Frederick Bonner Sale ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

(Source: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878)

Capt. F. B. SALE, one of the leading agriculturists and business men of Condit township, is the son of John and Nancy B. SALE, and was born in Greene, Ohio, 9 Jun 1822.

His father, John Sale, was a native of Virginia, and early in life moved to Ohio. He was one of the pioneer ministers of the Methodist Church of Ohio, devoting his life to the cause of Christianity. He was presiding elder at the time of his death. He was in the ministry over thirty years. The subject of our sketch was the youngest of a family of nine children. His boyhood days were spent on a farm. He received such an education as the common schools of the neighborhood afforded. He remained and assisted in carrying on the farm at the old homestead until he arrived at the age of thirty-one years.

On the 11th of Oct 1844, he was married to Miss Maria CRAMER. As the fruits of this union eight children were born to them, seven sons and one daughter. Their names may be mentioned, as follows: Willis George, now a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana; Edwin C., who is a grain merchant at Dewey Station, in East Bend township; Charles E., a resident of Nebraska; John A., a partner with E. C., at Dewey Station. The style of the firm is Sale Brothers. S. B. is engaged in farming in East Bend. Frank O., who is a teacher, James P., and Fannie, who are residing at home with their parents. In the fall of 1853 Mr. Sale removed with his family to Urbana, Ill., where he was engaged in merchandising and trading until 1856. In the fall of the latter year he settled on a farm on section 17, in Condit township.

Mr. Sale taught the first school in the new building in district No. 1, and was the first teacher in that township to receive a salary as high as forty dollars per month. This was in the winter of '56-'57. He was deputy assessor under C. H. Sherfy and William Munhall, during the years 1856-57. In 1858 he was elected justice of the peace, and has acted as such most of the time since.

In 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, under command of Col. Harmon. Was mustered in at Danville, Ill., September 3rd, 1862. He was elected and mustered in as captain of company F, of the above regiment. The hard marches and privations incident to camp life so told on his health that he was compelled to resign, and returned home to the bosom of his family in the spring of 1863.

His eldest son, Willis George SALE enlisted and served during the one hundred days service. Mr. Sale has been a member and an active worker in the Methodist Church for the last forty years. In 1857 he was licensed to preach, and has efficiently performed the duties of a local preacher since that time. In 1866 he was appointed agent of the American Bible Society. His district embraced the counties of Champaign, Iroquois, Piatt, and Macon. During the same year (1866) he was ordained deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomington, Ill., by Bishop Ames, and in 1871 was ordained an elder at Jacksonville, Ill., by Bishop L. Scott.

In politics he is a republican. In the spring of 1878 he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors. In the life of our subject we find a man who has preserved a pure Christian character, and who, through his long and eventful career and various vicissitudes has ever been faithful to any and all trusts reposed in him. And tile richest legacy he will leave to his children is the record of a well-spent life.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Xenia Township, Greene County, OH on 27 July 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 50B, Dwelling 704, Family 741
Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio
F. B. Sale..28..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Condit Township, Champaign, IL on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 108B, District 7, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Roll 179
Condit Township, Champaign County, Illinois
Frederick B. Sale..Head..57..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife, 2 children, and 2 grandsons.)
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• He was buried after 22 March 1905 in the Willowbrook Cemetery in Fisher, IL.

Plot: Section 3
Find A Grave Memorial #110843500
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Frederick married Maria J. Cramer, daughter of Solomon Cramer and Maria Barbara Catick, on 11 October 1844 in , Greene County, OH.^{1 2} (Maria J. Cramer was born on 14 January 1823 in Ohio,^{1 2 3 4} died on 29 March 1901 in Fisher, IL ¹ and was buried after 29 March 1901 in Fisher, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Xenia Township, Greene County, OH on 27 July 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 50B, Dwelling 704, Family 741
Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio
F. B. Sale..28..OH..Farmer
Martha Sale..27..OH
Willis G. Sale..5..OH
E. C. Sale..3..OH
Charles E. Sale..5m..OH
John S. Butler..18..OH

NOTE - Living in same dwelling but listed as a different family was Richard Sale, 45, (probably an older brother or an uncle), Nancy Sale, 68, the mother , 1 young female at age 8, and other female at age 20 with a surname of Butler, probably a sister.
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Condit Township, Champaign, IL on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 108B, District 7, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Roll 179
Condit Township, Champaign County, Illinois
Frederick B. Sale..Head..57..OH..Farmer
Maria C. Sale..Wife..57..OH..Keeping House
James P. Sale..Son..22..IL..Farm Laborer
Fannie M. Sale..Dau..17..IL
George F. Sale..GSon..3..OH
Archer Sale..GSon..1..OH

NOTE - Some indexes also list their son, John A. Sale, who's wife had died 2 or 3 months earlier. He was the father of George and Archer Sale. The actual census image does not list the name of John A. but does list his two children.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Frederick B. Sale
Event Type: Intended Marriage
Event Date: 08 Oct 1844
Event Place: Greene, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria Cramer
Reference ID: p 31
GS Film Number: 534106
Digital Folder Number: 004016814
Image Number: 00331

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Q1-XZX : accessed 4 July 2015), Frederick B. Sale and Maria Cramer, 08 Oct 1844; citing Greene, Ohio, United States, reference p 31; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 534,106.
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