Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . ,1791; married first, Frances Margaretta Marsden Baker, who was bom in Morris-ville, Pa., April 11, 1798, and died in Lexington, Ky., October 3, 1841, at theresidence of David A.*^ Sayre (699); second, October 17, 1844, Frances BlowTodd, who was born in Norfolk, Va., April 30, 1819, and died October 14, 1894. He was a merchant, first in Raleigh, N. C, then at Montgomery, Ala., beingone of the first residents of that place, and subsequently at Mobile, Ala., wherehe died May25, 1861. It was at his residence in Montgomery that the
Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . ,1791; married first, Frances Margaretta Marsden Baker, who was bom in Morris-ville, Pa., April 11, 1798, and died in Lexington, Ky., October 3, 1841, at theresidence of David A.*^ Sayre (699); second, October 17, 1844, Frances BlowTodd, who was born in Norfolk, Va., April 30, 1819, and died October 14, 1894. He was a merchant, first in Raleigh, N. C, then at Montgomery, Ala., beingone of the first residents of that place, and subsequently at Mobile, Ala., wherehe died May25, 1861. It was at his residence in Montgomery that the recep-tion was given by the citizens to General Lafayette during his visit to thiscountry in 1825 and 1826. He was one of the founders of the First Presbyte-rian Church of Montgomery, of which he was an Elder. His residence was afterwards occupied by President Davis when the capitalof the Confederacy was at Montgomery. children by first marriage. 2540 WILLIAM BAKER,* b. March 26, 1818; d. June 27, 1819. 2541 MARION METTAUER,8 b, Oct. 6, 1819 ; d. July 24, WILLIAM SAYREMobile, Ala. From an oil painting in possession of his son.
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