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May 12, 2005
Dean Sage House
My great-great-grandfather's house showed up on Brownstoner today. I was so excited that I posted a gushy, self-indulgent comment immediately. It's very cool that I have ancestors who lived in the same borough, though. Don't know too much about them, but isn't that house gorgeous? I know Henry Sage (father of Dean) grew up in boarding houses, made a ton of money on lumber in Albany, and gave a lot of money to Cornell to start a women's college and build a chapel. I should probably do some due diligence and find out what Dean did in Brooklyn.
Update: Henry Sage moved to Brooklyn because of "constantly expanding business interests...in 1857". There's a biography of him collecting dust somewhere. Another descendent actually went to Cornell for undergrad and asked a question about Henry on the Cornell website. Also, "Henry W. Sage was a 'warm friend' of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn." My liberal roots run deep!
Posted by csageday at May 12, 2005 05:23 PM