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Submitted: 8/26/22 • Approved: 8/26/22 • Last Updated: 8/29/22 • R533480-G533480-S3
Lemuel Sawyer
1875-1958
Kate Kerr Sawyer
1882-1941
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Lemuel Sawyer
HEREFORD, March 7 - Funeral services for Lemuel Sawyer, 82, former Deaf Smith County farmer, are pending with Gililland Funeral Home.
Mr. Sawyer died Wednesday morning in Gardena, Calif., where he had been making his home with a daughter, Mrs. Annabel Kropff.
A native of Texas, Mr. Sawyer was born Aug. 28, 1875. The family moved to Deaf Smith County from Grayson County in 1907, and Mr. Sawyer farmed for more than 20 years in the Summerfield community west of Hereford.
Survivors include two sons, Alton and L.F., both of California; four daughters, Mrs. Flora Shipman and Mrs. Ruby Fay Runyon, both of California, Mrs. Lillian Payne of Pottsboro, Tex., and Mrs. Kropff of Gardena; three brothers, John Sawyer of Alameda, Calif., Logan Sawyer of Smithville, Tex., and Jesse H. Sawyer of Denver; and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Crowell, Lone Grove, Okla., and Mrs. Ruthie Patterson of Hereford.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 7 Mar 1958, Fri - Page 24)
SAWYER, LEM
Summerfield Farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Sawyer came to Deaf Smith County from Grayson County , Tex. , in 1907 and first settled 18 miles north of Hereford . Later he farmed at Summerfield and on a place two miles north of town. They made the trip to the plains in a buggy and covered wagon train. He operated one of the first threshing machines in the county.
Lemuel Sawyer was born Aug. 28, 1875, in Grayson County and was married to Miss Kate Kerr at Ardmore , Okla. , on Dec. 1, 1901. They were members of the Methodist Church . She died after they had left Hereford in 1927 to live at Whitesboro, and he died in California on March 5, 1958.
They were the parents of: Flora (Mrs. Doyle) Shipman, deceased; Alton Sawyer, Ruby Faye (Mrs. Ernest) Runyon, Annabel (Mrs. John) Kropff, and L. J. Sawyer, all of California; and Lillian (Mrs. Everett) Payne, Pottsboro, Tex. (A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964;
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Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Lemuel Sawyer
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1875
Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1901
Marriage Place: Carter, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Katie Kerr
Film Number: 001313671
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Lemuel Sawyer
Race: White
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1875
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Summerfield
Residence Place: Castro County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Relative: Katie Sawyer
California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Lemuel Sawyer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1875
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 5 Mar 1958
Death Place: Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Clegg
Father's Surname: Sawyer
*Obituary Kate Kerr Sawyer
TAYLOR, Oct. 28 - (Spl) - Mrs. Katie Sawyer of Lavalle, Mo., 59, died suddenly at six p.m. Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Doyle E. Shipman. She had arrived in Taylor Sunday for a visit.
Survivors are her husband, L. Sawyer of Lavalle; six children, L.J. Sawyer of Lavalle, Allon Sawyer of Bozier City, La.; Mrs. Lillian Payne of Sadler, Mrs. Ruby Faye Runyon and Mrs. Annabelle Kropff of Hereford, Mrs. Shipman of Taylor.
The body is being held at the Sloan Funeral home in Taylor, pending word from relatives.
(Published in The Austin American (Austin, Texas) - 29 Oct 1941, Wed - Page 11)
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Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Katie Kerr
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1882
Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1901
Marriage Place: Carter, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Lemuel Sawyer
Film Number: 001313671
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Katie Sawyer
Death Date: 28 Oct 1941
Death County: Williamson
Certificate: 48394
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Katie Sawyer [Mrs Katie Kerr]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 58
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1882
Birth Place: Grayson, Texas
Residence: La Valle, Missouri
Death Date: 28 Oct 1941
Death Place: Taylor, Williamson, Texas, USA
Father:
James Kerr
Mother:
Ada Whitfield
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