John Sawyer

Abt 1836 - 1878  (~ 42 years)

• Name	John Sawyer  [1]
  	John's name comes from the bio of his father naming him as their oldest child.
  Born	Abt 1836	Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  	A biography of his father Daniel B. Sawyer states that John was the oldest. His birth year has been estimated from their marriage date of 1834. However, 1850 census states John's age as 13, calculating to about 1837 birth. 1836 may be about right.
  Gender	Male
  Education	From his father's bio: ". . . John, the oldest son, graduated at Shurtleff College and afterward at the Theological seminary at Rochester . . . "  [1]
  Occupation	From his father's bio: " . . . John, the oldest son . . . his life was spent in the active ministry in the Baptist church; he was pastor of churches in Massachusetts and Illinois . . . "  [1]
  Died	Feb 1878	Colorado, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I6006	Full
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Daniel B. Sawyer
  Mother	Minerva Scroggins,   b. Abt 5 September 1816, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1882, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Family ID	F2131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1791] "Macoupin County: 1879 Bios,"Morgan County Area Genealogy (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/ : accessed 25 November 2011), transcription of biography of Daniel B. Sawyer; citing History of Macoupin County, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough and Co., 1879), 187. [S4331] 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Townships 7 and 8 Range 6 and township 7 Range 7 W,, p. [633?] (penned), p. 324 (stamped, recto), dwelling [4?], family 4, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 31 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118.