William Glover Gage
William Glover Gage was born on April 11, 1847, in Italy Hill, New York, to Dewitt Clinton Gage and Catherine Glover. His father was a lawyer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $250 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Gorham, New York, until around 1855, when they moved to Saginaw, Michigan.
 
Gage enlisted in the Union army on September 6, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company C of the 7th Michigan Cavalry on November 13. Confederate forces captured him on July 3, 1863, in the Battle of Gettysburg. He received a parole on August 6, and he returned to his regiment on September 15, 1863. The regiment took part in the Battle of the Wilderness and the Appomattox campaign. He remained devoted to the Union, writing that "I did not come here for promotion but to fight for my country." He was eventually reduced to the ranks, and he mustered out on March 17, 1865.
 
He attended the University of Michigan after the war, and he was admitted to the bar in 1873. He married Alice Sanborn around 1874, and they had six children, including: Catherine, born around 1875; Walter, born around 1876; George, born around 1879; Alice, born around 1884; and Louise, born around 1887. He supported the Republican Party, and President Chester A. Arthur appointed him postmaster for East Saginaw in 1883. He became city attorney in 1894 and reportedly filled the position with “credit and success.” He applied for a federal pension in February 1909 and eventually secured one.
 
His wife died in the early 1900s, and he married Eleanor B. Richardson on April 22, 1911. They had at least two children: Glover, born around 1913; and Ellen, born around 1918. Gage died of arteriosclerosis in Saginaw on July 27, 1924.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2613)Gage, William Glover1847-04-111924-07-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 53

  • (7444) [recipient] ~ Henry T. Gage and DeWitt C. Gage to William G. Gage, 18 December 1862
  • (7445) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Henry T. Gage, 11 December 1862
  • (7446) [recipient] ~ Henry T. Gage to William G. Gage, 6 December 1862
  • (7447) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Henry T. Gage, 22 October 1862
  • (7448) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 21 October 1863
  • (7449) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage and Brother, 12 October 1862
  • (7456) [associated with] ~ Daniel H. Darling to DeWitt C. Gage, 6 November 1863
  • (7466) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 27 October 1863
  • (7467) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 28 September 1863
  • (7468) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage et al., 28 September 1862
  • (7469) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 16 September 1863
  • (7470) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 13 September 1863
  • (7471) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 10 September 1863
  • (7472) [associated with] ~ Allyne C. Litchfield Statement, 8 September 1863
  • (7473) [associated with] ~ Bradley M. Thompson to DeWitt C. Gage, 7 September 1863
  • (7474) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 4 September 1863
  • (7475) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage and Brother, 28 August 1863
  • (7476) [associated with] ~ Daniel T. Everts to DeWitt C. Gage, 25 May 1863
  • (7490) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Brother, 24 August 1863
  • (7491) [associated with] ~ Erasmus D. Gage to Abigail Gage, 21 August 1863
  • (7492) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 15 January 1862
  • (7493) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 8 August 1863
  • (7494) [associated with] ~ Daniel H. Darling to DeWitt C. Gage, 7 July 1863
  • (7495) [associated with] ~ Daniel H. Darling to DeWitt C. Gage, 6 July 1863
  • (7496) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Brother, 28 June 1863
  • (7497) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage and James D. Gage, 16 June 1863
  • (7498) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 14 May 1863
  • (7499) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Henry T. Gage, 29 March 1863
  • (7500) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 18 March 1863
  • (7501) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 15 February 1863
  • (7502) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 4 February 1863
  • (7733) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage and Catharine A. Gage, 15 November 1863
  • (7734) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 18 November 1863
  • (15326) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 9 December 1863
  • (15327) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 17 December 1863
  • (15329) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 29 December 1863
  • (15330) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Bronson Southwick, 4 January 1864
  • (15331) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 10 January 1864
  • (15332) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage and Catharine A. Gage, 26 January 1864
  • (15333) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 30 January 1864
  • (15334) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage and Catharine A. Gage, 11 February 1864
  • (15335) [recipient] ~ Cooley E. Ball to William G. Gage, 12 February 1864
  • (15336) [recipient] ~ DeWitt C. Gage to William G. Gage, 14 February 1864
  • (15339) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 13 August 1868
  • (15340) [associated with] ~ John T. Hall Receipt, 18 August 1875
  • (15341) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Brother, 22 January 186X
  • (15342) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 29 January 186X
  • (15343) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 6 April 186X
  • (15344) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 20 April 186X
  • (15345) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to Catharine A. Gage, 6 October 186X
  • (15346) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 15 October 186X
  • (15347) [recipient] ~ Henry T. Gage to William G. Gage, 17 December 186X
  • (15348) [writer] ~ William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, undated

People - Records: 9

  • (2614) Gage, Henry Tifft is the [sibling of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2615) Gage, DeWitt Clinton is the [parent of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2618) Gage, Catharine A. is the [parent of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2638) Gage, James D. is the [sibling of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2640) Thompson, Bradley Martin is the [friend of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2648) Gage, Erasmus Darwin is the [aunt/uncle of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (2649) Gage, Abigail is the [grandparent of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (5364) Southwick, Bronson is the [friend of] (2613) Gage, William Glover
  • (5365) Ball, Cooley E. is the [friend of] (2613) Gage, William Glover

Places - Records: 2

  • (1963) [birth] ~ Italy Hill, Yates County, New York
  • (1905) [death] ~ Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (791) [enlisted] [C] ~ 7th Michigan Cavalry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Michigan Death Records, 1867-1952, available from Ancestry.com; George Irving Reed, Bench and Bar of Michigan (Chicago, IL: The Century Publishing and Engraving Company, 1897); William G. Gage to DeWitt C. Gage, 6 April 186X, DL1334.053, Nau Collection