Re: Frederick Sawyer
SAWYER, FIELDS, MARSHALL
Posted By: Neil Hall (email) In Response To: Frederick Sawyer (Steve Sawyer)
Date: 3/9/2007 at 12:46:17
Obituary
Bedford Free Press, Dec 22, 1914
Mrs. F. A. Sawyer Dead.Mrs. F. A. Sawyer, who has been sick for many months, died about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church at 1:30 Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. C. C. Hatcher, assisted by Rev. W. E. Robb of the Christian church. After the regular service the W. R. C. performed their simple ritualistic service. Interment was in the Graceland cemetery west of town. Her son Crawford of Council Bluffs and a daughter, Mrs Sylvia Gratton of Joplin, Mo., were present at the funeral. A daughter, Mrs Eldora Hindman, has been with her mother most of the time since early summer and was here at the time of her death.
Obituary
Bedford Times Republican, Aug 5, 1915
F. A. SawyerF. A. Sawyer died at the home of his son, Crawford, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, July 23. The body was brought to Bedford Saturday morning and funeral services were held that morning at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. C. C. Hatcher. Interment was made in the Graceland cemetery.
Frederick A. Sawyer was born in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, December 24, 1836. Spent the early part of this life there and enlisted in Company H, First Cavalry where he served regularly and faithfully for three years. He was then mustered out on account of disability. About 33 years ago he came to Indianola, Iowa where he was married to Eligamma Marshall Perkins in 1871. To this union seven children were born, four of whom survive. The are Mrs. Silvia Gretton, Joplin, Mo., R. H. Sawyer of Warsaw, Mo., Mrs. Eldora Cromwell, and Crawford Sawyer of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mr. Sawyer’s last utterance was to tell Brother Hatcher to tell all of his friends goodbye.
Taylor County Records, Recorder’s office, Bedford, Iowa
Death Book 3, p 92
Sawyer, Elizanna Marshall, daughter of Wm Marshall, b. NY, was born Jul 12, 1846 in Ohio. She died Dec 19, 1914 of diabetes mellitus, and was buried Dec 21, 1914 at Graceland Cemetery. Informant was Crawford Sawyer of Council Bluffs, Iowa.Birth Book 1, page 85, # 133
Eldora Sawyer, girl, 7th child of mother, born Jan 12, 1884 at Bedford, daughter of Fred A Sawyer, 44, b. Ohio, and Elizanna Marshall, 36, b. OhioBirth Book 1, page 108, # 5
Crawford Sawyer, male, 8th child of mother, born Nov 8, 1885 at Bedford, son of Frederic A Sawyer, 47, b. Mt Vernon, OH, laborer, and Elizanna Marshall, 27, b. OH.Birth Book A, page 248, delayed entry.
Filed Aug 13, 1949
Sawyer, Eldora Pauline, b. Jan 12, 1884 at Bedford, daughter of Frederick A Sawyer, b. OH and Ellizana Perkins, b. OH. Filed by Mrs. Eldora Pauline Hindman, Memphis, TN.Marriage book 9, page 65
Chas. Gritton, 23, married Sylvia Sawyer, 25, on Jan 9, 1900 at Bedford. Marriage by Pastor J. W. Walters, Christian ChurchMarriage book 10, p 557.
License to Frank J Hindman, married to John J Hindman, 21, Eldora P Sawyer, on Sept 1, 1906 at Bedford. Marriage by Edgar Price, Minister. (Confusion on names as to who she married)Marriage book 11, page 57
Ransom A Sawyer, 26, married to Myrtle M Gregory, 28, Jan 14, 1907 at Bedford, by Wm B Thompson, Clergyman.
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