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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889


    JOHN T. SANGER is a well-known citizen of Silver Township, an ex-
    soldier of the late Civil War.  He was born in St. Lawrence County,
    New York, June 22, 1842, and is a son of APPLETON and BELINDA (AUSTIN)
    SANGER, natives of the State of Vermont, who located in St. Lawrence
    County, and remained there until death.  They were the parents of four
    children: JOHN T., IRA A., EDWIN and SARAH E.  JOHN T. was reared in
    his native county, attending the common schools during the winter
    season, and devoting himself to farm work the remainder of the year.
    Not behind any of his countrymen, he enlisted December 1, 1863, in
    Battery M, Sixth New York Heavy Artillery; he was in the battles of
    the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, North Ann, Beaver Dam,
    Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor; at the last-named place he was wounded
    in the right shoulder by a gun shot, on account of which he was
    confined in the Mt. Pleasant Hospital for six months; he then re-
    joined his regiment, but being unable to endure active service he
    was sent back to the hospital.  He was in the city of Washington the
    night of the assassination of LINCOLN.  He was honorably discharged
    June 25, 1865, and returned to St. Lawrence County, where he remained
    eighteen months.  He then removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he spent
    three years in the employ of a lumber company, measuring lumber. He
    then removed to Dakota City, Minnesota, and engaged in farming until
    1875, at which time he came to Cherokee County and located on his
    present farm in Silver Township.  The SANGER farm contains 240 acres
    of good land, which has been brought to a high state of cultivation.
    There are numerous improvements in the way of buildings, and eight
    acres of grove have been planted.  Mr. SANGER was married in Cherokee,
    March 16, 1881, to Miss EMELINE BENNETT, a daughter of PHILANDER and
    MILLIE (NEESE) BENNETT, now residents of Cherokee.  Mr. and Mrs. SANGER
    are the parents of four children: JAMES EDWIN, MINNIE ELLEN, MILLIE,
    MARY E.  Mr. SANGER affiliates with the Republican party.  He is a
    member of General Custer Post, No. 25, G.A.R., and of the A.F. & A.M.,
    at Waddington, New York.

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