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THIRD GENERATION.

3-4.

            Hon. Daniel Sayler (3-4 from 2-4) was born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 11, 1770. He removed to Frederick County, Md., with his parents when he was a young boy. About the year 1800 he removed with his mother to Franklin County, Va., and in the autumn of 1807 he removed to Preble County, Ohio.

            In 1820 Daniel Sayler was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature from Preble County, serving in the twentieth General Assembly. He was a miller and millwright by trade. Some of the earliest constructed mills in Preble County were built by him. He and his brother Martin were the local surgeons in the vicinity of Winchester in those early days in the history of Ohio.

            Daniel Sayler’s wife, Barbara Raitt, was of a fine Virginia family. She was a daughter of John Raitt and Hanna (Hammon) Raitt. The Raitt family were wealthy and prosperous. The daughter was bred in comparative luxury for those days.

            The death of Daniel Sayler occurred May 15, 1857. His children were:

4-1.            Christian Sayler

            b. December 15, 1789;

            d. February, 1800.

4-2.     John Sayler

            b. March 11, 1800;

            d. March 9, 1851.

4-3.            Nathan Sayler

            b. October 11, 1801;

            d. July 3, 1878

4-4.     Daniel Sayler

            b. February 6, 1804;

            d. December 4, 1885

4-5.            Hannah Sayler

            b. July 28, 1805.

4-6.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. February 12, 1807;

            d. February 19, 1807.

4-7.     Martin Sayler

            b. November 30, 1808;

            d. March 7, 1884

4-8.     Arian Sayler

            b. February 20, 1811;

            d. August 30, 1873.

4-9.     Nelson Sayler

            b. September 19, 1812;

            d. October 10, 1833.

3-6.

            Martin Sayler (3-6 from 2-4) was born November 6, 1775, in Frederick County, Md. He removed to Franklin County, Va., about the year 1800, and to Preble County, Ohio, near the present village of Winchester, in 1809. He lived here until his death, which occurred June 21, 1852.

            In the year 1817 Martin Sayler, together with Abraham Wimmer, Nicholas Gift and Jacob Gift, laid out the town of Winchester. Each of the three laid out sixteen lots. For many years there were numerous members of the Sayler Family residing at this town found in part by Martin Sayler; but at the present time there is but one of the Sayler name residing there, and that is my uncle, Dr. Winfield Sayler, a grandson of Martin Sayler.

            Martin Sayler was a millwright by trade. He and his brother Daniel engaged in this work together. They were also, in their day, the local surgeons for Winchester and vicinity. One of Martin Sayler’s most marked characteristics was his love of humor and his unsurpassed manner of telling a story. He could and did interest crowds for hours with his stories. A granddaughter of his once told me that his visits were always extremely welcome at her father’s house, owing to the abundant enjoyment which he furnished them.

            Another of his marked traits of character was his love for the study of the Scriptures. He was well versed in the Bible, and argued theological questions with great force. He did not care particularly for politics. It was desired at one time, when his election would have been certain, to be a candidate for the Ohio Legislature; but this he declined.

            January 31, 1798, he married Elizabeth Wilson, a daughter of Samuel and Catharine Wilson. Elizabeth Wilson was born January 22, 1778, and died June 21, 1843, at Winchester, Ohio.

            Martin Sayler had the following children:

4-10.   Katy Sayler

            b. July 20, 1799;

            d. May 3, 1872.

4-11.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. October 16, 1801.

4-12.            Christian Sayler

            b. January 5, 1804;

            d. December 17, 1884.

4-13.   Anna Sayler

            b. February 17, 1807;

            d. June 5, 1839.

4-14.            William Sayler

            b. June 5, 1809;

            d. April 1, 1810.

4-15.   Mary Sayler

            b. June 29, 1811;

            d. May 4, 1850.         

4-16.   Sarah Sayler

            b. March 21, 1813;

            d. October 3, 1893.

4-17.   Susan Sayler

            b. March 21, 1813;

            d. July 27, 1890.

4-18.            Sebastian Sayler

            b. February 26, 1815;

            d. July 7, 1881.

4-19.   Martin Sayler

            b. December 13, 1817;

            d. December 22, 1817.

4-20.   Rachel Sayler

            b. April 30, 1820;

            d. May 23, 1891.

3-9.

            Lieut. John Sayler (3-8 from 2-4) was born August 23, 1779, in Frederick County, Md. He removed to Franklin County, Va., about 1800, and to Preble County, Ohio, in 1807.

            John Sayler served as a first lieutenant in the War of 1812, under General Wayne, at Fort Wayne and in Northwestern Ohio. He was a millwright by trade; but after the close of the War of 1812 he purchased a farm in Preble County, cleared the farm, and lived a farmer’s life afterwards.

            He married Elizabeth Ray, a daughter of Stephen Ray. Elizabeth Ray was born in Virginia, March 24, 1795. She died March 22, 1875. John Sayler died February 16, 1856. All of the children of John and Elizabeth Sayler were born in Preble County. They were:

4-21.   Diana Sayler

            b. July 28, 1815;

            d. September 14, 1832.

4-22.            Susannah Sayler

            b. November 12, 1816;

            d. March 25, 1819.

4-23.   Mary Magdalene

            b. January 14, 1818;

            m. Christian Neff. She is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Noah

Brower, Winchester, Preble County, Ohio.

4-24.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. August 16, 1819

            d. August 16, 1819

4-25.            Solomon Sayler

            b. August 26, 1825;

            address, Coesse, Whitley County, Ind.

4-26.            Stephen Sayler

            b. June 16, 1829

            d. November 6, 1834.

4-27.            Rebecca Sayler

            b. October 12, 1835.

3-10.

Christian Sayler (3-10 from 2-4) was born June 5, 1785, in Frederick County, Md., and died in Preble County, Ohio, June 5, 1852, at the exact age of sixty-seven years. He was married in 1811 to Mary Teal, a daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Neff) Teal. Mary Teal was born September 11, 1789, in Frederick County, Md., and died August 15, 1881, in Preble County, Ohio.

            The following sketch of Christian Sayler’s life is taken from the “History of Preble County,” published by H.Z. Williams & Bro., Cleveland, 1881:

            “Christian Sayler was of Swiss parentage. When twelve years old, his father having died, the family moved to Franklin County, Va., and remained there unbroken until 1806, when Christian, with his brother John, came to Ohio and settled in Lanier Township, on the east side of Twin Creek. After his marriage to Miss Teal they purchased the old homestead farm in Gasper Township. The daytime was spent in clearing by the husband, and at the wheel by the wife; the night was made hideous by the horrid howls of the wolves in the surrounding thickets.”

            Christian Sayler’s family is as follows:

4-28.            Abraham Sayler

            b. March 5, 1812.

4-29.            George Sayler

            b. November 16, 1813;

            d. March 1, 1814

4-30.            Catharine Sayler

            b. December 14, 1815;

            d. June 8, 1830.

4-31.   Jacob Sayler

            b. October 15, 1817;

            d. August 23, 1824.

4-32.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. February 3, 1820.

4-33.   Sarah Sayler

            b. April 4, 1822;

            d. September 10, 1823.

4-34.            Joseph Sayler

            b. November 22, 1824.

4-35.   Infant.

4-36.   Maria Sayler

            b. July 19, 1828.

3-11.

Mary (Sayler) Herring (3-11 from 2-8) was born March 25, 1774, in Frederick County, Md. Early in life she united with the German Baptist Brethren Church. She lived always as becomes a Christian. In 1799 she married Henry Herring. He was born near Basle, Switzerland, in 1767, and died in 1829 in Frederick County, Md. Though not at the time of his marriage a member of the church, Mr. Herring, through his wife’s good influence, soon became one; and he was afterwards heard to say that God had to bring him from Switzerland to Beaver Dam to learn to know the truth. There was an episode connected with this marriage, indicative of Mary’s strength of character, that is worthy of recital. It is this: At that time it was adverse to the principles of  the German Baptist Brethren Church for its members to contract the marriage relation with non-members of the church. Mary, having violated this law, was arraigned before the church board for her misdemeanor, where she argued her own case, and it was done with such eloquence that she was not only acquitted, but the discipline was annulled in the entire Maryland Church.

            Mr. Herring was a miller. He operated a mill in Frederick County built by his wife’s oldest brother, Daniel Sayler.

            Mrs. Herring died February 7, 1879, at Beaver Dam, in Frederick County, Md.

            There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herring eight children. All were born in Frederick County, Md. They are:

4-37.   Daniel Herring

            b. March 6, 1800;

            m. ___________ Ohr;

            d. April 22, 1876.

4-38.   Mary Herring

            b. September 17, 1801;

            m. Daniel Keller.

From this union has sprung nine children, thirty-four grandchildren, forty-five great-grand-children and one great-great-grandchild. Many of these descendants have been prominent members of the Brethren Church. Mary (Herring) Keller died January 23, 1893.

4-39.   Henry Herring

            b. November 24, 1802;

            m. Sarah Harmon.

4-40.   Sarah Herring

            b. August 27, 1804;

            m. Samuel Stem.

4-41.            Joshua Herring

            b. October 21, 1806;

            m. ___________ Harmon;

            living at Mechanicstown, Md.

4-42.            Susannah Herring

            b. May 29, 1808;

            d. in youth

4-43.            Elizabeth Herring

            b. October 22, 1812;

            m. John McCollum.

4-44.   Anna Herring

            b. June 30, 1814;

            m. Charles Wolf;

            address, Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio.

3-12.

            Daniel Sayler (3-12 from 2-8) was born December 29, 1775, in Frederick County, Md., and died at the same place, December 30, 1850. He was an exception among men. There seemed to be nothing in the realm of mechanism which his mind could not grasp and which his hands could not construct. He was a natural mechanic. The first washing machine used in the State of Maryland was constructed by him. He built wagons and ironed them, and mill houses, and not only did the woodwork, but also the masonry, plastering and painting. He once told a great-grandson that there was only one thing he had ever tried to make in which he failed, and that was shoes. Daniel Sayler was a fair German scholar, but was deficient in English. When not engaged in his mechanical pursuits he attended to the overseeing of his large farm of two hundred acres in Frederick County.

            His wife, who he married October 11, 1807, was Mary S. Simmons. She was born April 8, 1773, at Hesse Cassel, Germany, and died March 26, 1861, at Double Pipe Creek, Md.

            Their children, all born at Beaver Dam, are:

4-45.   Jacob Sayler

            b. July 23, 1808;

            d. February 23, 1877.

4-46.   Daniel P. Sayler

            b. June 23, 1811;

            d. June 6, 1885.

4-47.   Anna Sayler

            b. 1817;

            d. May 30, 1828

4-48.   John Sayler

            b. 1814;

            d. November 13, 1814.

3-14.

            Solomon Sayler (3-14 from 2-8) was born December 15, 1786, in Frederick County, Md., and died in the same county August 26, 1853. He was a farmer by occupation. In 1810 he married Christiana Grabill, a daughter of John Grabill. She was born October 31, 1785, and died January 21, 1844, in Frederick County, Md. Their large family of nine children all grew to manhood and womanhood, and were married and had children. The family are as follows:

4-49.   Lydia Sayler

            b. May 29, 1811.

4-50.   Sarah Sayler

            b. June 17, 1812;

            d. 1879.

4-51.   Anna Sayler

            b. May 21, 1814;

            d. April 1, 1883.

4-52.   Daniel K. Sayler

            b. June 18, 1817.

4-53.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. February 17, 1819;

            d. 1881

4-54.   John Sayler

            b. December 14, 1821.

4-55.            Solomon Sayler

            b. September 18, 1823.

4-56.   Mary Sayler

            b. March 1, 1826;

            d. February 9, 1891.

4-57.            Abraham Sayler

            b. March 31, 1828;

            d. December 17, 1859.

3-15.

            Elder Jacob Sayler (3-15 from 2-8) was born June 5, 1790, and died November 20, 1865, in Frederick County, Md. At the age of twenty-five he married Hannah Garber, a daughter of Christian Garber, of Frederick County, Md. She was born May 5, 1799, and died November 20, 1875, just ten years after the death of her husband, and sixty years after her marriage.

            Jacob Sayler was a minister in the German Baptist Brethren Church, and a farmer. He had charge of what was known as the Beaver Dam Church from 1847 to 1865 — the year of his death. He attended only the country schools of Frederick County, which were raised and supported by subscription; but by dint of hard study he accumulated a large amount of valuable information, and became a useful member of the church and society.

            His children are:

4-58.            Elizabeth Sayler

            b. May 28, 1816;

            d. August 28, 1891.

4-59.            Reuben Sayler

            b. July 4, 1818.

4-60.            Catharine Sayler

            b. March 14, 1820.

4-61.   Mary Sayler

            b. March 6, 1822;

            d. December 7, 1890.

4-62.   Jacob Sayler

            b. September 17, 1824.

4-63.            Rebecca Sayler

            b. March 17, 1827.

4-64.   Sarah Sayler

            b. September 28, 1829.

4-65.   Henry Sayler

            b. May 24, 1832;

            d. June 23, 1886.

4-66.            William Sayler

            b. September 25, 1836.