Family: Squire SAYRE / Lydia "Liddie" DAVIS (F20308)
m. 30 Jan 1822-
Father | Male
Squire SAYRE
Born 10 Feb 1801 Virginia (now West Virginia) 
Died 25 Oct 1865 Buried Vanderhoof Cemetery, Newton, Jasper Co, IL Married 30 Jan 1822 [1] Harrison Co, (W)VA [1] Father Benjamin SAYRE | F42212 Group Sheet Mother Nancy Ann TUCKER | F42212 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Lydia "Liddie" DAVIS
Born 15 Oct 1799 Died 11 Apr 1865 Buried Vanderhoof Cemetery, Newton, Jasper Co, IL Father Nathan DAVIS, Jr. | F20305 Group Sheet Mother Jane SUTTON | F20305 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Lemuel J. SAYRE
Born 1836 Virginia (now West Virginia) Died May 1862 Tennessee Buried Spouse Catherine Elizabeth SCHOTTS | F45550 Married
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Notes - In the spring of 1865, what was left of Squire's family packed up and started for Illinois (after losing 3 sons in the rebellion). The tedious journey was not performed without a mishap, however, for in an accidental breakdown of a light wagon, Grandmother Sayre sustained injuries from which she never recovered (she died 11 Sep 1865). The families finally landed in Jasper County. Illinois, where they bought farms and settled in the vicinity of Newton. Shortly afterwards the grandfather passed away, the space of three or four weeks only separating their death (Squire died 5 Oct 1865). They are buried near Newton in Vanderhoof Cemetery.
SOURCE: "Dutch Webbers of Indiana & Illinois" by E. Virginia Hunt of Northbrook, IL.
Married:
- "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.
- In the spring of 1865, what was left of Squire's family packed up and started for Illinois (after losing 3 sons in the rebellion). The tedious journey was not performed without a mishap, however, for in an accidental breakdown of a light wagon, Grandmother Sayre sustained injuries from which she never recovered (she died 11 Sep 1865). The families finally landed in Jasper County. Illinois, where they bought farms and settled in the vicinity of Newton. Shortly afterwards the grandfather passed away, the space of three or four weeks only separating their death (Squire died 5 Oct 1865). They are buried near Newton in Vanderhoof Cemetery.
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Sources - [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 21.
- [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 21.