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Isaac Sawyer
Rank: Private Company: H Age: 42 Residence: Limington
Height: 5' 11 1/2" Eye Color: Dark Hair Color: Black Complexion: Dark
According to the Sawyer Families of New England, Isaac and Salome had the following
children. I did not locate the widow Salome in the 1900 census to confirm the number of
children.
I. FRANCIS A, born 14 Dec 1846 in Limerick, Maine. He died in Conway, Carroll, NH on
3 Oct 1920. He married first, on 19 Jan 1868, to SARAH SMITH (8 Feb 1842 - 1929), the
daughter of Eli Smith. They divorced in 1876, and he remarried to LUCY J ROBERTS of
Nova Scotia. They divorced in 1883, with Lucy remarrying to Francis' brother Walter, and
Francis married again on 1 May of same year in Lynn, MA to MARY D COTTON of Troy,
MI (19 Dec 1851 - 30 Oct 1931). He had the following children (the first by his 1st wife, the
middle three with wife Lucy, and the youngest with Mary):
1. Fanny, born 1 Mar 1869
2. Eveline C, born abt 1877
3. Emma, born 18 Jun 1879
4. Laura L, born 14 Feb 1882
5. Elsie M, born 27 Apr 1884
[above data from Sawyer Families, p108]
II. AUTIEN W S was born on 20 May 1849 in Limerick [Sawyer Families, p143]. He died
in Limerick on 20 Jun 1918, and was buried with parents. He had married, on 25 Sep
1870 in Boston, MA, to MARY (NELLIE) E DORSEY. She was born 10 Oct 1851, the
daughter of Thomas and Margaret Dorsey, and died on 13 Mar 1931 [grave].
1. Isaac H, born Sept 1872
2. Lulu M, born Jul 1874
3. Winfield Herbert, born Jan 1879
III. WILBUR FISK, born 20 Sep 1851 in Limerick, Maine. He died 29 Apr 1941 in
Baldwin, NY. He married first, on 9 May 1872 in Holliston, MA, to ADDIE FALLANSBEE
(born 1853), the daughter of Melvin and Hannah Fallansbee. He married 2nd to
LEONORA RANDALL (17 May 1867 - 28 Mar 1937) By wife Leonora, he had:
1. Randella C, born 29 Jan 1905. She married Joseph Arzanna
[Wilbur data from Sawyer Families, p108]
IV. WALTER EDGECOMB, born 20 Jun 1854 in Limerick. He married, around 19 Apr
1883 (intents), to LUCY J ROBERTS of Nova Scotia (21 Sep 1844 - 2 May 1929), the
ex-wife of brother Francis.
ISAAC SAWYER was born in Limington,
Maine on 30 Aug 1820 [grave; Sawyer
Families, p67], the son of Joseph and Mary
(Burk) Sawyer [Sawyer Families, p67]. He
died in Limerick, Maine on 16 Apr 1887
and was buried in Highland Cemetery
[gravestone].
He was married on 4 July 1845 [Early
Families of Newfield, p663, quoting
Sawyer Family Bible] or 1846 [Sawyer
Families, p108] to SALOME
THOMPSON, the daughter of Stephen B
and Martha M (Drew) Thompson. She was
born on 14 Aug 1826 [Early Fam Newfield,
p663; note her grave stone has 1829], and
died on 29 Oct 1907 [gravestone; did not
see ME Death Rec]. She is buried with her
husband in Highland Cemetery, Limerick,
Maine.
Isaac was a farmer, living in Limington,
Maine during the 1860 census, and
afterwards moved to Limerick [1870-80
censuses].