Absolom SAYRE

1819 - 1887  (68 years)

• Name	Absolom SAYRE
  Born	04 Mar 1819	West Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Nov 1887	Madison County, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I319	Bagnall
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Samuel SAYRE,   b. 01 Mar 1798, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1886  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Sarah MCVICKER,   b. Abt 1801,   d. 04 Sep 1863  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel MCDANIEL,   b. 24 Sep 1829, Charles City, Virginia, USA ,   d. 05 Jun 1904, Madison County, Iowa, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Children	+ 1. Almira (Elmira) SAYRE,   b. 20 Mar 1849, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Jan 1906, Norwalk, Iowa, USA  (Age 56 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 04 Mar 1819 - West Virginia, USA Died - 06 Nov 1887 - Madison County, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  SAYRE Newspaper Unknown March 1887 Sayre, Rev. A. - Another Old Settler Gone. On last Sunday at 1 O'clock P.M. Rev A. Sayre, living four miles west, passed away after a long sickness with Brights disease. Mr. Sayre was born in West Virginia, March 4th, 1819, was married to Miss Rachel McDaniel in 18--. He moved to Iowa in 1854 and has been a resident of south township for 17 years. He has been a faithful, consistent member of the M. E. church for 50 years, serving the last few years as a local minister. He was a widely known in this country, and during the past year of life he has been an invalid, although able most of the time to be around. His funeral was conducted at Elm Grove on Monday, and the remains of this respected citizen, faithful Christian, devoted husband and noble father, were laid quietly to rest in the Elm Grove Cemetery. He leaves nine living children, and goes home to Heaven to meet another who preceded him. His aged wife also survives him. J. K. and D. W. Sayre, tow of his sons, were present at the funeral coming from Lone Lake, Kansas in response to a telegram. We know of no better way to close this printed tribute to one with whom we have been personally acquitted, and who has left such a noble history behind him as an example, than by quoting a poem written by Rev. N. C. Weede, now deceased, and given to us before his death: