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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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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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1888 · Town platted
The town was platted in 1888.
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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