MI Family Group Sheet for the Horace Burbank SAWYER Family *********************************************** Copyright 2003 Janis Parkison Rodriguez. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Janis Parkison Rodriguez Email: ivakota@smartneighborhood.net Husband: Horace Burbank SAWYER Birthdate: 20 Mar 1841 Place: Monroe County, Michigan Death date: 27 Sep 1909 Place: Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Father: Ira SAWYER Mother: Salome BIRD Married: 31 Mar 1867 Place: Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan Wife: Malinda VEITS Birthdate: 26 Jul 1848 Place: Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan Death date: 24 Mar 1907 Place: Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Father: Benjamin VIETS Mother: Sarah QUELCH CHILDREN: [F] Clara Alvira Birthdate: 28 Mar 1868 Monroe County, Michigan, probably Whiteford Death date: 21 Jul 1943 Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas married Edward Green ENDICOTT 24 Dec 1890 in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas [M] Reuben Horace Birthdate: 14 Sep 1869 Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan Death date: 28 Jul 1955 Stanislaus County, California married Anna E. BROWN 16 Jul 1913 [F] Lydia Margaret Birthdate: 27 Feb 1871 Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan Death date: Jul 1937 Kaw City, ? Oklahoma married William L. EMRICK 24 Apr 1891 in Joplin, Missouri [F] Malinda Mae Birthdate: 2 May 1872 Whiteford or Bedford, Monroe County, Death date: 28 Feb 1878 Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio [F] Grace Hannah Birthdate: 30 Jan 1874 Monroe County, Michigan, probably Whiteford Death date: 16 Oct 1932 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas married James Robert PARKISON 1 Jan 1893 in Cowley County, Kansas [M] Wesley Benjamin Birthdate: 28 Jul 1875 Whiteford Center, Monroe County, Michigan Death date: 10 Mar 1925 Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas married Ola B. BRAGG 16 Dec 1908 in Geuda Springs, Kansas [F] Dencie Myrtle Birthdate: 26 Dec 1877 Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio married George HOLTER 12 Mar 1903 in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas [] Ira Leroy Birthdate: 7 May 1880 Bedford, Monroe County, Michigan married Icle ??? [M] Sherman Sheridan Birthdate: 17 Nov 1883 Bedford, Monroe County, Michigan Death date: 5 Feb 1960 Calaveras County, California married Eunice ?? Documentation: Death Certificate for Reuben H. Sawyer (State of California, County of Stanislaus), shows father was Horace B Sawyer. Death Certificate for Grace Hannah Parkison (State of Kansas - Vital Statistics), shows Grace's father was Horace B. Sawyer. Marriage Records of Monroe County, MI, Vol. II 1865-1878 (n.pub.), SAWYER, Horace - age 26 yrs - R: Whiteford and VEITS, Malinda - age 18 yrs - R: Whiteford. Married: 31 Mar 1867 in Whiteford by Jessie Wood, J.P. Witnesses: Spencer Young and Matilda Veits - R: Whiteford.; p. 66 [Book 3, Page 153 E.3]. Clifford Highland, Viets, Dr. John, Descendants of (by Highland) (Based on 1990 Viets book and hisgrandmother's knowledge as direct descendant of John Viets). Kansas Probate Court of Cowley County, Horace B Sawyer, Aministration Records (n.pub.), Facts: "that said decedent, Horace B. Sawyer and Minnie E. Sawyer, were husband and wife, and that the said Minnie E Sawyer died intestate on or about the __ day of March 1907; that the said Horace B Sawyer died intestate September 27, 1090;; Final Account of Administration. Horace Burbank Sawyer Bible (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.); ?, unknown location, deaths page indicates Horace B. Sawyer died at Arkansas City, Kansas September 27, 1909. Hereinafter cited as Sawyer Bible. Sandra Dobbs, McClain Family Ancestors (WorldConnect GEDCOM), first daughter of Benjamin and Sarah is Malinda Esther Viets, b. 26 July 1848. [This is consistent with Malinda Sawyer's birth month and year (July 1848) in 1900 census and with Malinda's age when she married, 18 in March 1867. Obituary - Minnie E Sawyer, Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Notices, 25 Mar 1907. Hereinafter cited as Obituary - Sawyer, Minnie E. 1880 Census: Horace B Sawyer household, Bedford Twp, ED 173, Pg 295D, Dw 282, Fm 287, Ln 11-19, unknown repository, Clara Sawyer, 12, daughter of Horace B and Malinda, attending school, b. Mich. 1900 Cowley County, Kansas: Horrace B Sawyer household, 12 Jun 1900 unknown record type, unknown repository address, ED 46, Bolton Twp, Pg 75a, Sh 6B, Ln 89-95, Dw 122, Fm 126, unknown repository Series: T623 Microfilm: 476, Book: 1, Page: 75. Horace B. Sawyer Civil War Pension file; 16 Nov 1897 Survey indicates Horace B. Sawyer was married to Minnie E Sawyer vis. Veits and that they were married March 31st, 1867 in Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan by Jessey Wood, J.P. It lists the following living children and their birthdates: Clara A March 28th 1868 Reuben H Sept. 14th 1869 Lydia M Feb. 27th 1871 Gracie H Jan. 10th 1874 Wesley B July 28th 1875 Dencie M Dec. 26th 1877 Ira L May 7th 1880 Sherman S. Nov. 17th 1883. Interview with Edgar Raymond Parkison. His mother Grace's brother was named Reuben, married to Anna. Used to play Penoucle with them and his Uncle Sherman, Grace's other, younger brother. Death Certificate for Reuben H. Sawyer, Shows Reuben H Sawyer was born Michigan on 04 September 1869, parents Horace B. Sawyer (US) and Minnie Beits (US) and died 28 July 1955 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California. Lists Anna E Sawyer as spouse and informant and residence as 2306 N 5th St, Ceres, Stanislaus, CA. Funeral Director, Franklin & Downs. William L. Emerek household, 27 Apr 1910 unknown record type, unknown repository address, 4th Ward Arkansas City, pg 82B,, unknown repository Series: T624, Roll: 435, Part: 3. Death Records of Monroe County, MI, Vol 1, 1867-1878 (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), SAWYER Minnie M., age: 05y 9m 17d, female white, died: 28 feb 1878 at Sylvania of Scarlet Fever, birthplace: Michigan Father: H.B. Sawyer R: Michigan Mother: Minnie Sawyer R: Michigan Original Record: Book A, Page 123, Entry 199; pg 303. Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics: Archived Death Records, by unknown photographer; unknown series:unknown repository, unknown repository address. Online: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/index.htm unknown file name, Minnie Sawyer Ledger Page 222 Record No. 199 Place of Death: Sylvania, Ohio County of Death: Monroe Age: 5 years 9 months 28 days Birthplace: Michigan Father's Name: Sawyer, H.B. Father's Residence: Michigan Mother's Name: Sawyer, Minnie Mother's Residence: Michigan Date of Record: 14 Jun 1879. Death Certificate for Horace D. Parkison (n.pub.), Shows "Grace Sawyer" as mother Death Certificate for Grace Hannah Parkison (State of Kansas - Vital Statistics), Grace Hannah Parkison died 22nd & Steele Road, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., Kansas. She had lived in city for 15 years. She was a white, female, housewife, married to James R. Parkison. She was born Jan 30, 1874 in Michigan and was 58 years, 8 months and 17 days old at death. Her parents, Horace B. Sawyer and Minnie Ester, were born in Michigan. Informant was Mrs. George Holter of 504 W 18 Remo/Reno/Rezno. Burial/Cremation/Removal to Maple Hill on 10-19-1932. Undertaker: Eads Bros Funeral Home, 1416 Minn. Ave. She had her second hemmourage on 10-12-31. Paralysis left side. Hemmorage Brain, right side. 1900 Cowley County, Kansas, Horrace B Sawyer household (Federal, ED 46, Bolton Twp, Pg 75a, Sh 6B, Ln 89-95, Dw 122, Fm 126), Wesley B Sawyer, son of Horrace and Minnie E, b July 1875 Michigan, 24, day laborer 4 mo. EG Endicott Heirs http://www.egendicottheirs.8m.com/children_of.htm#top, Clara Alvira named one of her daughters "Dencie" so perhaps her sister's name was Dencie, too. 1910 Wyandotte County, Kansas: George Holter household, 12 Jun 1910 unknown record type, unknown repository address, Kansas City, Ward 6, ED 189, Sh 12A, unknown repository. Book from Horace Downey Parkison's funeral (n.pub.), shows Uncle Sherman and Eunice. CA Death Records - http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeygen.htm, Shows Sherman Sawyer b. Michigan 17 Nov 1883, mother's maiden name Viets, d. Calaveras, 5 Feb 1960.