Augustus Peery Sayers

Brief Life History of Augustus Peery

When Augustus Peery Sayers was born on 23 June 1884, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States, his father, Capt David Goodwin Sayers, was 43 and his mother, Nancy Louise Harman, was 38. He lived in Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Jeffersonville District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 19 May 1963, in Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt David Goodwin Sayers
1840–1902
Nancy Louise Harman
1845–1894
Thomas Labadon Sayers
1863–1905
Amelia Gillespie Sayer
1866–1937
Mariah Ann Sayers
1870–1957
Daniel Webster Sayers
1873–1924
Ollie S Sayers
1876–1963
John Alexander Sayers
1879–1947
Virginia Dane Sayers
1882–1972
Augustus Peery Sayers
1884–1963
David Robert Sayers
1889–1976

Sources (17)

  • Augustus P Sayer in household of Sam J Young, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Augustus Peery Sayers, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
  • E P Bolling, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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1888 · Town platted

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Sayer , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name is also established in Ireland.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair; see Sears .

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

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