William Strong Sayre (1803 - 1880)

Born 5 Mar 1803 in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Jan 1880 at age 76 in Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1803. He was the son of John Sayre and Sally Brewster. He passed away in 1880 and was buried in Saint Peters Churchyard, Bainbridge, New York.

"William Strong SAYRE was born in Romulus, N.Y., March 5, 1803. He was graduated from Hamilton in 1824, and read law at Norwich with David BUTTOLPH and Charles A. THORP, and afterwards in Bainbridge with John C. CLARK in company with whom, after his admission in October, 1827, he practiced about four years. He has since practiced here without intermission, having been associated at different times with Isaac BUSH, James M. BANKS, George H. WINSOR and Leroy BENNETT, with the latter of whom he has been in company about two years, under the name of Sayre & Bennett. He was Justice of the Peace form 1833 to '37; Supervisor of Bainbridge in 1840 and '58; and Presidential Elector in 1856. (He died since the above was written, January 20, 1880.)" https://chenango.nygenweb.net/books/h-bnbrdg.htm

Chenango American, Greene, N. Y., Thursday, January 29, 1880
Deaths
In Bainbridge, Jan. 20th, William S. Sayre, Esq., aged 77 years.

Sources

• https://www.geni.com/people/William-Sayre/6000000008291047890
• Banta, Theodore Melvin, Sayre Family, Lineage of Thomas Sayre, A Founder of Southampton, The De Vinne Press, New York, 1901, p. 424-5. https://archive.org/details/sayrefamilylinea01bant/
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNFW-13K
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93021317/william-s-sayre