Cyrenius C. Sayles, physician, citizen and Civil War veteran, of Langston, Montcalm county, Michigan, stands high in the respect and esteem of the community in which he resides as well as in his chosen profession. His birth occurred on October 25, 1839, in Ontario, Canada, and he is the son of Cyrenius and Eliza (Gardner) Sayles, natives of New York and Canada, respectively.

Cyrenius Sayles, Sr., went to Canada with his father when a very small child, removing to Ionia county, Michigan, on April 30, 1844. They camped on the site of the present court house. Ahab Sayles, father of Cyrenius Sayles, Sr., was a native of New York state, having been born in Cayuga county. The Sayles family originally came from the Isle of Man. Eliza (Gardner) Sayles was of Mohawk-Dutch descent.

Cyrenius C. Sayles remained in Ionia county, Michigan, until 1869, and attended school until his eighteenth year. On August 7, 1861, he went from his home in the town of Keane, Ionia county, Michigan, to Ionia, for the purpose of enlisting in the Union army. He was mustered into Company B, Sixteenth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, under Col. T. B. W. Stockton, serving until December 23, 1863, at which time he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and saw service until his discharge on July 8, 1865, at Jeffersonville, Indiana. On June 18, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House, he was wounded in the head by a glancing rifle ball, but it proved to be nothing serious and he was soon back in service. He fought in fifty-four battles, not counting the skirmishes. After returning from the war, he again took up his studies in Miss Jennings' school, in Lowell, Michigan, and in the high school there. In 1869, he removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he studied in the O'Brien-Stockton Commercial School after which he accepted a position in Hunt & Hunter's Drug Store, and while there conceived the idea of becoming a physician. In 1876 he matriculated at Ann Arbor University, where he studied for two terms and then removed to Langston, Michigan, to practice. This was in March, 1879, and he continued here until 1885, when he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he took a course in the Indiana Eclectic Medical College, graduating with the class of 1887. He then returned to Langston, Michigan, where he has continued to practice ever since. He has always been very active in the affairs of the community, and is a member of the local Grange and of the Ancient Order of Gleaners.

On May 2, 1869, Cyrenius C. Sayles was united in marriage to Maggie J. Moye, daughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Myers) Moye, and two children were born of their union: LeRoy, and Mabel I. LeRoy married Emma Peterson, who was born in Langston, Michigan, and they are the parents of four children, Cyril C., Anna M., Edna M., and Rex. Mabel I. became the wife of William Force and they have one child, Mary M. Maggie J. (Moye) Sayles was born on October 1, 1847, in Kent county, Michigan, and died on December 9, 1889. On June 16, 1902, Dr. Cyrenius C. Sayles was married to Mrs. Ella (Hinkley) Brown, widow of C.H. Brown, who had one child by her first husband, George Patten. This child was by name Letha H. Patten, who grew to maturity and married Robert A. Bannen, but is now deceased.

(Information taken from "History of Montcalm County, Michigan" by John W. Dasef, 1916)