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Former State Politician.
Hobart Sterling Sackett Dies at Berlin at Advanced Age.
     Milwaukee, Wis., March 13.—Hobart Sterling Sacket, thirty years ago one of the best known politicians of Wisconsin, and for many years a member of the state senate, is dead at his home in Berlin. He was sixty-seven years old. Death was due to an attack of heart failure.
     Mr. Sacket was born in Sacket's Harbor,N. Y., February 14, 1844. He was educated in the common schools and took a partial course at Western Reserve college. He came to Wisconsin in 1866, and first settled in the town of Waushara. Shortly afterward he moved to Green Lake county.
     While in Waushara county he served two terms as chairman of the town of Aurora and represented his district in the assembly in 1872. The same year he was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. He later represented Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties in the state senate during the session of 1877 and 1878, and again in 1879 and 1880. For several years he was a member of the Republican state central committee. After retiring from political life Mr. Sacket became interested in the hardware business from which he retired a few years ago.
     During the civil war Mr. Sacket was in the employ of the quartermaster's department and was stationed at Chicago, Pittsburg Landing, Atlanta and Chattanooga.
     Rodney Sacket, now a clerk in the senate at Washington, who was identifled with the Stephenson campaign, is a son.

—The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 13 Mar 1911, p 11

Ex-Senator Sacket Dead
Widely Known Badger Politician Succumbs to Attack of Heart Failure at Home in Berlin.
     Berlin.—Hobart Sterling Sacket, ex-state senator and once one of the most widely known of Badger politicians, is dead here following an attack of heart failure, aged 67.
     Mr. Sacket was born in Sacket's Harbor, N.Y., February 14, 1844. He came to Wisconsin in 1866, and first settled in the town of Waushara. Shortly afterward he moved to Green Lake county.
     While in Waushara county he served his district in the Assembly in 1872. The same year he was a delegate to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. He later represented Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties in the state Senate during the session of 1877 and 1878, and again in 1879 and 1880.

—Northern Wisconsin Advertiser, Wabeno, Wisconsin, 17 Mar 1911, p 2

Cranberries Burned
     Berlin, Wis, Sept. 20.—Abont 12 o'clock last night the large cranberry warehouse owned by George Sacket, located on the marsh four and a half miles from this city, was destroyed by fire. In the building were 2,000 barrels of berries—the entire crop of the season—which were destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $30,000, half covered by insurance, The origin of the fire is unknown.

—The Weekly Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 22 Sep 1888, p 5

Masons Pay Honors To Aged Berlin Member
     (Special to The Northwestern)
     Berlin, Wis.—Funeral services for Fred W. Sacket, one of the oldest Masons in the state of Wisconsin, were held Monday afternoon, following a ceremony at the home of O. C. Irwin. Berlin Masons, with Knights Templar in uniform paid final tribute to the aged brother. Mr. Sacket died early Saturday morning.

—The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 12 May 1931, p 2

Funeral of Mrs. Sacket.
     On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, funeral services were held at the family home for Mrs. Fred Sacket, 70, who passed away Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, following a brief illness with bronchial pneumonia, complicated with diabetes. Mrs. Sacket was a prominent church, club and social woman of this city and her death was mourned by many. Mrs. Sacket was born in Canada and came to this city with her parents one year later. She was married to Mr. Sacket in 1878 and for the last forty years they have occupied the same home on Huron street. Besides her husband, who is in failing health because of heart trouble, the deceased is survived by one son, Dr. Sterling Sacket, Racine; a daughter, Mrs. S. W. Irwin, of this city, and a brother, Manson Campbell, also of this city.

—The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 5 May 1926, p 13

Mrs. Jane Sacket Wood Funeral Rites Tomorrow
     Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 p. m. at Graceland chapel for Mrs. Jane Sacket Wood, 86 years old, who died yesterday at 4561 Woodlawn avenue. Mrs. Wood was a daughter George A. Sacket, who shipped the first wheat into Chicago by water. He was a charter member of the Chicago Board of Trade. She was the widow of Fred W. Wood. Four sons survive.

—Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 12 Apr 1927, p 26

Obituaries
Sackett—Edward A., passed away at Soldiers' Home, Sawtelle, this morning. Veteran of Civil war. Former resident of Montana. Funeral arrangements later by J.J. Mottell, Inc., funeral directors.

—The Long Beach Sun, Long Beach, California, 28 Feb 1931, p 6

George Sacket Dies at Watrous, N. M.
     George W. Sacket, aged 29 years, of the firm of Front & Sacket, Chicago died Aug. 4 at Watrous, N.M. Mr. Sacket had gained an enviable reputation among business-men, particularly among hardware merchants.

—Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 7 Aug 1895, p 8

Buried In This City
Remains of G.W. Sacket Brought from New Mexico.
     The funeral of George W. Sackett of the hardware firm of Trout and Sackett, No 216 Lake Street, took place yesterday at No. 1564 Fulton St. the residence of his partner. The family home, opposite, has been closed since early in the spring, when Mr. Sackett was taken to the Rocky Mountains for the benefit of his health, his wife and son George, accompanying him. Last winter the family spent in Florida and Southern Georgia. However, the ravages of consumption were only delayed somewhat, and Mr. Sackett passed away last Sunday in New Mexico at Watrous. The remains reached Chicago Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Windsor of Geneva, Ill., officiated at the funeral, and the choir of the Church of the Redeemer, Warren avenue, where is the family pew, beautifully rendered the music. The flowers were exquisite, the deceased having attached to himself, through his rare geniality and sociability, an unusual number of friends. His late partner, George W. Trout, whose wife is a sister of Mrs. Sacket, was the chief pall bearer, assisted by a number of young men from the store. The interment was at Graceland. Mr. Sacket was born twenty-nine years ago in Geneva, Ill. His late father, George Sackett, was a well known merchant on the South Side, and since early boyhood, the son had lived in this city, graduating from South Side High School. He began working as a boy for A.F. Seeberger & Co. and at the age of 18 was a successful traveling salesman. When he was 22 he began traveling to the Pacific coast on his own account as a manufacturer's agent, representing among other factories that of Fayette R. Plum, of Philadelphia, with whom he was in close business relations until he died. Three years ago he with his brother-in-law, George W. Trout, started the wholesale hardware firm of Trout & Sackett at No, 216 Lake St. He leaves a widow, nee Miss Belle Wilbur of Maquoketa, Iowa, and a 3-year-old son. He always bore the highest esteem of those who knew him, either in business or a social way, and leaves many sorrowing friends.

—The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, 9 Aug 1895, p 11