Sayre, Alonzo E.

SAYRE

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History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.494
ALONZO E. SAYRE
Alonzo E. Sayre, extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising of section 30, Virginia Township, was born in this township on the 20th of Febru­ary 1870, his father being Enoch Sayre, whose sketch is found on another gage of this work. He acquired his education in the common schools and even­tually came into possession of two hundred acres of his father's estate, al­though he had previously purchased land and engaged in farming. He now owns an excellent property of six hundred and seventy-nine acres known as the "Highland Stock Farm," on which he raises, feeds and ships pure-bred Hereford cattle on an extensive scale. The success which has come to him is but the merited reward of his well directed labor and capable business management and he is now widely recognized as one of the enterprising and progressive young agriculturists of the county.
On the 12th of December, 1894, occurred the marriage of Mr. Sayre and Miss Laura Foreman, a native of West Virginia and a daughter of Upton Foreman, now deceased. This union has been blessed with two children, Floran and Bayard F.
Politically, a Republican, Mr. Sayre has served for three years as town­ship trustee, and is also an active worker in the cause of temperance. He has never tasted liquor nor tobacco and firmly believes that a man will be abundantly rewarded for leading a temperate life. He is a member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his influence is ever given on the side of right, truth and progress. He has traveled extensively, having been in over twenty states. Having spent his entire life in Virginia Township, he is most widely and favorably known throughout the commu­nity and has won the admiration and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard Schultz and Don L. Berry, The Record and Tribune Co., Indianola, Iowa, 1953, p.339

ALONZO E. SAYRE
BAYARD F. SAYRE
Alonzo E. Sayre, well - known a n d highly respected farmer of Virginia township, was born in this township Feb. 20, 1870. His parents were Enoch and Elizabeth (Felton) Sayre. One of his maternal ancestors, Nicholson Felton, was a noted Greek scholar and divine, who was one of the committee appointed by King James I to translate the Bible.
Dec. 12, 1894, Alonzo E. Sayre married Laura Foreman. Children born of this marriage are Floran and Bayard F., who has lived on the Sayre farm three miles west of New Virginia most of his life. Bayard was born on this farm April 1, 1900. He attended the old Irish Grove elementary school, New Virginia High School and Simpson College. Jan. 25, 1919, he married Ada M. Frederick, daughter of L. E. and Alpharetta Frederick of New Virginia. The three children born to this marriage are Virginia, now the wife of Dr. R. C. Doolittle of the U. S. Naval hospital at San Diego, Calif., and Len and Lon, twins, who now reside in Oakland, Calif.
The Sayre farm in Virginia township has almost 12 miles of woven wire fence. At first the farm was used mainly for dairying, raising purebred Hampshire hogs and Hereford cattle, with sheep as a side line. In later years sheep raising took first place on the farm, there being more than 800 sheep on the farm in 1951.