1842-1913
DEATH OF FORMER NILES RESIDENT
Remains of James Savage buried here Today
Remains of James Savage buried here Today
The remains of James Savage were brought to Niles this afternoon from Elkhart and taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery for burial.
A valvular heart affliction of several years duration caused the death Wednesday afternoon of Mr. Savage, aged 71, a the Frank Olds residence in Elkhart. Mr. Savage was stricken while he was in the rear of the Olds residence conversing with a carpenter who was engaged in erecting a boat house.
Both Mr.and Mrs. Olds were away from home. Mrs. Olds being at Port Huron, Mich., where she went in contnection[sic] with her duties as Maccabee lodge auditor.
Mr. Savage was born in Volinia, near Cassopolis, January 8, 1842. He was married February 25, 1863, to Almeda Blue. Most of their married life was spent in Niles and South Bend. The death of Mrs. Savage occurred several years ago.
Three children survive.
Mr. Savage was a member of Auten Post, G.A.R. of South Bend. During the war he served in the Twelfth Michigan Infantry, in Companies A, E and I and at the close of the war was honorably mustered out of the service as first lieutenant.
(Source: Niles Daily Sun, Friday, September 12, 1913, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library)