Frederick A. Sawyer
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer | |
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James H. Hammond | |
Succeeded by | John J. Patterson |
Personal details | |
Born | Bolton, Massachusetts, U.S. | December 12, 1822
Died | July 31, 1891 Claiborne County, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 68)
Political party | Republican |
Frederick Adolphus Sawyer (December 12, 1822 – July 31, 1891) was a
Sawyer was
Frederick Sawyer and his wife, Delia, had two daughters who both married into prominent political families.[2] Their elder daughter, Myra, married Charles Eugene Hamlin, grandson of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. Myra Sawyer Hamlin wrote a series of books for girls, and her husband was editor of a weekly magazine for school teachers and a music critic for the New-York Tribune.[3]
Sawyer's younger daughter, Clara, married Isaiah Kidder Stetson, grand-nephew of Hannibal Hamlin and nephew of U.S. Congressman Charles Stetson. Isaiah K. Stetson owned a lumber and shipbuilding company in Bangor, Maine,[4] and served as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1899–1900.[5]
Sawyer died suddenly at
References
- ^ "An Eyewitness Account of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination", edited by Ronald D. Rietveld, Civil War History (no date)
- ^ a b c of 1844, Harvard University Class (1896). The Class of 1844, Harvard College, Fifty Years' After Graduation. J. Wilson and Son.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Myra Sawyer Hamlin". readseries.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ "Bio of Isaiah K. Stetson". www.onlinebiographies.info. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ "Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives, 1820-". legislature.maine.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- United States Congress. "Frederick A. Sawyer (id: S000086)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.