Sayre Family: Another 100 Years, Volume Iii

By Ralph Hall Sayre

Thomas Sayre came with his family from England to Lynn, Massachusetts in the early 1630's. Among descendants of Thomas were clergymen, surgeons, attorneys, ambassadors, and representatives of almost every profession. Francis B., cowboy, professor of law, and ambassador, was son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson. Zelda was the wife of American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and subject of one of his books. David A. was a silversmith, banker, and founder of Lexington's Sayre School. Many Sayre descendants were taken by wars in service to America and never had the chance to win recognition for their inherent abilities.
SAYRE FAMILY another 100-years, in a large part, focuses on the early pioneers who came to or passed through the Ohio Valley of West Virginia and Ohio. At least three direct descendants of Thomas had made settlements in the area by the Nineteenth Century. One, David Sayre, came from New Jersey about 1778, and left many descendants who still lived in that area at the beginning of the Twenty-first Century. The bulk of this genealogy covers those, while other Sayre families whose ancestral links were not discovered are also included. The three generations of ancestors above each family block makes tracing easier.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Jul 9, 2003
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Ralph Hall Sayre

Ralph Hall Sayre, native West Virginian, was born in the hills of Upshur County. He attended West Virginia University, afterwards serving in the U.S. Army 1962-1966. In 1979, he published Some Branches of THE WORKMAN TREE. He has worked as Quality Control Inspector, Genealogical Records Specialist, and Fingerprint Examiner.

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Information used in the preparation of this book has been collected and assembled by humans. Humans are prone to make mistakes. I have found conflicts in dates by the same persons given to me at different times. I have had different names and/or dates for the same person given to me by different contributors, and in some instances, from the same family. Having no personal knowledge of the individual families or means of confirming all data given to me, I used what I was given in most cases. I tried to be consistent and not change anything. I always requested that data be written and mailed to me, however, some things were given me by phone. Of material received both ways, I could have misunderstood.

Some information, even if correct and appropriate at the time of writing, could seem incorrect when read years later. Divorce, job changes, births, death, etc. cause changes. Dates recorded in family bibles often disagree with dates on tombstones and in the courthouses. There are typos where the fingers misspell and make a number wrong. For instance the date, 1820 may appear as 1920, and 1920 may appear as 1902, etc. I must apologize for my lack of skill, knowledge and use of established standards. Especially to those who were wrongly affected, I apologize.

Particular attention was given to the material compiled for this work to avoid invasion of privacy. I have assumed that everyone who contributed data to me intended me to use it in this genealogy. It will be the responsibility of each reader to respect the privacy and rights of all people named herein.

I made every attempt to obtain permission to use information from all sources whether or not a copyright was registered. In the text and with illustrations, I have attempted to credit all contributors and sources, published and unpublished. Any credits that have been overlooked were unintentional, and I offer my most sincere apology. Special care was taken to avoid copyright infringement.

I had no formal training in book writing and computers. In completing this book using computers, I became self-taught and compiled everything using my own logic.

ISBN: 0-595-28055-2

ISBN13: 978-1-4759-6804-0

DEDICATION

HILDA, ALAN, LeANNA,

DALTON, and REBECCA SAYRE

for patience, understanding, forgiveness

and companionship on many research expeditions.

ADA RUTH and FRANK SAYRE

without whose commitment, interest and generosity,

this work would not be so complete.

ARNOLD WESLEY SAYRE

who has been there and supported me all my life,

and the best brother any man could have.

WHY-A GENEALOGY-WHY?

"There is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart.

"It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of their ancestors, and of their posterity, who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future, in the transmission of life from their ancestors to their posterity, do not perform their duty to the world.

To be faithful to ourselves, we must keep both our ancestors and their posterity within reach and grasp of our thoughts and our affections, living in the memory and retrospect of the past, and hoping with affections and care for those who are to come after us. We are true to ourselves only when we act with pride for the blood we inherit, and which we are to transmit to those who shall soon fill our places. Daniel Webster

CONTENTS

This volume continues with descendants of (#549) David⁶ and Sarah (Little) Sayre, beginning with William Henry⁸ Sayre, s/o (#1331) Ezekiel⁷ Sayre, s/o (#549) David⁶ Sayre.

Additional notes are given on the allied families of Parsons, Chase, Hill, Shinn, Anderson, Stone, See, Harpold, Pullins, and Ihle.

549.   DAVID⁶ AND SARAH (LITTLE) SAYRE

1331. EZEKIEL⁷ AND HANNAH (GILMAN) SAYRE, continued from Vol. II

            5.   WILLIAM HENRY⁸ AND CHARITY (MULLINEAUX) SAYRE

            6.   HIRAM⁸ AND FRANCES (HAYES) SAYRE

550.   JOHN⁶ AND SUSANNAH (FARRELL) SAYRE

551.   RACHEL⁶ (SAYRE) and JEREMIAH McDANIEL

552.   EPHRAIM⁶ AND LYDIA (FAWCETT) SAYRE

This volume completes the descendants of (#552) Ephraim⁶ Sayre with the family of Mabel Hilda¹⁰ (Hurlow) McCluer, d/o Mary⁹ (Ihle) Hurlow, d/o Nancy⁸ (Pullins) Ihle, d/o Margaret E.⁷ (Sayre) Pullins, d/o Ephraim⁶ Sayre.

NOTE: s/o means son of and d/o means daughter of. Some of the numbers at left of names and those enclosed in parenthesis are person numbers assigned by Theodore M. Banta in his SAYRE FAMILY published in 1901. Superscript numbers (raised and smaller) indicate the American generation as descended from the immigrant ancestor, Thomas¹.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BENJAMIN SAMUEL SAYRE

BENJAMIN SAMUEL SAYRE FAMILY REUNION

KEY TO B. S. SAYRE FAMILY REUNION PHOTO

ANDREW D. SAYRE AND MABEL (SAYRE) CASTO

ARNOLD BOGGESS FAMILY

ELTA (SAYRE) HIGHSMITH AND EULA (SAYRE) HUNT

ABEL AND SARAH SAYRE; CLERC AND ANNA SAYRE

CLAIR O. AND ABE II SAYRE WITH WIVES

STEWART SAYRE FAMILY

LYDIA (FAWCETT) SAYRE TOMBSTONE

HERB AND DORIS SAYRE ANNIVERSARY

I began genealogical research about 1960 as my own project. A scrap of paper with birth, marriage, and death dates for my Grandmother Sayre’s family was found in an old trunk that my dad kept. I thought, How neat! I’ll just do that for as many of the family as I can. For more than twenty years I did genealogy for my own pleasure, seldom giving thought that my work would pass on to someone who would want to know where I got my information. About 1980, I became acquainted with Ada Ruth Sayre who had collected an enormous amount of Sayre Genealogy mostly from the Jackson-Mason County, West Virginia area. We combined our research materials.

In 1995, when my employment was taken away, I decided that I would like to be a certified professional genealogist. When I started studying for certification, one thing quickly became clear. I had been lax in citing my sources over all those years. It turns play into work, but in the end, source citations are something nice to have. I went back and tried to locate sources that were not originally recorded, but I was unsuccessful in many cases. So take a tip from someone who learned late, CITE YOUR SOURCES!

In this genealogy, I never used footnotes, but attempted to cite sources in the text. I included three ancestral generations above each family block, then listed up to three generations of descendants under each family block. Where there were more than three generations on one or more of the descendants, I used a plus (+) symbol and moved forward to start a new family block for that descendant. I tried to keep these in order, but in cases you find some out of order, it may be because of my error, or because of the way I received the information. Please take the time and patience to try to understand.

I attempted to write this entire work in past tense. One of the strongest influencing factors for that was the picture of The Old Sayre House opposite page 18 in SAYRE FAMILY by Theodore M. Banta where the caption included the words still standing. That book was reprinted several times, and many descendants made an effort in the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s to go to Southampton to see that house. The book was published in 1901, the house was torn down in 1912, so many visitors to Southampton were somewhat disappointed. Once something is written, circumstances which made it true and factual at the time often change, but the printed words remain unchanged.

Conflicting concerns have arisen from including adopted children. Some have said, Don’t include me if you must identify me as adopted. Others have asked that their adopted children be included without condition or reservation. Others are critical of including adopted children in families other than their own. Some raise eyebrows and point a wicked finger at the illegitimate links. I tried to please as many as possible. I tried to remove the families who asked to be removed. While dealing with the importance of genealogy in its strictest sense, I tried to be accurate in reporting. I compiled this genealogy in the spirit of family and integrity."

Where known, I tried to include cause of death. I consider the most accurate source to be from a person’s death certificate. In many cases, however, it was simply reported by a family member.

Many years and efforts of many people have gone into compiling, proofreading and correcting this material, yet, there will be errors. Once a book is in print, errors cannot be corrected in that print. However, when you find errors you can make notes in your own book, and you can tell other people. A good sharp No. 2 pencil is the best tool I have found for entering notes into books. Ink often bleeds into the paper fibers and becomes unsightly and sometimes unreadable.

APPRECIATION-To all who provided moral support, information, and finances, I express my sincere appreciation. If I were to list all, the list would surely be enormous and someone would surely be missed. When you read this, those of you who contributed will know, but also know that others reading this for the first time will appreciate you most. Those of you who are reading for the first time, know that we tried to accurately provide you a record and lasting memorial to the Sayre family.

Ralph Hall Sayre, 2003

DESCENDANTS OF (#549) DAVID AND SARAH (LITTLE) SAYRE

WILLIAM HENRY⁸ SAYRE was born 17 June 1832. He married 1st, 2 February 1858 CHARITY MULLINEAUX who was born in Hampshire County, in April 1839 to J. and Mary ( ) Mullineaux. Both were born in (West) Virginia. They lived in Mason and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia. He married 2nd, CAROLINE BENNETT. Children:

1.   ELZINA SAYRE, born about 1859; married in Mason County, 26 December 1878 WILLIAM A. FLOWERS, son of Thomas J. and Emily Jane (Sayre) Flowers.

2.   HANNAH SAYRE married ANDREW S. RAYBURN.+

3.   EMILY JANE SAYRE married LEWIS GRANT TILLIS.+

4.   MATILDA A. SAYRE, born about 1864.

5.   CLARKSON H. SAYRE married ELLA L. BAKER. +

6.   MARY ANN SAYRE, born about 1870; married in Mason County, 10 November 1891 A. ROSS SCANT-LIN, son of John Jr. and Analiza (Jeffers) Scantlin of Buzzard Creek, Mason, West Virginia. Child:

i. VIRGIL SCANTLIN, b. 27 November 1892 at Arbuckle; m. 22 May 1925 ENID MARIE NUNLEY who was born 5 February 1911. Virgil Scantlin taught about 50 years in Mason and Putnam County schools. He died 6 November 1976. They had three children:

a.   VIRGIL SCANTLIN, JR.

b.   VERNON SCANTLIN

c.   MARGARET SCANTLIN

7.   WILSON SAYRE, born about 1870.

8.   LAVERNA SAYRE, born about 1872; married CHARLES LEWIS GREENLEE.

9.   JOHN SAYRE, born Mason County, 13 November 1874.

10.   WILLIS A. SAYRE (daughter) born about 1876.

Child by second marriage:

11.   RILEY TODD SAYRE married ELIZABETH TILLIS.+

HANNAH⁹ SAYRE was born in Mason County 13 September 1860 or 1861. She married ANDREW S. RAYBURN who was born 27 November 1864 to Bennett and Loving (Moor) Rayburn. Bennett Rayburn was born 30 July 1830 and died in February 1876. Loving Moor was born 25 December 1834 and died 9 March 1891. Andrew Rayburn died in Canton, Ohio 22 January 1944 and Hannah died in East Liverpool, Ohio in August 1947. Children: 1. TRESSA MAY RAYBURN, b. 6 February 1891 in Fayette County, West Virginia. She married 20 August 1924 at Newell, West Virginia, BERT ELLSWORTH BARTH who was born at Quaker City, Ohio 18 January 1885. He died at East Liverpool, Ohio 31 October 1934, and she died at Chester, West Virginia, 30 November 1970. Children:

i. LUCILLE BARTH m. FLOYD CRAMER.

ii. FRANCES ILENE BARTH, b. 5 August 1929; m. 10 June 1948 East Liverpool, Ohio ROBERT CLYDE BARNHART who was born 9 January 1926. Children:

a.   GARY C. BARNHART, b. 31 March 1949; m. TERRY BETH TUCKER.

b.   STEPHEN A. BARNHART, b. 6 February 1951.

c.   HARVEY L. BARNHART, b. 9 January 1953; m. KATHLIEN LOCKE.

d.   KATHLEEN G. BARNHART, b. 28 March 1958; m. NEIL SMITH.

2.   WILLIAM BENNETT RAYBURN m. CLEONIS MINNIX.

3.   JOHN LOVELL RAYBURN m. NANCY BROOKS.

4.   FREDA GRACE RAYBURN m. ROBERT EVANS.

5.   DANIELE ETHEL RAYBURN

EMILY JANE⁹ SAYRE was born 7 August 1862 in Mason County, West Virginia. She married 22 February 1883 LEWIS GRANT TILLIS, who was born 21 April 1863 to Clark and Elenor (Pontsler) Tillis. Clark Tillis was a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Van Bibber) Tillis. Lewis Grant Tillis died 2 August 1889, and Emily died 17 April 1944. Burial was in the Tillis Cemetery near Arbuckle, Mason, West Virginia. Children:

1.   FLOYD GILLMAN TILLIS married 1st, STELLA FRANCES MELTON; 2nd, SINIA PEARL CAVENDER.+

2.   SARAH MARGARET TILLIS, born about 1885; d. about 1891.

3.   GEORGE WILLIAM TILLIS married GENEVE SUSAN THOMAS.+

4.   LEWIS GRANT TILLIS married LOU ELSIE ALLEN. +

FLOYD GILLMAN¹⁰ TILLIS was born 25 November 1883 in Mason County. He married 1st, in 1906, STELLA FRANCES MELTON who was born in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, daughter of William Albert and Mary (Brookman) Melton. She died in October 1913. She was buried in Reynolds Cemetery at Elkview, West Virginia. He married 2nd, 28 March 1914 SINIA PEARL CAVENDER who was born 30 May 1897 to Lewis Woods and Nancy Ann (Samuels) Cavender. He was employed by Cablish Brothers in Charleston, West Virginia, as a baker. He died 14 May 1944. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park. Children were born in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia: (Ref: Greenlee #943)

1. VIOLA MAE TILLIS, born 7 June 1907; married 21 January 1928 RAYMOND DIXON SHANNON who was born 19 December 1901 at Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky to Albert Shannon and Ella (Johns) Shannon. Raymond was a merchant in the roofing business. Children except Albert were born at Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia:

i.   PETER DIXON SHANNON, b. 1 January 1929; m. at Hurricane, Putnam, West Virginia, 9 September 1950 DAPHNE INEZ ERWIN who was born 9 January 1930 at Hurricane to Eddie and Eva (Moore) Erwin. Peter was an adjuster, employed by Commercial Credit Corporation. The family church was Baptist and they lived in Charleston, West Virginia.

ii.   ALBERT SHANNON, b. 10 October 1934 Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia; d. 10 October 1934.

iii.   REBECCA ANN SHANNON, b. 2 November 1938; d. 2 November 1938.

iv.   PATRICK LEE SHANNON, b. 8 September 1941.

v.   MICHAEL RAY SHANNON, b. 19 July 1944.

2.   MARY EMILY LORENA TILLIS, born 11 August 1909; married 1 January 1929 LAWRENCE ELDRIDGE McMAINS who was born 16 April 1910 at Charleston to Edgar Newton and Hannah Elizabeth (Lane) McMains. Lawrence was employed by Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation and the family lived in Charleston. Child born Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia:

i. JAMES EDWARD McMAINS, b. 30 May 1931.

3.   FLOYD CHARLES TILLIS, born 31 August 1915; married VIOLET HARRISON. Children:

i.   LENNIE SUE TILLIS

ii.   REBECCA ANN TILLIS

4.   REBA DEAN TILLIS, born 31 October 1918; married 1 June 1946 WILLIAM CALVIN BROWNING who was born 27 October 1915 at Chelyan, Kanawha, West Virginia, to Samuel Garrett and Rebecca (Hartman) Browning. Children born at Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia:

i.   LINDA SUE BROWNING, b. 30 May 1947; d. 8 June 1947.

ii.   NANCY LEE BROWNING, b. 25 August 1949.

GEORGE WILLIAM¹⁰ TILLIS was born 13 November 1887 at Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. He married 2 August 1926 GENEVE SUSAN THOMAS. He was employed by the Arcade Tobacco Company in Charleston, West Virginia. Methodist. Children born in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia:

1.   GEORGE WILLIAM TILLIS, born 1 June 1927; married 2 July 1949 PHYLLIS JEAN WHITE who was born 10 August 1930 at Charleston, West Virginia, to Earl Cranston and Effie Ethel (Clendenin) White. Child born Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia:

i. BRENDA KAY TILLIS, b. 2 October 1950.

2.   ROBERT COVOSSO TILLIS, born 24 September 1928.

3.   FREDERICK RAY TILLIS, born 21 April 1931.

LEWIS GRANT¹⁰ TILLIS was born 27 October 1889 in Mason County, West Virginia. He married 17 December 1913 LOU ELSIE ALLEN who was born 14 January 1899 at Guthrie, Kanawha, West Virginia, to Lewis Henry and Leanna (Guthrie) Allen. He was employed by the A. O. Lee Plumbing Company of Charleston, West Virginia. He died 4 September 1943. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery. Children born at Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia:

1.   LEWIS CLAYTON TILLIS, born 2 January 1915; married RUBY WHALEN. They had two children and lived at Norwood, Ohio.

2.   DONALD EDMOND TILLIS, born 18 January 1918; married 24 August 1946 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, GAIL BARTLET STANLEY who was born 4 May 1924 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California to Roy Franklin and Nancy Mae (Bartlett) Stanley. They lived in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. Child: i. DONNA GAIL TILLIS, b. 1 June 1949.

3.   RAYMOND ALLEN TILLIS, born 1 October 1920; married 1 January 1948 MARGARET SHORES. They lived at Cincinnati, Ohio.

4.   CHESTER CARLYLE TILLIS, born 5 July 1922; married VIOLET NAOMI McCOY who was born 16 April 1929 at Pliny, Mason, West Virginia, to Albert Jenkins and Hazel Maude (Ward) McCoy. They lived at Charleston, West Virginia. Child:

i. LINDA REGINA TILLIS, b. 9 October 1947.

5.   GWENDOLYN LOU TILLIS, born 29 January 1926; married at Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky 21 April 1943 GEORGE WARREN FAULKNIER who was born 16 August 1923 at Trout, Greenbrier, West Virginia, to Gordon Holland and Nannie Belle (Cochran) Faulknier. George was employed by Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation. The family church was Baptist. They lived at South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. Children born in Charleston:

i.   WARREN GRANT FAULKNIER, b. 20 March 1944.

ii.   RONNIE LOU FAULKNIER, b. 6 February 1946.

iii.   SHARON GWYN FAULKNIER, b. 22 May 1948.

iv.   CHERYL LYNN FAULKNIER, b. 22 May 1948.

6.   DORMA JEAN TILLIS, born 27 November 1928; married 23 December 1946 Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky to RICHARD LEWIS FIELDS who was born 21 January 1928 at Fireco, Raleigh, West Virginia, to Thornton Dennis and Edna (Gunnoe) Fields. Richard was a mechanic employed by Tag Galyean Motor Company. The family church was Baptist. They lived in Charleston, West Virginia. Child:

i. KATHY JEAN FIELDS, b. 30 November 1948.

CLARKSON H. ⁹ SAYRE (sometimes referred to as Hiram Clarkson Sayre) was born in Mason County 15 October 1866. He married 24 August 1892 ELLA L. BAKER who was born 18 March 1871 in Maysville, Kentucky. She died 21 January 1943. Children:

1.   BESSIE G. SAYRE, born 1894.

2.   MINNIE SAYRE, born 15 June 1896; married EARL SAYRE, son of William L. and Minerva J. (Smith) Sayre.

3.   ROSA L. SAYRE, born 1899.

4.   GLENIE M. SAYRE, born 1906.

5.   MABEL SAYRE

LAVERNA⁹ SAYRE was born 11 June 1872. At the home of her brother Clarkson Sayre, 28 March 1897, she married CHARLES LEWIS GREENLEE who was born 15 February 1867 to William and Sophia (Aleshire) Greenlee. He died 3 June 1935 and she died 13 July 1950. Burial was in the Riffle Cemetery. Charles Lewis Greenlee was a member of United Brethren while Laverna chose the Church of God. Children:

1. WILLIAM HENRY GREENLEE, born 1 January 1898 and died 6 May 1954 at the Veterans Hospital, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia. He was a soldier in the Army in WWI, and won awards for gallantry in battle. He served from July 1917 until September 1919. He was a pharmacist and had his own drug store in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. (Ref: Greenlee #589)

RILEY TODD⁹ SAYRE was born 15 June 1873. He married at Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio 15 January 1892 ELIZABETH TILLIS who was born 7 May 1873, a daughter of Smith (Babe) and Jane Ann (McCoy) Tillis. Smith Tillis (1820-1918). Riley was a Teamster and member of the Church of God. He died 11 December 1942 and she died 6 April 1952. Burial was in New Antioch Cemetery, Route 1, Robertsburg, Putnam, West Virginia. Children:

1.   WALTER SMITH SAYRE married 1st, VICTORIA SIMMONS; 2nd, OLLIE WHITING. +

2.   JESSE LLOYD SAYRE married ETHEL VERA LOVEJOY.+

3.   WILLIAM ORVLE SAYRE, born 16 March 1903; d. in June 1923.

4.   MARY JANE SAYRE married EARL BRADEN REED. +

5.   LILLIE ETHEL SAYRE, born 7 August 1913; married in 1929 JOHN OLIVER CASTO. She died 8 December 1947. Children:

i.   MARY ELIZABETH CASTO

ii.   JOAN LEE CASTO

WALTER SMITH¹⁰ SAYRE was born 28 July 1895. He married 1st, about 1919, VICTORIA SIMMONS. He married 2nd, OLLIE WHITING. He was killed in a slate fall in a coal mine on Tuppers Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 19 June 1947. Children of first marriage:

1.   AVALEE SAYRE, b. Putnam County; married ( ) MARION.

2.   WALTER SMITH SAYRE, JR., b. 1923 Charleston, West Virginia, died 1946.

3.   MELISSA FRANCES SAYRE, b. June 1928 Putnam County, West Virginia.

Children of second marriage:

4.   SAMUEL SAYRE, born 3 September 1937 Sissonville, Kanawha, West Virginia.

5.   PHYLLIS EVANGELINE SAYRE, born 27 August 1939, Sissonville, Kanawha, West Virginia.

JESSE LLOYD¹⁰ SAYRE was born 15 October 1899. He married 27 August 1916 at Black Betsy, Putnam, West Virginia, ETHEL VERA LOVEJOY who was born 10 January 1898 in Putnam County to Robert Fulton and Victoria Alice (Withrow) Lovejoy. Members of Church of God. Jesse was employed as motorman for the Semet-Solvay Coal Company until his death 21 October 1952 in Fayette County, West Virginia. Vera Ethel died in 1970. Burial was in

New Antioch Cemetery, on Low Gap Road, Salt Lick, right hand side of road, first turn-off, Putnam County, West Virginia. Children born in Plymouth, Putnam, West Virginia:

1.   MAE LILLIE SAYRE, born 1 May 1919; married WALTER PRESTON WITHROW, who was born 29 November 1915 son of Walter and Vina (Bailey) Withrow. Members of Church of God. They lived at Smithers, West Virginia. Children born in Putnam County, West Virginia:

i.   HERBERT CLIFFORD WITHROW, born 12 June 1936.

ii.   SHIRLEY JUNE WITHROW, born 5 May 1937.

iii.   RUTH EVELYN WITHROW, born 25 May 1938.

iv.   HUBERT RAY WITHROW, born 2 July 1939.

v.   HASKEL EUGENE WITHROW, born 29 June 1940; d. 11 January 1944.

vi.   HOBERT PRESTON WITHROW, born 5 September 1941; d. 6 October 1941.

2.   MARIE ELIZABETH SAYRE, born 6 June 1921; married 2 June 1939 RALPH AUBREY HARRISON, who was born 14 August 1919 at Raymond City, Putnam, West Virginia, son of Alley Harrison. Ralph and Marie had one son and were divorced. She married 2nd, 29 June 1946 at Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, WARREN EDISON NICKOSON who was born 24 May 1918 at Smithers, Fayette, West Virginia, son of James Cecil and Louvinia E. (Craigo) Nickoson. The family Church was Baptist. They lived at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia. Child:

i. ARNOLD EUGENE HARRISON, born 1 September 1940 at Manila Creek, Putnam, West Virginia.

3.   EMORY LLOYD SAYRE, born 12 January 1923; died in December 1982, Charleston.

4.   GLENNA MASEL SAYRE, born 22 March 1926; married WILLIAM STEVENS and lived in Canton, Ohio.

5.   LONNIE JEWELL SAYRE, born 22 May 1927; married AVALEEN KING. Had two children and lived at Poca, West Virginia.

6.   VIRGINIA MAXINE SAYRE, born 12 June 1929; married EARL REED and lived at Canton, Ohio.

7.   ANNA LOUISE SAYRE, born 14 March 1935.

8.   FRANKLIN ELMER SAYRE, born 13 December 1937.

9.   MARY ALICE SAYRE, born 7 February 1939.

MARY JANE¹⁰ SAYRE was born 22 May 1905. She married 24 September 1924 EARL BRADEN REED who was born 30 November 1896 Sissonville, Kanawha, West Virginia, to James Robert and Mary Jane (Breeden) Reed. Earl was a farmer and the family lived in the Sissonville area. Church of God. Children:

1.   ROSELEE REED, born 26 September 1926; married 24 July 1943 at Charleston, West Virginia, to HER-SHEL LAKIN SMITH who was born 5 September 1912 in Jackson County to Ed and Mamie Mae (Jones) Smith. Hershel was a coal miner and the family lived in Charleston, West Virginia. Child:

i. TERRY ALLEN SMITH, b. 8 March 1947 Sissonville.

2.   DORIS ELIZABETH REED, born 26 July 1928; married GILBERT ARTHUR CASTO who was born 26 September 1926 in Kanawha County to Edgar Clark and Hilda M. (Higginbotham) Casto. Gilbert was employed by Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company and they lived in Sissonville, West Virginia. Child:

i. MARSHA SUE CASTO, b. 7 February 1951 Charleston.

3.   JULIA EVELYN REED, born 12 October 1932 at Plymouth, Putnam, West Virginia.

4.   EDSIL REED, born 2 October 1936 Sissonville, West Virginia.

( ) SAYRE-7

HANNAH (GILMAN) SAYRE

HIRAM⁸ SAYRE was probably born in Jackson County, West Virginia. The fact that Ezekiel Sayre was not the father of Hiram was obvious, but I placed his line here beginning an eighth generation from Thomas-1. Of conflicting birth-dates (i.e. 5 May 1842; 2 and 5 July 1842; and January 1836) found for him, 1842 seems to be the most logical year based on surviving public records. His tombstone gives 5 May 1842 as his birthdate. The Civil War record of Hiram Sayre did not give his parent’s names. Census and other records indicated that Hiram, reared by Hannah (Gilman) (Sayre) Timberlake, was her son, but he was born some years after Ezekiel’s death. Even though he was in the household of Pleasant and Hannah Timberlake in 1850, he never used the Timberlake surname. An unsubstantiated story was made available to me just before publishing. The story told that Mr. Timberlake was not a very nice man and his body was disposed of in an abandoned well. Unknowing descendants have recorded Ezekiel as Hiram’s father in (Mormon) Latter Day Saints Family History records. Of several, one example found was IGI Batch #8733810, Source Call# 1396463, Sheet 28.

One theory was that Hiram was an illegitimate son of one of Hannah’s daughters, probably Emily Jane, but he was remembered by the grandchildren of Ezekiel as a half-brother to Ezekiel’s children. Emily Jane married in 1845 T. J. Flowers and their first child was born in 1847. Records indicate that Sayre was the only surname Hiram carried as did all of his children.

Marriage, Military, Death Records and obituary did not reveal his parentage. Ezekiel Sayre’s will dated 9 July 1835 (Iroquois County, Illinois Court record 1, page 20) and probated 5 August 1835 names wife, Hannah; daughters: Matilda, Ann, and Emily; and sons: Mark and William Sayrs.

Hannah (Gilman) Sayre and PLEASANT TIMBERLAKE were married in Jackson County 13 June 1839 by Philip Hall. Census records indicate that Hiram Sayre was born about 1842. On 18 November 1857, Hannah Timberlake sold her dower rights in the land near Mill Creek to Joseph Sayre. Hannah spent part of her final years in the home of her son, William Henry Sayre. She died 13 September 1878. Burial was in the Sayre Cemetery located above Forest Hill School, off Tribble Road close to the Promised Land Church Cemetery and Thirteen Mile Creek, Mason County, West Virginia. Hannah’s parents may have been Samuel and Charlotte (Hall) Gilman.

Hiram entered the Union Army 9 October 1862. He was wounded at Kearnstown 24 July 1864. Hiram married in Gallia County, Ohio, ANN FRANCES (FANNY) HAYES who was born in 10 April 1852. Birth given in census was May 1854. They were married in the middle of the Ohio River aboard the Mountain Belle Steamer 2 June 1869. Another source gave the 7th day, but the marriage record in Gallia County, Ohio, said 2nd day of June 1869, by J. Gl Damron, J.P. Hiram and Fanny had a farm in Cologne District, Mason, West Virginia. Fanny died 13 September 1901. Hiram was still living, a widower, when the 1910 Census was taken. He died of intestinal tuberculosis 2 August 1910. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery, Promise Land, on Tribble Road, south of Arbuckle, Mason, West Virginia. Children born at Buzzard Creek, Mason, West Virginia:

1.   FLOYD GILMAN SAYRE married STELLA CRANDALL. +

2.   SARAH HANNAH SAYRE married GEORGE W. GRIMM.+

3.   LONA SAYRE married ADAM GRIMM.+

4.   AMEAL SAYRE, b. 4 July 1877; d. 5 November 1879.

5.   RELAFORD SAYRE, b. 2 September 1879; m. CARRIE BATRELL (1886-1961). He was a farmer in Mason County.

6.   HEREFORD SAYRE, b. 29 August 1881 went to Clarksburg as a miner. He married MAE STERN. He died 16 May 1952.

7.   HENDERSON (BIRD) SAYRE, b. 14 September 1883; died 12 June 1928.

8.   HARRISON SAYRE, b. 2 January 1886. He worked for the telephone company for a time, then went to work for the railroad. When he got off the train one winter day to throw a track switch, he stepped on a snow-covered board, slipped, and fell under the engine. The train ran over him and cut off his leg. Ever afterward he had a wooden leg and when it would wear out, he would carve himself a new one. He got a job as a cook on the steamboat Julias Fleishman of the Hatfield Steamboat Lines. Later he worked as a cook at a hotel. He died 22 February 1963.

9.   RANKIN PEARL SAYRE, b. 26 December 1887. May have died about 1911.

10.   LEROY SAYRE, b. 12 February 1890. He was known to many by the nickname Leke. He may have worked for the railroad for a time. He worked at Nitro as a horse and mule handler for a construction company. He was a loner and never married. He was fond of his nephew, Densil O. Sayre, and scraped apples for him to eat. The pulp of the apple was scraped from inside the skin to a consistency of baby food. This act was fondly remembered for a lifetime. LeRoy died 13 August 1959.

11.   ISAIAH SAYRE, b. 4 February 1892. He died in infancy.

12.   OSCAR CLAUDE SAYRE married BESSIE MAE LEGG.+

13.   DEWEY SAYRE, b. 15 October 1895; m. RUBY HEDERICK.

HIRAM SAYRE-8 ANN F. HAYES

FLOYD GILMAN⁹ SAYRE was born in January 1871. He married in Putnam County (by the Rev. W W Berton) 28 August 1897 STELLA ALVIRA CRANDALL who was born 19 December 1879 a daughter of Richard H. and Hester A. Crandall. Richard H. Crandall was born 22 September 1842 and died 19 May 1910. Hester A. Crandall was born 3 August 1843 and died 12 May 1909. Floyd Sayre was a deputy sheriff and a tax collector. He rode a mule to the homes in the county to collect taxes. Stella (Crandall) Sayre died 11 February 1969 at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio. Burial was in Cunningham Memorial Cemetery, St. Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia. The grave of Floyd G. Sayre was then moved to that Cemetery. Children:

1. MACY URANA SAYRE, b. 24 October 1898; m. HOBERT WARNER (1896-1974) of Charleston. She died 17 December 1986 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Pt. Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia. Children:

i.   GOLDEN M. WARNER, (1916-1971); m. JEAN ( ).

ii.   ARNOLD LEE WARNER married EVELYN ( ).

iii.   ELVA MAE WARNER married CECIL PRIDEMORE.

iv.   PAULINE WARNER married RANDY WADDELL.

2. STANLEY ROOSEVELT (NEWEY) SAYRE, b. 24 October 1900; m. SARAH WARNER. He died in 1942.

Children:

i.   HAROLD GILMAN SAYRE

ii.   DALLAS SAYRE

iii.   GUY OPHIE SAYRE

iv.   STELLA MARIE SAYRE

v.   MILDRED KATHLEEN SAYRE

vi.   HAZEL MAY SAYRE (16 April 1931-3 July 1931).

3.   ELSIE MARIE SAYRE, b. 25 August 1902; m. HERMAN JONES (1900-1967). They lived at Nitro, Kanawha, West Virginia. Children:

i.   CAROLYN SUE JONES married PETER SCHREGEL.

ii.   HERMAN DONALD JONES married PAT McKNIGHT.

4.   ARNOLD BENEDICT SAYRE, b. 6 August 1904. He never married, and lived on the home place until his death in April 1983.

5.   (baby) SAYRE, b. 6 October 1906; d. 26 November 1906.

6.   LINCOLN BASIL SAYRE, b. 9 January 1909; m. HAZEL GRIMES who was born 11 January 1909. He died 3 August 1955. Haxel died 6 January 1994 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. Children:

i.   LOWELL LINCOLN (BUD) SAYRE, b. 15 August 1934; served in U. S. Army and worked at Ohio Packing Company. He married VESTA (LEONA) ( ). He died 15 June 1995 at Riverside Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. Children:

a.   MIKE BATES

b.   ERNEST SAYRE

c.   MICHAEL SAYRE

d.   PATRICIA SAYRE

e.   CHRISTINA SAYRE

ii.   FAYE CARROLL SAYRE m. ( ) STONEROCK.

iii.   WAYNE ELMER (COTTON) SAYRE

7.   GLADYS FANNIE SAYRE, b. 6 September 1912. She never married, and lived on the home place on Buzzard Run, 13-Mile Creek, near Leon, Mason, West Virginia. She died 6 March 2000.

8.   FARRIS LOUISE SAYRE, b. 8 August 1917; m. 23 July 1939 CHARLES B. PICKENS who was born 18 May 1907 and died 11 April 1988. They lived on a farm on 13-Mile Creek near Leon, Mason, West Virginia. Children:

i.   MURAL LOUISE PICKENS, b. 15 April 1940; m. JAMES ARNOLD TRIBBLE who was born 24 September 1922.

ii.   JANET PEARL PICKENS, b. 7 April 1946; m. TRACY CLIFFORD SARGENT (divorced).

iii.   POLLY SUE PICKENS, b. 17 December 1949; m. 1st, CURTIS SMITH (divorced); m. 2nd, JOHN ERSKINE (divorced).

9.   SARAH AVIS SAYRE, b. 7 January 1920; m. 1st, HOWARD W JANEY, SR. (divorced). She married 2nd, JAMES F. QUICKLE who was born 6 November 1922. Child born to first marriage:

i. HOWARD W. JANEY JR., b. 11 April 1944.

10.   ASA GILMAN SAYRE, b. 30 October 1922; m. 1st, WILLIE McCOMAS. He married 2nd, ANNIE ALICE LANE. Annie died 16 July 1989 in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Pt. Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia. He died in May 1990. Children by first marriage:

i.   ASA EARL SAYRE

ii.   VIRGINIA LOUISE SAYRE Child by second marriage:

iii.   ROSE MARIE SAYRE

11.   (baby) SAYRE, died at birth.

HIRAM SAYRE-8 ANN Ε HAYES

SARAH HANNAH⁹ SAYRE was born in November 1873. She married in Mason County, West Virginia, 10 January 1891 GEORGE W. GRIMM who was born 18 June 1865 in Meigs County, Ohio to Anthony and Sophia (Wink) Grimm. Ancestors of these Grimms were residents of the Rhineland-Pfalz area of (West) Germany. Anthony Grimm was born 27 December 1829 to Andrew and Anna Mary (Laubner) Grimm of Oppau. They arrived in New York harbor in 1843 and the same summer moved on to Meigs County Ohio. Anthony’s father took up farming, but he had a head for business. Grimm’s Landing was so named for his enterprises. He was married three times. George and Adam were born to his second marriage 7 August 1864 to Sophia Wink. Anthony was operating a store and post office at Grimm’s Landing at the time of his death, 12 July 1906.

George Grimm and his family operated the country store and post office at Grimm’s Landing for many years. Several of the sons and in-laws were river boat Captains and were well known along the Kanawha, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. George Grimm died in 1938 and Sarah Grimm died in 1940. George and Sarah Grimm had eleven children:

1.   FLORENCE GRIMM, b. 24 April 1892; m. W M. BUCK.

2.   SYLVA GRIMM, b. 7 February 1894.

3.   FANNIE ELIZABETH GRIMM married GUS RODNEY DOUGLASS.+

4.   ISABELLA GRIMM, b. 4 September 1897; m. LOYAL WRIGHT. They lived at Henderson, West Virginia.

5.   ANTHONY CECIL GRIMM, b. 21 April 1899; m. MADGE JIVIDEN. He died 8 May 1966. Children:

i.   GEORGE A. GRIMM

ii.   RICHARD GRIMM m. LENORA SHIPPER. Child:

a. SUSAN GRIMM m. 1st EMMIT JEFFERS. m. 2nd, WILSON TRUITT. She d. 1981. Children: ANJEANETT JEFFERS, b. 24 February 1976, and DESTINY JEFFERS, b. 23 April 1980.

6.   LORENA GRIMM, b. 8 March 1901; m. ALEX McCAUSLAND. They lived at Pliney, West Virginia. Children"

i.   SMITH McCAUSLAND

ii.   HARRIET McCAUSLAND

7.   TERESA (JANIE) GRIMM, b. 7 April 1903 at Grimm’s Landing; married CAPTAIN CHARLES A. ROBERTS. Captain Roberts preceded her in death. She died 1 August 1977 in Pine Crest Convalescent Home at Point Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery.

8.   GILMAN GEORGE GRIMM, born 2 December 1905 at Grimm’s Landing in Mason County, West Virginia; married at Leon, Mason, West Virginia, MAUDE AGATHA HIGGINBOTHAM, who was born 2 August 1906 at Grimms Landing, Mason, West Virginia, to Allen Clarence and Nella Mae (Tillis) Higginbotham. Gilman George Grimm was a steamboat pilot (Captain) employed by Amherst Barge Company. The family was Baptist. He died 19 January 1979 at Pt. Pleasant. Burial was in Suncrest Cemetery. Children of Gilman G. and Maude (Higginbotham) Grimm:

i.   EVERETT GILMAN GRIMM, born 8 August 1925; married

FRANCES ELLEN YOUNG. They lived at Pt. Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia.

ii.   WILLIAM ALLEN GRIMM, born 11 May 1928; married

GLENDORA BONECUTTER. They lived at Pt. Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia.

iii.   PATRICIA NELL GRIMM, born 1 May 1937; married JOHN SLALLAZ. They lived at Pontiac, Michigan. Children:

a. TINA SALLAZ m. RICHARD FRANZ.