George W. Sawyer and Nellie E. Robinson
Husband George W. Sawyer 1
Born: 24 Jan 1838 - Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Seth Sawyer ( - ) 1 Mother: Susan Frost ( - ) 1
Marriage:
Wife Nellie E. Robinson 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Henry Robinson ( - ) 1 Mother: Myra Haynes ( - ) 2
Children
1 F Anna F. Sawyer 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John T. Carson ( - ) 2
2 F Emma J. Sawyer 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Charles Hunter (1859- ) 4 Marr: 29 Jun 1887 4
General Notes: Husband - George W. Sawyer
He was reared and educated in his native city, and at the age of seventeen years located in Piqua, Ohio, where he served an apprenticeship of two years at the carpenter's trade; then removed to Illinois where he served other two years. He then returned to Massachusetts, working at his trade as a journeyman until the breaking out of the Civil war, when, in April, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. In the spring of 1865 he located in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, and in the fall of same year settled in Tionesta, where he thereafter resided, and where he did extensive business as a carpenter and builder, erecting nearly all of the principal residences and public buildings of Tionesta.
He was a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. He held many of the local offices of Tionesta; was chief of the fire department; was elected sheriff of Forest County in the fall of 1887; was a Republican in politics, and was chairman of the Republican county committee, 1888.
1 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 939.
2 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 940.
3 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 934, 940.
4
Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 934.
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