Born: August 8, 1871
Died: January 2, 1939
Married: Lillian Mae Stevens
Children: Russell P. Sackett
Captain Herbert Irving Sackett and Miss Lillian Mae Stevens are said to have been the first people to drive an automobile in Saranac Lake. Alfred L. Donaldson included the account from the Ogdensburg News, below, that got Sackett's middle initial wrong. Sackett, his fourth wife and their daughter were killed in a grade crossing accident.
Ogdensburg News, July 15, 1902
SPEND HONEYMOON IN AUTOMOBILING
Capt and Mrs. H. J. Sackett, of Buffalo, Invade the Adirondacks.
Saranac Lake, N. Y., July 14.—The first automobile to penetrate the wilderness of the Adirondacks made its appearance yesterday in Saranac Lake, and, aside from the adventure of the automobile over the rough mountain roads, there is just a touch of romance in it also, as the automobilists are on their honeymoon.
Captain Herbert J. Sackett and Miss Gillian Mae Stevens were married on July 2nd in Buffalo by the Rev. Dr. Ellis of that place. Capt. Sackett is an electrical contractor and a dealer in electrical supplies in Buffalo. He has a great fondness for automobiling and conceived the idea of making a tour of the Adirondacks.
The couple went to the Ampersand, on Lower Saranac Lake, and the gasoline automobile arrived a few days ago. Its maximum speed is twenty-two miles an hour. The couple left the hotel in their machine yesterday morning, and no sooner had they started than a small panic was caused among carriage drivers and horses on the mountain roads.
The Adirondack horses rarely see even a railway locomotive, and when they do it is at a distance, for the drivers always stop far from the car tracks.
Several runaways were caused in the village of Saranac Lake, but no one was hurt. The bridal couple went on undaunted, and seemed to get plenty of fun out of their experience. Paul Smith's, which is fifteen miles from the Ampersand, was reached in one hour and twenty minutes. It generally takes two hours and a half with horses.
Captain and Mrs. Sackett were welcomed by old Paul Smith as the first automobilists that had ever come to his resort. In the afternoon the couple went to Lake Placid and made an of the ascent up Whiteface Mountain, which is nearly five thousand feet high.
Returning to Saranac Lake the Captain and his bride were successful in climbing Mount Pisgah. This mountain is about twenty-five hundred feet high. The road leading to the top of the mountain is on a sharp incline and is very rocky, but the summit was reached without a break of any kind. The descent was more hazardous than the ascent, but no mishap took place.
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Herbert Irving Sackett, B.A. 1893.
Born August 8, 1871, in Geneseo, N Y.
Died January 2, 1939, in Williamsville, N Y
Father, Edwin Sackett of Geneseo; son of Clark Sackett of Warren, Conn Mother, Susan Parnelly (Pierce) Sackett, daughter of Philo P and Lura (Minor) Pierce of Woodbury, Conn Yale relatives include an uncle, Darius P Sackett (B A. 1866).
Associated with Niagara Falls Electric Light & Power Company 1894-95 and with an electrical contractor in Buffalo 1895-96, in 1896 established The Sackett Electric Construction Company (president and general manager 1896-1910) and the H. I Sackett Electric Company (president and general manager since 1896), made president Electrical Contractors' Association of Buffalo 1899, vice-president Electric League of the Niagara Frontier since 1936; treasurer Lighting Fixture Dealers' Society of America 1922; director National Electrical Wholesale Association (chairman national electric range and hot-water heater committee 1937-39) and Buffalo Automobile Club; member 74th Regiment, New York National Guard, since 1903, captain and military aide on staff of Governor Alfred E Smith of New York 1919-20
Married (I) September 30, 1895, in Buffalo, Lillian Gertrude, daughter of Charles B and Mary H (Schaller) Huck. Son, Russell Pierce Mrs Sackett died m 1900. Married (2) July 2, 1902, in Buffalo, Lillian, daughter of William Stevens Mrs. Sackett died November 2, 1914. Married (3) m 1916, in Buffalo, Vera J Jeffries Mrs Sackett died October 3, 1930. Married (4) March x, 1934, in Pennsylvania, Kathleen M , daughter of Philip 0 Erwin (M D University of Nashville 1883) and Nettie Erwin. Daughter, Susan Barbara
Mr and Mrs Sackett and their daughter were killed in a grade crossing accident Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo Survived by son...
