Lydia Sabina Sawyer

Brief Life History of Lydia Sabina

When Lydia Sabina Sawyer was born on 1 September 1827, in New York, United States, her father, Elijah Weston Sawyer, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Drake, was 34. She married Erastus Masters in 1849, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Hartford Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 1 October 1918, in Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Masters
1823–1860
Lydia Sabina Sawyer
1827–1918
Marriage: 1849
Charles Orris Masters
1850–1888

Sources (11)

  • Lida Dalling[sic], "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lydia Sabina Sawyer Darling, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lydia in entry for Charles O. Masters, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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