Thomas J. Sawyer and Elizabeth M. Reed

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Husband Thomas J. Sawyer ¹

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           Born: 2 Feb 1828 - near Palmyra, Lebanon Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Sawyer (1779-1836) 2 3
         Mother: Mary Bell (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 23 Jun 1863 - Reed Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1

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Wife Elizabeth M. Reed ¹

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           Born: 22 Feb 1835 - Reed Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Reed (1789-1864) 1 4
         Mother: Clarissa "Clara" Hatfield (1800-1880) 1 4

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Children

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1 M Henry Sawyer ¹

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2 M Charles Sawyer ¹

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3 F Martha Sawyer ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas J. Sawyer

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He attended the common schools of his native place for a short time. When he was eight or nine years old his mother and other members of the family removed to Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, ten miles south of Dayton, where he went to school for some years, and where, in his sixteenth year, he taught school one or two terms. About 1848 the family returned to Pennsylvania and settled at what was known as Oak Dale Forge, in Dauphin County, where he taught school two terms. He was a pupil for one term at the Lewisburg Academy.
About 1850 Mr. Sawyer bought two large farms in Powell's Valley, which were formerly owned by his father. He sold these farms and for three years was interested in business with his brother at Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. He returned to Dauphin County in 1866 or 1867 and bought a farm in Reed and Halifax townships, which he cultivated until he located in Halifax borough in 1872, where he then resided. Mr. Sawyer purchased the old Reed homestead farm, in Reed township, which was handed down to this family by the grandfather, James Reed. This farm consisted of two hundred acres, and was one of the best cultivated and most productive farms in the township.
He was a Democrat, but was liberal in his views. He was justice of the peace for a number of years in Halifax township, and in Powell's Valley for five years. Mr. Sawyer did much work as a surveyor after coming to Halifax. He was baptized in the Presbyterian church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 731.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 88.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 139, 731.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 48.