STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1894, page 4, column 3 STEPHEN CHOATE SABIN, 08 Jun 1812 - 23 Aug 1894 Died in Centerville, Michigan, Aug. 28, 1894, at the home of his son, Dr. M. Sabin, Stephen C. Sabin, aged 82 years, 2 months and 15 days. Mr. Sabin was born in Windham county, Vermont, June 8, 1812. He came to Steuben county in 1835. He was one of the pioneers of Millgrove township, and one of the founders of Vermont Settlement, and also one of the early members of the Orland Baptist church, uniting with it in September, 1835, just one month after its organization. In 1839 he married Miss Martha M. Sabin. To whom were born five children: two of whom are living, Dr. M. Sabin, of Centerville, Michigan, and O. C. Sabin, of Chicago. Mrs. Sabin died last January. Mr. Sabin was ready and willing to depart; he felt that his work was done. Now nearly all of the early settlers of Millgrove have joined the large majority. STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1894, page 1, column 5 OBITUARY Stephen Choate Sabin, an old settler at Orland, died at the residence of his son, Dr. Marden Sabin, at Centerville, Michigan, August 23, 1894. Mr. Sabin was born at Jamaica, Vermont, June 8, 1812. He emigrated with the Stocker family and others to the wilds of Northern Indiana in 1834, and helped to form the "Vermont Settlement" of those days in Millgrove township, which has since become the village of Orland. He spent four or five years of his youth around this new settlement, Lima, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and one winter of the time at Yazoo City, Miss.; sometimes clerking in a store, but generally working at his trade, that of carpenter and joiner. Having determined to make Orland his permanent home, he entered land which is situated at the west edge of the present village. He was married February 24, 1839, to Martha M. Stocker, daughter of John Stocker, and sister of Mrs. George Brown, of Lake Gage, and of Chester, Leland and George Stocker, well-known residents of this county. In the spring of 1835 he was one of the clerks of the township election Conformatory to the division of townships at that time, the election was held in the house of John Stayner on Jackson prairie. >From that time forward he held, nearly continuously, some township office, till, during the war period, he represented the county in the State Legislature for three or four consecutive sessions. His service in the Legislature covered the period of the Reconstruction, and he regarded the votes which he gave in the Legislature ratifying the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States as among the most important and worthy acts of his public life. In 1885 he and his wife, who were becoming enfeebled by age and disease and no longer able to maintain a separate home for themselves, removed to Centerville, Michigan, where they were to reside with their oldest son. The wife, Mrs. Martha M. Sabin, died at that place January 17, 1894, and the husband only survived her a few months. They were early members of the Baptist church at Orland, and always maintained their connection with that denomination, and their later years of infirmity and suffering were greatly cheered by the blessed hope of the life beyond. STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1894, page 1, column 5 Readers of the Republican and especially the old settlers of Steuben county will recall a brief notice in the REPUBLICAN, of the death of Martha Stocker Sabin at Centerville last January. Seven months and a week later, as he wished, her husband, Stephen C. Sabin, followed her-and thus "He giveth His beloved sleep." Their sons surviving, Marden and Oscar, born at Orland fifty-four and fifty-two years ago, respectively, now residents of Centerville and Chicago, hope it may not seem indelicate to pay this parting tribute to the memory of these dear ones now at rest. "Life's work well done, Life's race well run, Life's crown well won, Now comes REST." No subsequent events have shadowed their grateful recollections of the formative days in Steuben county nor dimmed the memories of the home in Orland. With gratitude infinitely beyond expression, even in great sorrow, we beg to make this brief record of unfading affection for the hallowed memories of these dear ones now consigned to the dust, awaiting the reveille of the eternal morning. To the numerous relatives, uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends at the old home, are our thanks for abundant evidences of sympathy and kindly condolences. M. Sabin O. C. Sabin ADDDITONAL INFORMATION: Stephen Choate Sabin, 08 Jun 1812 - 23 Aug 1894, on 04 Feb 1839 - per marriage license (24 Feb 1839 per familysearch.org and obituary), married Martha M. (Stocker) Sabin, 08 Jan 1819 - 17 Jan 1894. Burial place unknown. Dr. Marden Sabin, 02 Jan 1840 - 10 Apr 1917, on 23 May 1867 married Mary Monroe (Smith) Sabin, 23 May 1846 - 09 Jan 1917. Burial place unkown. Oscar C. Sabin, 1842 or 1843 - _________, married Amanda C. Abbott, 1847 - _________. Burial place unknown. Estella Sabin, 20 Feb 1847 - 25 Aug 1849, aged 2 years, 6 months and 5 days. She is buried at Memorial Grove Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. Son Mahlon Sabin, born after 1848, no further information. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. II, page 1579. "History of Steuben County, IN-1885," pages 416, 417, biography of brother-in-law, Leland H. Stocker; page 704, biography of brother- in-law, George Brown. Steuben Republican, May 17, 1893, article, "The Pioneers". Submitted by: Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net