died of pneumonia before she could be returned to Virginia. "The Ballad of Caty Sage", & newspaper articles were written about her, & her story appears in several local histories. Her birth date of 5 Jan 1786 is found in her mother's Revolutionary War Pension Application, but conflicts with the 4 Dec 1785, birth date of older sister, Mary - from the same source. It also conflicts with her said age, 5, at the time of her kidnapping. A family history "The March of the Sages" presumes a mistake, and lists the date as 5 Jan 1787. That date conflicts with her younger sister Lovis' of 1 Mar 1787 in the Pension Application, so it too is probably wrong. Lovis' would have been 1 Mar 1788, also accepted in "The March of the Sages".
"January 21; death of Sally Frost (born Catherine "Caty" Sage, adopted Wyandot captive and widow of Tarhe, Between-the-Logs, and Frost, of pneumonia at the age of 66. She is buried next to Mrs. Witten in the Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery (Quindaro Cemetery). Her brother, Charles Sage writes of going alone to visit her grave; "She was truly a pious woman and a Methodist."∼Kidnapped, 5 July 1792, & traded to Indians, she spoke no English when found by her brother, who identified her by a birthmark & childhood burn scar. She died of pneumonia before she could be returned to Virginia. "The Ballad of Caty Sage", & newspaper articles were written about her, & her story appears in several local histories. Her birth date of 5 Jan 1786 is found in her mother's Revolutionary War Pension Application, but conflicts with the 4 Dec 1785, birth date of older sister, Mary - from the same source. It also conflicts with her said age, 5, at the time of her kidnapping. A family history "The March of the Sages" presumes a mistake, and lists the date as 5 Jan 1787. That date conflicts with her younger sister Lovis' of 1 Mar 1787 in the Pension Application, so it too is probably wrong. Lovis' would have been 1 Mar 1788, also accepted in "The March of the Sages".

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