Sawyer, Charles H. (1840-1908)

Name:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1840-1908)

Title:

Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1887-89
Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1884
Colonel, Governor Bell's Staff, 1881
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives (Dover), 1869-70, 1876-77
Director, Strafford National Bank
Trustee, Strafford Savings Bank
Director, Dover Gas-Light Company
President, Dover Horse Railroad Company
Member, Republican Party
Agent, Sawyer Woolen Mills Corporation, 1873-
President, Sawyer Woolen Mills Corporation, 1881-1898
Member, Strafford Lodge, F. & A. M.
Member, St. Paul's Commandery, Knights Templar
Trustee, Dover Public Library
Trustee, Wentworth Home for the Aged

Other Names:

Sawyer, Charles Henry

Born:

03/30/1840

Birthplace:

Watertown, NY

Died:

01/18/1908

Death Location:

Dover, NH

Residence:

Watertown, NY 1840-1850
Dover, NH 1850-1908

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Textile Manufacturer

Father:

Sawyer, Jonathan (1817-1891)

Mother:

Perkins, Martha

Relations:

Grandparents: Hannah Whitney and Phinehas Sawyer
Great-grandparents: Hannah Mead and Israel Whitney (1731-1827 Massachusetts; served in Revolutionary War)
Grandson: Charles Henry Sawyer (1906-2005)

Spouse:

Cowan, Susan Ellen (1839-1899) m. 02/08/1865

Children:

William Davis, born 1866; died 1922
Charles Francis, born 1869; died 1938
James Cowan, born 1872; died 1944; m. Mary Pepperrell Frost, 2 sons, George F. and Charles H.
Edward, born 1874; died 1924
Elizabeth Coffin, born 1880; died 1980; dairy farmer, Durham

Notes:

American Series of Popular Biographies. New Hampshire Edition. This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens, The State of New Hampshire. (Boston, MA: New England Historical Publishing Company, 1902), 162-164.

Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, NH