From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 1045-1046
 
CHANCY L. SAGE.  The names of such men as the late Chancy L. SAGE are those 
which the historian likes to see recorded, for they indicate the true history 
makers of a country.  They were men of strong arm and brave heart, willing to 
forego the pleasure of advanced civilization and undergo the hardships of a 
new country in order that they might do the most for their families and 
succeeding generations.  Such a man was Mr. SAGE, who was born on January 22, 
1828, in Oneida county, New York.  He was the son of Chancy and Mary 
(PATTISON) SAGE, both natives of the state of New York where they grew up and 
were married and there they lived until 1848, when they came to Racine, 
Wisconsin, by boat and settled in Racine county where the father bought a farm 
and lived for several years, then sold out and came to Walworth county, 
settling at Delavan city, where he spent the rest of his life, dying on March 
15, 1907.  There were eleven children in his family.
 
Chancy L. SAGE grew up on the home farm and received his education in the 
district schools of the early days.  He farmed for some time in early life, 
and finally came to Delavan, Walworth county, where he went into the hotel 
business with his brother Henry, who had preceded him here.  They continued in 
business for some four years, then, the Civil war coming on, the subject 
enlisted in the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, in which he served very gallantly 
for a period of three years and two months.  Then he returned to Delavan, 
Wisconsin, and moved onto a farm where he spent about two years, then was 
appointed night watchman in Delavan, and this position he held very faithfully 
for a period of thirty years, or the rest of his life.
 
Mr. SAGE was married to Margaret HALL, on December 16, 1861.  She was the 
daughter of Robert and Margaret (HILL) HALL, natives of the state of New York, 
spending their early lives at Albany, and there married and devoted their 
lives to farming, coming to Delavan, Walworth county, in 1850, where Mr. HALL 
went into the mercantile business which he continued for a number of years, 
enjoying a good business, later selling out and went to Nebraska where his 
death occurred in 1880, his widow surviving fifteen years, dying in 1895.  To 
Mr. and Mrs. HALL ten children were born, namely: Boyle is deceased; Henry 
lives in Lombard, Illinois; Mrs. Mary KING, of Madison county, Nebraska; 
Richard is deceased; William is deceased; Margaret, widow of Mr. SAGE of this 
sketch; Robert lives in Lexington, Illinois; John lives at Delavan Lake, this 
county; Charles lives at O'Neil, Nebraska; Mrs. Anna KING lives in Los 
Angeles, California.  Mrs. Margaret SAGE was born on December 15, 1843, in 
Quebec, Canada, and there she spent her early childhood, and she accompanied 
her parents to Delavan, Wisconsin, and here still makes her home with her 
daughter and daughter-in-law.  The death of Chancy L. SAGE occurred March 15, 
1907.
 
There were four children in the family of Chancy L. and Margaret SAGE: Willard 
C. who lives in Racine; Eva S., who married a Mr. RICHESON and lives in 
Delavan; Everett W. and Walter W., both deceased.
 
Submitted by Carol