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    Catskill Family
    Catskill Family
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    Catskill Family

    By Tom L. Sawyer

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    The ocean passage in 1822 of the ship Camillus was a challenge for the fifty-one passengers in steerage. Among the passengers was the Scott Sawyer family, which included his pregnant wife, Catherine, and their three young children. As they neared the wharf in New York, they welcomed their fourth child, Camilla.
    For twenty years, the family grew in the Catskill country near Bovina, New York. This is where Scotts son, Robert, learned to farm and realized the American dream of owning his own land and supporting his own growing family. He also became involved in the Anti-Rent War in 1845. After moving his family to Illinois and then to Iowa, he met an untimely death. His strong wife, Louisa, raised their ten children to become successful and prosperous citizens. This is an American saga.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateOct 29, 2014
    ISBN9781499094619
    Catskill Family
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    Tom L. Sawyer

    Tom’s interest in genealogy began in 1976. In 1984, on his first trip to Delaware County, New York, he started to truly understand the beginning of the Sawyer family experience in America. This book is a culmination of over thirty-five years of research on the family history. The author is a graduate of Iowa State University, and his career spanned forty years in agricultural business. He is now retired and lives in Clear Lake, Iowa.

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      Catskill Family - Tom L. Sawyer

      Copyright © 2014 by Tom L. Sawyer.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2014918928

      ISBN:      Hardcover     978-1-4990-9459-6

                      Softcover      978-1-4990-9460-2

                      eBook            978-1-4990-9461-9

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Rev. date: 12/29/2014

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      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Preface

      The North Atlantic

      Stone Fences

      Andes, 1842

      Tin Horns And Calico Indians

      August 7, 1845

      The Chase

      More Sawyer Marriages

      Life In The 1850S

      The Midwest Beckons

      Robert’s Fatal Trip

      A Letter From James

      Catherine Arrives In Iowa

      Traer And Beyond

      The Checker Champ

      The Automobile Age

      Louis The Grocer

      A New Generation And A Look Back

      Scott and Catherine Sawyer had the following children:

      1. Elizabeth, born 23 May 1812, Scotland. She was born 6 years before Scott and Catherine were married. We are assuming that she is Catherine’s daughter, but her parentage is unknown. Elizabeth married Andrew Dumond in 1836 and they had 5 children: Nancy, Rachael, Sarah, Mary and William. Elizabeth died at age 81 on 23 Feb 1894 and is buried in the Old Archibald Cemetery, Middletown, Delaware Co., NY.

      2. Robert, born 9 April 1819, Ayr, Scotland. He married Louisa McUmber on 12 Jan 1850 near Andes, Delaware Co., NY. They had 10 children: Robert, James, William, Edmund, Mary, Rosanna, John, Agnes, Emma and George. Robert died of a gunshot accident in Denver, Colorado on 9 Oct 1865 at age 46.

      3. Agnes Nancy, born 8 Jan 1821, Ayr, Scotland. She married John Calvin Van Curen on 11 July 1840. They had 12 children: Henry, Catherine, James, Nancy, Francis, Andrew, Robert, Charles, Sarah, John Benjamin, Margaret and George. Nancy and John Calvin divorced in March 1865 after he abandoned the family. Nancy died on 15 Nov 1896 in Ojai, Ventura Co., CA at age 75.

      4. Camilla, born 4 Sept 1822, on the ship Camillus, 8 days from the port of New York. As of this date, no marriage has been found, however she probably married in the 1840s.

      5. Unknown female, born about 1823. This child appears on the 1830 and 1840 census of Bovina, Delaware Co., NY.

      6. Mary E., born 24 Jan 1827, Bovina, Delaware Co., NY. She married Francis Scott in 1846. They had 10 children (the first Arthur and Mary Ellen died young): Arthur Henry, Adam, Francis, Matthew, Ellen, Arthur Henry, William, Mary Ellen, Nancy, Mary Ellen. Mary died 19 Mar 1909, Walton, Delaware Co., NY at age 82.

      7. Catherine M., born 21 Aug 1828, Bovina, Delaware Co., NY. She married William T.V. Ladd on July 16 1846, Delaware Co., NY. They had no children. After her husband died in 1885, she moved back to New York and married in 1893 to William Sines. Catherine died on 23 Aug 1917 in Walton, Delaware Co., NY at age 89.

      8. Jane R., born 29 Apr 1830 in Bovina. She married Benjamin Gilbert on 13 Oct 1853, Andes, Delaware Co., NY. They had 3 children: Cortland, Leland and Alice Jane. Jane died on 8 Sept 1903 in Troy, Albany Co., NY at age 73.

      9. Margaret B., born 1831, Bovina. Married William Biggam about 1855-1858. They had 4 children: Mary Camilla, James, George and Sarah. Margaret died 16 Dec 1888 in Margaretville, Delaware Co., NY at age 57.

      10. James, born May 1833, Bovina. Not married. He died of TB on 7 Nov 1858 in Polo, Ogle Co., IL at the age of 25.

      Robert and Louisa Sawyer had the following children:

      1. Robert Allen, born 17 Oct 1850, Andes, Delaware Co., NY. He married Downey Belle Glascock on 8 Apr 1888. They had 9 children: Louisa Mae, Leroy, Emma, Winifred, Frank, Edward, Dakota, Alice and Edna. He died 14 Dec 1936 at Coffee Creek, Fergus Co., MT at age 86.

      2. James S., born 24 Dec 1851 in Andes. He never married. He died of TB on 5 Jan 1878 in Tama Co., IA at age 26.

      3. William Andrew, born 23 Apr 1853, Andes. He married Mary Jane Corrington on 24 Jan 1881 in Iowa. They had 5 children while living in Page, Holt Co., NE: George, Ernest, Arthur, Ella and Mary. William died 13 Mar 1917 at St. Charles, Gregory Co., South Dakota at age 63.

      4. Edmund David, born 25 Apr 1855, Andes, NY. He married Abbie Wood on 26 Dec 1878 in Tama Co., IA. They had one child: Louis Lyman. Edmund died on 23 Jun 1925 at Traer, Tama Co., IA at age 70.

      5. Mary Elizabeth, born 17 Sept 1856, Andes, NY. She married George Reed on 29 May 1885 in MN. They had two children: Edmund D. and Alice. Mary died on 29 Dec 1918 in Rockwell City, Calhoun Co., IA at age 62.

      6. Rosanna J., born 11 Jun 1858, Andes, NY. She never married and died of TB on 22 May, 1874 in Tama Co., IA. She was 16 and is buried in West Union Cemetery, SE of Traer.

      7. John Maine, born 12 Aug 1861 at Erie, Whiteside Co., IL. He married Miriam E. Puckett on 5 Jan 1890. They had nine children: James, Sarah, Mary, Jessie, Charles, Rose, Agnes, John and Allen. John died at Lakefield, Jackson Co., MN on 9 Nov 1954 at age 93.

      8. Agnes J., born 29 Jun 1862 at Erie, Whiteside Co., IL.

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