William J. Sager According to Northfield, Genealogy:
William was blind since childhood, but in spite of this limitation, was a good carpenter, farmer, and expert piano tuner. He was educated at the Perkins Institute, in South Boston, MA.
In a 1904 Directory of Northfield, NH, listed as a farmer on Bay Hill Road (Tilton P.O.)
1910 US Census for Northfield, Merrimack Co, NH:
Sager, William J., head, m, w, 53, M1-20, NH, Eng, Eng, Farmer - General Farming
Sager, Annie E., wife, f, w, 46, M1-20, 3/3, NH, NH, NH, none
Sager, Minnie D., dau, f, w, 21, S, NH, NH, NH, Stitcher - Dress Factory
Sager, Albert H., son, m, w, 19, S, NH, NH, NH, Operator - Woolen Mill
Sager, George H., son, m, w, 19, S, NH, NH, NH, Farmer - Home Farm
Wadleigh, Addie, s-in-l, f, w, 55, S, NH, NH, NH, Nurse for Priest Family
Wadleigh, Olive ?H?, s-in-l, f, w, 61, M1-25, 0/0, NH, NH, NH , none
Wadleigh, Peter K., b-in-l, m, w, 71?, M1-25, PA, NH, PA, Farmer - Home Farm
1900 US Census for Northfield, Merrimack, NH:
SOGER (though transcribed as SOGES):
William, head, w, m, Aug-1857?, NH, Eng, Eng, farmer
Minnie, dau, ? 1887, 12, NH, NH, NH
George H., son, w, m, Sep-1890, 9, S, NH, (twin)
Albert K., son, w, m, Sep-1890, 9, S, NH (twin)
Wadleigh, Mary E., m-in-law, Mar-1822, 77, NH
SOGER, ?Annie E., wife, Feb-1862, 37, NH, married 10 years? 2nd wife?,
could be married 16... VERY bad writing on census! He was born in August 1857 at
New Hampshire, USA. He was the son of
William Sager and
Jane Francis Sager. William J. Sager married
Ann (Annie) Elizabeth Wadleigh, daughter of
Ephraim Smith Wadleigh and
Mary Elizabeth Smith, in 1888.