He was born in the town of Paris, Oneida county. New York, June 6, 1813. At the age of sixteen he left his home, and at the age of nineteen he carried on the joiner's trade with George Tibbits, in Onondaga county. In 1836 he moved to Troy, Michigan, where he worked at his trade for twenty-five years, then settled down as a farmer, on the Silas Sprague place, his present home.

He was married, March 2, 1837, to Lorana Sprague, by whom he had eight children, four boys, James, Henry, Frederick, and Charles and four girls, Harriet, Adelaide M., Sarah, and Adele.

Mr. Page is a prominent man in the official business of Troy, and has been justice of the peace for twenty-four years.