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==  Russell Sage                                        ==
 * Bi****rth and Death:** Russell sage was born August 4th, 1816 in Verona, New York, and died July 22nd 1906, at 4:30pm, at Lawrence Beach, Long Island, New York. He died of Natural causes.
 * Where he lived:** Lived in New York City
 * Childhood and family life:** When Russell Sage was born, he was born into poverty. He also was the youngest of seven children. His fathers name was Elisha Sage and His mothers name was Prudence. When he was old enough to work, he worked with his oldest brother Henry in 1825. When his oldest brother Henry got sick he had to sell the store. When he sold the store Russell’s other brother Elisha and him bought it and became co-owners. He made his first real estate purchase at the age 13. As a teenager he made a lot of money and made it easy to pay of loans. Russell Sage was Married Twice, his first wife Marie-Henrie Winne died due to cancer. After her death he married Margaret Olivia Slocum.
 * How they Became wealthy\relations with other entrepreneurs: ** Russell sage became wealthy in many ways. He had many jobs and investments. He was a two-term congressmen, he had a grocery store investment, a lumber dealer with John Bates, president of a railroad, and was a vice president of another. He often partnered with Jay Gould in the development and sale of railroads. He was one of the largest stalk holders of the western union telegraph company, and lost more. He was a multi-millionaire financer. At his death he’d amassed a fortune to be $70 million. As you can see Russell sage made a ton of money. He was known to be a robber baron who preyed on his fellow citizens to extort there money in devious Wall Street speculations. He was also known as captain of industry because he was a financer and politician; he owned a lot of businesses.
 * What industry did he make most of his money in?** Russell Sage made most of his money in the railroad industries.
 * Interesting Facts:** In 1891, a man went into Russell Sage’s office demanding more than a million dollars in cash. He Russell refused to give him the money the man said that he would blow up the bomb that he had with him. Russell refused and the bomb exploded killing two. Russell escaped, the bomber was killed and also Sage’s secretary. The bomber’s name was Henry Norcross, Boston’s Stalk Broker.
 * The Russell Sage foundation is where he contributed to “The improvement of social and living conditions in America.”
 * Bibliography: **
 * “Russell Sage” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_sage (February 19th, 2008) **
 * “Internet Accuracy Project” Accuracy Project. http//www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-sage,Russell.html (February 19th, 2008) **
 * “Russell Sage Foundation” Publications. www.russellsage.org/publications/ (February 19th, 2008) **