Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)

Name:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)

Title:

Honorary M.A., Yale University, 1947
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of New Hampshire, 1952

Other Names:

Sawyer, Charles Henry
"Charlie"

Born:

10/20/1906

Birthplace:

Andover, MA

Died:

02/25/2005

Death Location:

Ann Arbor, MI

Residence:

Andover, MA
Worcester, MA 1940-
New Haven, CT 1947-1957
Ann Arbor, MI 1957-2005

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Museum Curator
Director, University of Michigan Museum of Art, ann Arbor, MI

Father:

Sawyer, James Cowan (1872-1944)

Mother:

Ffrost, Mary Pepperrell (1871-1947)

Relations:

Sibling: George F. Sawyer
Grandparents: Susan Ellen Cowan (1840-) and Charles Henry Sawyer (1840-1909; Sawyer Woolen Mills in Dover, NH; N.H. Gov., 1887-89)
Martha Hale Low (1841-1925) and George Seward Frost (1844-1931)
Great uncle: Nathaniel Low Jr. (Civil War soldier)
Great-grandparents: Mary N. Hoole Smith and William P. Ffrost (1802-97)
Elizabeth Hodgdon and Dr. James Wellington Cowan
Martha Perkins and Jonathan Sawyer
Great-great-grandparents: Margaret Burleigh and George Ffrost (1765-1841, built family homestead in Durham, NH)
Hannah Whitney and Phinehas Sawyer
William Hodgdon and Susan Coffin
Great-great-great-grandparents: Elizabeth Twombley and Caleb Hodgdon (1732-1814, Major in N.H. Militia)
Hannah Mead and Israel Whitney (1731-1827, served in Revolution)

Spouse:

Katharine ("Kitty") Clay (1908-1998), June 8, 1934

Children:

(none)

Notes:

Brothers Charles H. and George F. Sawyer helped distribute The James Cowan Sawyer Collection -- a collection of household items, farm equipment, and woodworking tools assembled by their father in the Durham, NH, area in the early 20th century.

Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, NH