Sager, Elmer Dwight

Birth Name Sager, Elmer Dwight
Gramps ID I4732
Gender male
Age at Death 61 years, 5 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1894-09-16 Bowling Green Twp, Marion Cty, Ohio, USA  
1a
Census 1910 Gladwin, Gladwin Cty, Michigan, USA  
2a
Census 1920 Bowling Green Twp, Marion Cty, Ohio, USA  
3a
Census 1930 Bowling Green Twp, Marion Cty, Ohio, USA  
4a
Census 1940 LaRue, Marion Cty, Ohio, USA  
5a
Death 1956-03-09 Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie Cty, Florida, USA  
6a
Burial   Price Cemetery, Richwood, Claibourne Twp, Union Cty, Ohio, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Sager, Abel Franklin [I3587]1860-05-291955
Mother Harris, Alta May [I4731]18671903
    Brother     Sager, David Clarence [I4745] 1890-03-09
    Brother     Sager, Perry Owen [I4744] 1892-01-22 1903-03-23
         Sager, Elmer Dwight [I4732] 1894-09-16 1956-03-09
    Brother     Sager, Omer Kenneth [I4735] 1898-03-25 1988-10-18

Families

    Family of Sager, Elmer Dwight and Rizor, Lucille [F1523]
Married Wife Rizor, Lucille [I4739] ( * + ... )
    Family of Sager, Elmer Dwight and Sager, Ruth [F1525]
Married Wife Sager, Ruth [I4743] ( * + ... )
    Family of Sager, Elmer Dwight and Shafer, Rosella M. [F1524]
Married Wife Shafer, Rosella M. [I4740] ( * 1910 + 1957 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1933-01-27 Kentucky, USA  
 

Narrative

[Obituary for E. Dwight Sager, posted online to the FindaGrave.com website by Becky Jacobs.]

E. Dwight Sager, 61, formerly of LaRue, died Friday at 10:5 [sic] p.m. at home in Fort Pierce, Fla. He owned and operated a farm implement business in LaRue many years ago then moved to Florida four years ago.

Born Sept. 16, 1895, in Gladwin, Mich., he was a son of Abel Franklin Sager and Alta May Harris Sager, the father a native of Bowling Green Township in Marion County and the mother of Union County. Jan. 27, 1933 in Kentucky, he married Rosella Shafer.

A veteran of World War I, he was honored with a life membership in Phillippi-Clement Post 11, American Legion, in LaRue for directing construction of the American Legion building there. He was a member of LaRue Lodge 463 F&AM and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus.

Surviving are his widow; his stepmother, Mrs. Mina Sager of Marion; his son, Dwight Sager Jr., of Valley Station, Ky.; twin grandsons and three brothers, Kenneth Sager of Columbus and Ernest H. and Frank W. Sager, both of Lake Delaware, N.Y.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Schaffner-Denzer Funeral Home on E. Center St. in Marion. Rev. W.C. Eyster will officiate. Burial will be in Price Cemetery near Richwood. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 tonight.

Narrative

Note: The marriages of Elmer Dwight Sager

By the records I've found so far, it appears that Dwight was married at least three times - first (that I have been able to find) to Lucille Rizor (who appears to have been born Ernestine Lucille Rizor) in 1920, for which I've found the Marion Cty, Ohio marriage record. His final (presumed third) marriage was to Rosella Shafer in Kentucky in 1933, which lasted until his death in 1956 (with their marriage date taken from his obituary). In between those two appears to have been his second marriage, to an Ohio-born woman named Ruth. For this marriage, I've not found any record, only the 1930 US Census listing for Dwight's household listing his wife as Ruth Sager, and I do not know her maiden name, vital dates, or parentage.

His obituary (and the 1930 US Census listing) give his son as Dwight Sager Jr., born about 1922 according to the census record. By the 1940 US Census, Dwight Jr. is not living with his father and step-mother Rosella, and I've not yet identified a listing for him in 1940. There is an Army enistment in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Cty, Ohio in 1946 for a Dwight Sager Jr. born in 1921, and there are also additionally US Social Security and Florida Death Index records for a Dwight Sager (b. 13 Feb 1921, d. 23 Oct 1973 in Orange Cty, Florida). It stands to reason that these records apply to Dwight Jr., but I have not been able to confirm that.

Likewise, I have not yet confirmed who Dwight Jr.'s mother may have been. It seems most likely to have been Lucille, given the short time between his birth and her marriage to his father, but it's also at least somewhat possible that the otherwise-unidentifed Ruth from the 1930 US Census listing was his mother. Without knowing for sure, I have not attributed Dwight Jr. to either marriage at this time.

Lastly, the elder Dwight's obituary also mentions twin grandsons, who would presumably have been born to Dwight Jr. (his only child, so far as I know). I do not have any information on them, nor on any marriage of Dwight Jr.'s so far.

Pedigree

  1. Sager, Abel Franklin [I3587]
    1. Harris, Alta May [I4731]
      1. Sager, David Clarence [I4745]
      2. Sager, Perry Owen [I4744]
      3. Sager, Elmer Dwight
        1. Rizor, Lucille [I4739]
        2. Sager, Ruth [I4743]
        3. Shafer, Rosella M. [I4740]
      4. Sager, Omer Kenneth [I4735]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 [S0121]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6WB-R6X : accessed 26 May 2015), Elmer Dwight Sager, 16 Sep 1894; citing Birth, Bowling Green, Marion, Ohio, reference v 2 p 404, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,336.

  2. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5S-KZT : accessed 26 May 2015), Abel F Sager, Gladwin Ward 1, Gladwin, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 179, sheet 5B, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,659.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Gladwin Ward 1, Gladwin, Michigan, United States
        Abel F Sager Head M 48 Ohio
        Luella M Sager Wife F 29 Michigan
        Elmer D Sager Son M 15 Ohio
        Omer K Sager Son M 11 Ohio
        Walter Lyons Stepson M 14 Michigan
        Pearl Lyons Stepson M 9 Michigan

  3. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRS-5S4 : accessed 26 May 2015), Sarah C Sager, Bowling Green, Marion, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,416.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Bowling Green, Marion, Ohio, United States
        Sarah C Sager Head F 85 West Virginia
        Able F Sager Son M 58 Ohio
        Elmer D Sager Grandson M 25 Ohio
        Omer K Sager Grandson M 20 Ohio
        Mina Swallins Servant F 38 Ohio

  4. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4H9-RQX : accessed 27 May 2015), Dwight Sager, Bowling Green, Marion, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0002, sheet 1B, family 18, line 84, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1847; FHL microfilm 2,341,581.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Bowling Green, Marion, Ohio, United States
        Dwight Sager Head M 35 Ohio
        Ruth Sager Wife F 28 Ohio
        Dwight Sager Jr. Son M 9 Ohio
        A W Golf Lodger M 38 Ohio

  5. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWNS-6Y3 : accessed 27 May 2015), Dwight Sager, La Rue Village, Montgomery Township, Marion, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-40, sheet 2B, family 37, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3111.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: La Rue Village, Montgomery Township, Marion, Ohio, United States
        Dwight Sager Head M 45 Ohio
        Rosella Sager Wife F 30 Ohio

  6. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [S0132]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVSG-4RJ : accessed 27 May 2015), Elmer Dwight Sager, Mar 1956; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1788, certificate number 10498, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.