Andrew J. Sawyer ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  General Notes:

Served with the Iowa 24 Infantry 1862-1865
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Sawyer, A. J., farmer, Post Office Pedee; owns ninety-three acres land, valued at $45 per acre; was born April 8, 1839, in Warren County, Ohio; his father, Amasa Sawyer, who is now living with him, was born December 10, 1799, in Maine, and came to Warren County, Ohio, in 1816, and married Elizabeth Fryburger in 1822; she died in 1845, in Ohio, and in 1855, he moved to Iowa, and in the Spring of 1856 settled in Iowa Township. A. J. Sawyer married Emma J. June 12, 1862; she was born June 27, 1843. Mr. Sawyer enlisted in Company D of the 24th Iowa Infantry in August, 1862; was with Banks in his Red River Expedition, and was discharged at Savannah, Georgia, in 1864. Democrat.

(Source: "The History of Cedar County, Iowa", 1878)
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  Death Notes:

Name: Andrew J Sawyer
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Dec 1916
Event Place: Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States
Age: 77
Birth Year (Estimated): 1839
Certificate Number: 176
Page: 292
GS Film Number: 001753295
Digital Folder Number: 007590306
Image Number: 00519

Citing this Record:
"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVW-WMC7 : accessed 16 May 2016), Andrew J Sawyer, 13 Dec 1916; citing Death, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, page 292, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,753,295.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1838, Ohio, United States. ²

2. Alt. Birth, 1840, Ohio, United States. ⁵

3. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 3, Dwelling 21, Family 21
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Soyer..30..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and boarder.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Apr 1839, then his age should have been 31 instead of 30.

4. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 5, Roll 0331, District 354, Dwelling 41, Family 44
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife, adopted daughter, and father.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Apr 1839, then his age should have been 41 instead of 42.

5. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 31, Dwelling 160, Family 161
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
married 38 years
farm rented
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..Apr 1839..61..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife.)

6. 1910 US Census, 20 April 1910, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Page 5A, Roll 395, District 27, Dwelling 125, Family 125
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Fourth Street; home rented
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..71..OH..Own Income
(Living with wife.)

7. Death Image, 13 December 1916, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States.

8. Cemetery: Masonic Cemetery, After 13 December 1916, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial# 119122961

Andrew married Emma Jane Corker, daughter of Luke Corker and Catharine Anna Lightfoot, on 12 June 1862.^{1 2 3 4} (Emma Jane Corker was born on 27 June 1843 in Wayne, Ohio, United States,^{4 5 7 8 9 10} died on 23 April 1937 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{1 11} and was buried after 23 April 1937 in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{1 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 23 August 1870, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 3, Dwelling 21, Family 21
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Soyer..30..OH..Farmer
Emma Soyer..26..OH..Keeping House
Thoms Burnett..26..OH..Farmer

2. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 5, Roll 0331, District 354, Dwelling 41, Family 44
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Emily Sawyer..Wife..35..OH..Keeping House
Amasa Sawyer..Father..80..ME..Retired Farmer
Margaret Criley..Foster Daughter..11..IA..At School

3. 1900 US Census, 27 June 1900, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Page 8B, District 31, Dwelling 160, Family 161
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
farm rented
married 38 years
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..Apr 1839..61..OH..Farmer
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..Jun 1844..55..OH..0/0

4. 1910 US Census, 20 April 1910, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Page 5A, Roll 395, District 27, Dwelling 125, Family 125
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
Fourth Street; home rented
Andrew J. Sawyer..Head..71..OH..Own Income
Emma J. Sawyer..Wife..66..OH

  Marriage Notes:

Emma J. Corker was born in Wayne County, Ohio, on June 27, 1843. She was the daughter of Luke and Catherine A. Lightfoot Corker. She was 93 years, 9 months, and 26 days of age at her death in Tipton, Iowa, April 23, 1937. The family moved to Cedar county, Iowa, in the Spring of 1856. They and the family of her husband were the oldest of pioneers. Miss Corker was married to Andrew J. Sawyer on June 12, 1862. In August 1862 Mr. Sawyer enlisted in Company D, 24th Iowa Infantry and served to the close of the war. He was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, on July 17, 1865. During his enlistment Mrs. Sawyer taught school and in 1864 enrolled in the University of Iowa at Iowa City, driving back and forth from Springdale with a team and wagon.

After the war Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer made their home on a farm near Springdale. In March 1883 they moved to Tipton where Mr. Sawyer was engaged in the livery business. They returned to the farm in 1889, back to Tipton in 1892, again to the farm in 1895 and returned again to Tipton in 1906. On February 19, 1915 they went to live in the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where Mr. Sawyer died on December 13, 1916. Since that time Mrs. Sawyer made her home in Tipton. She was an active member of the W.R.C., the Eastern Star, and since April 1922 has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Tipton. Mrs. Sawyer leaves one sister, Mrs. David James (Catherine Corker) of Boone, Iowa; two brothers, Julius Lee Corker of Mitchell, South Dakota and Archibald M. Corker of Pankington, South Dakota.

Emma and Andrew J. Sawyer had no children.
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