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             Husband: Benjamin Sayre    
                Born: Apr-21-1774          in Westfield, Union Co, NJ  1,2
                Died: ca 1829              in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Nancy Ann Tucker     
             Married: Mar-12-1795          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  3
                Born: ca 1778               1
                Died: aft 1846             in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
              Father: Henry Tucker   (1744 - 1834) 
           F Child 1: Mary A. Sayre      
                Born: ca 1798              in Greene Co, PA  4,5,2
                Died: Mar- 8-1875          in Tyler Co, WV  2,6
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: James Jarvis  b. 1765  d. 1826  
             Married: Jan-  -1822          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  7
       Marriage Bond: Jan- 8-1822          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  8
    Marriage license: Jan- 8-1822          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  9
             Husband: Snoden Slater Kinney  b. Aug-11-1803  d. Aug-21-1889  
       Also known as: Snowden Kinney 10
             Married: Mar-29-1829          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  7
           M Child 2: Solomon Sayre      
                Born: Mar-30-1799          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  6,2
                Died: Aug-19-1881          in Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH  6,2
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH  2
                Wife: Lydia Davis  b. Jun-23-1799  d. Feb- 7-1866  
           M Child 3: Squire Sayre      
                Born: Feb-10-1801          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  2
                Died: Oct-25-1865           2
              Buried:                      in Vanderhoof Cemetery, Newton, Jasper Co, IL  2 (see note 2)
              Census: 1860                 in Ross Co, OH  
              Census: 1850                 in Jackson Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1840                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Lydia "Liddie" Davis  b. Oct-15-1799  d. Apr-11-1865  
             Married: Jan-30-1822          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  11 (see note 3)
           F Child 4: Susan Sayre      
             Husband: John Buskirk Dotson  b. Feb- 5-1800  d. Feb-25-1880  
       Also known as: Squire John Dotson 12
           F Child 5: Hannah Sayre      
                Born: Aug-23-1803          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  13,1
                Died: Oct-20-1862          in Ritchie Co, WV  14
              Buried: (unmarked grave)     in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  15
             Husband: Emanuel Dotson  b. Mar- 1-1798  d. Feb-12-1880  
       Also known as: Manuel Dotson 10
             Married: 1822                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  1
           M Child 6: Hiram T. Sayre      
                Born: ca 1806               
                Died: bef Aug 1845          16 (see note 4)
              Census: 1840                 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  17
              Census: 1830                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Mary J. Smith  b. Dec-30-1806  d. Jul- 5-1859  

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) Monongalia County WV Marriages 1794-1840, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1998) 
(4) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, "in her 77th year" 
(5) 1870 Census. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(8) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12049055&Type=Marriage. 
(9) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12049043&Type=Marriage. 
(10) Marriage record of son. 
(11) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 21. 
(12) Jennie L. (Dotson) Brown, Frontier Justice with a Vengeance - The Execution of Clinton Dotson, ISBN 9781460934470. 
(13) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(14) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(15) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(16) 1845 Taxable Property List, Doddridge County, (W)VA, Joseph Gray, Commissioner of Revenue (on microfilm at WV State 
Archives) 
(17) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death place:  Middle Island.
Note (2) Headstone inscription:  SQUIRE G (OR C) SAYRE  Died Oct 25, 1865  aged 64
years
Note (3) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 21, reports marriage date as Jan 30
1822.  But Wes Cochran's "Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894," p. 51, shows
it as Feb 14 1822, noting that the groom's name could be read as either Sears or
Sayre.
Note (4) In the 1845 Taxable Property List, Doddridge County, (W)VA, dated 19 August
1845, Mary Sayre was listed as the head of household.  She was taxed on two
horses and one wooden clock, as well as one male in the household over the age
of 16.  Mary Sayre subsequently appeared as head of household in the 1850 Census
of Doddridge County.







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