Father of the Seven Sager children. His dream was to lead his wife Naomi, and his seven children to Oregon. Right after his eldest daughter Cathrine broke her leg jumping off a moving wagon, he took sick with camp fever, and died, not too long after his deat, his wife Naomi passed away also, leaving his 7 children orphans. The wagon train adopted the orphans and led them to the Whitman mission, where they lived happily until the Whitman Massacre of 1847 which claimed the lives of his two sons, John and Frank (Fransico), and again left his daughters without parents.
∼Buried on the banks of the Green River. Husband and father. After the death of the mother, Naomi Carney Sager on Sep 25, 1844, the seven children were adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to raise. Two sons, John and Francis, were killed by the Cayuse Indians in a Nov 29, 1847, massacre at the Whitman Mission. Daughters Catherine Sager Pringle, Matilda J. Sager Delaney, Elizabeth Sager and Henrietta Sager survived the Whitman massacre. Daughter, Louisa (Louise) died of the measles while in captivity and was buried near the great grave.
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∼Buried on the banks of the Green River. Husband and father. After the death of the mother, Naomi Carney Sager on Sep 25, 1844, the seven children were adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to raise. Two sons, John and Francis, were killed by the Cayuse Indians in a Nov 29, 1847, massacre at the Whitman Mission. Daughters Catherine Sager Pringle, Matilda J. Sager Delaney, Elizabeth Sager and Henrietta Sager survived the Whitman massacre. Daughter, Louisa (Louise) died of the measles while in captivity and was buried near the great grave.
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Father of the Seven Sager children. His dream was to lead his wife Naomi, and his seven children to Oregon. Right after his eldest daughter Cathrine broke her leg jumping off a moving wagon, he took sick with camp fever, and died, not too long after his deat, his wife Naomi passed away also, leaving his 7 children orphans. The wagon train adopted the orphans and led them to the Whitman mission, where they lived happily until the Whitman Massacre of 1847 which claimed the lives of his two sons, John and Frank (Fransico), and again left his daughters without parents.
∼Buried on the banks of the Green River. Husband and father. After the death of the mother, Naomi Carney Sager on Sep 25, 1844, the seven children were adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to raise. Two sons, John and Francis, were killed by the Cayuse Indians in a Nov 29, 1847, massacre at the Whitman Mission. Daughters Catherine Sager Pringle, Matilda J. Sager Delaney, Elizabeth Sager and Henrietta Sager survived the Whitman massacre. Daughter, Louisa (Louise) died of the measles while in captivity and was buried near the great grave.
Information from "Oregon Trail Stories"
∼Buried on the banks of the Green River. Husband and father. After the death of the mother, Naomi Carney Sager on Sep 25, 1844, the seven children were adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman to raise. Two sons, John and Francis, were killed by the Cayuse Indians in a Nov 29, 1847, massacre at the Whitman Mission. Daughters Catherine Sager Pringle, Matilda J. Sager Delaney, Elizabeth Sager and Henrietta Sager survived the Whitman massacre. Daughter, Louisa (Louise) died of the measles while in captivity and was buried near the great grave.
Information from "Oregon Trail Stories"
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