John Sayre and Catharine Thorp

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Husband John Sayre ¹

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           Born:  - New Jersey
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           Died: 22 Feb 1876 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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Wife Catharine Thorp ¹

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           Born:  - New Jersey
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           Died: 8 Feb 1883 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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Children

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1 M Joseph Sayre ¹

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           Born: 1 Sep 1819 - Essex Co, NJ 1
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         Spouse: Sylvia Beardsley (1827-      ) 1
           Marr: 1842 1

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2 F Sarah R. "Sallie" Sayre ²

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         Spouse: Nicholas R. Stull (1820-      ) 3
           Marr: 22 Sep 1844 3

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3 M James Sayre ¹

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4 F Susan Sayre ¹

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5 M John Sayre ¹

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6 M William Sayre ⁴

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           Born:  - Crawford Co, PA
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           Died: 1881 4
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         Spouse: Sarah Willey (      -Aft 1885) 4

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7 M Isaac Sayre ⁴

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           Born: 27 Dec 1829 - North Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Betsy A. Willey (      -1869) 4
           Marr: 1851 4

         Spouse: Dinah Hunt (      -      ) 4

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8 M Thompson Sayre ¹

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9 U Prawl Sayre ¹

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10 F Mary Sayre ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Sayre

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He was drafted in the War of 1812 and his father, Joseph, hired a substitute.

He and his wife were natives of New Jersey, and settlers in 1842 of North Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. They came to this state in a one-horse wagon and in going over a portion of the Allegheny Mountains Mrs. Sayre pushed behind to assist the horse. They finally settled in Richmond Township, Crawford County, in 1837.

Coming to Crawford County when it was a perfect wilderness, it was no uncommon occurrence his wife to carry a sack of corn several miles to be ground, and he himself carried a bushel of corn thirty miles on his back for the family. One time, after the family came to Richmond Township, his son Joseph was taken sick, and he himself being absent at work, his wife took Joseph and his sister Sallie and started with them to a neighbor's house about three-quarters of a mile distant, with a foot of snow on the ground. But being dead tired out, she took off her skirt, wrapped Sallie in it, and having dug a hole in the snow placed her there, then carried her son to the neighbor's and went back for his sister. [HCC 1885, 956]

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 956.

2 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 956, 1165.

3 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1165.

4 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 957.