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Reuben A Sawyer

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Reuben A Sawyer

Birth
Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Death
3 Jul 1880 (aged 70)
Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Burial
Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
L127, Row A, Center
Memorial ID
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Reuben A. Sawyer, father of Dr. Alfred Dow Sawyer, was born in Maine in 1810. He owned a farm at Pownal, Maine, and married Hannah Libby, who became the mother of his three children: Alfred Dow (q. v.), born January 8, 1855; Allen J. G., who lived at Sabattas, Maine; and Greenleaf T., who settled in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reuben A. Sawyer died in Lisbon, Androscoggin county, Maine, in 1882. He was an industrious farmer, and brought up his boys to habits of industry and frugality, they working on the farm while attending the district school. Late in life he left the farm at Pownal and removed to Lisbon.
(Gen and Fam Hist of the State of Maine; George Little vol 2; pg 1453)

NOTE: Reuben and Hannah had 7 children:
John Fairfield Sawyer - November 25, 1839
Greenfield Thompson Sawyer - May 27, 1841
Joseph Warren Sawyer - March 30, 1843
Frances M E Sawyer - January 7, 1845
Irving Washington Sawyer - September 7, 1846 - d. January 21, 1850
Allen Irving Sawyer - November 17, 1849
Alfred Dow Sawyer - January 8, 1855
Reuben A. Sawyer, father of Dr. Alfred Dow Sawyer, was born in Maine in 1810. He owned a farm at Pownal, Maine, and married Hannah Libby, who became the mother of his three children: Alfred Dow (q. v.), born January 8, 1855; Allen J. G., who lived at Sabattas, Maine; and Greenleaf T., who settled in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reuben A. Sawyer died in Lisbon, Androscoggin county, Maine, in 1882. He was an industrious farmer, and brought up his boys to habits of industry and frugality, they working on the farm while attending the district school. Late in life he left the farm at Pownal and removed to Lisbon.
(Gen and Fam Hist of the State of Maine; George Little vol 2; pg 1453)

NOTE: Reuben and Hannah had 7 children:
John Fairfield Sawyer - November 25, 1839
Greenfield Thompson Sawyer - May 27, 1841
Joseph Warren Sawyer - March 30, 1843
Frances M E Sawyer - January 7, 1845
Irving Washington Sawyer - September 7, 1846 - d. January 21, 1850
Allen Irving Sawyer - November 17, 1849
Alfred Dow Sawyer - January 8, 1855

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