Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . lle, Ala., March 28, 1818. The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of April 8, 1888, contains the following: Daniel Sayre came to Montgomery in 1820, when a boy of twelve became the editor of the Talladega Watchtower in 1844. He afterwardsmoved to Tuskegee, where he edited and published the Tuskegee Republican,the Whig organ of the staunch old Whig County of Macon. He occupied thisposition till 1854, when he was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge ofMasons of Alabama, when he removed to Montgomery, where he lived till h
Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . lle, Ala., March 28, 1818. The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of April 8, 1888, contains the following: Daniel Sayre came to Montgomery in 1820, when a boy of twelve became the editor of the Talladega Watchtower in 1844. He afterwardsmoved to Tuskegee, where he edited and published the Tuskegee Republican,the Whig organ of the staunch old Whig County of Macon. He occupied thisposition till 1854, when he was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge ofMasons of Alabama, when he removed to Montgomery, where he lived till hisdeath. He held this Secretaryship consecutively for nearly thirty-four years. Hewas also for many years Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter, and Grand Re-corder of the Grand Council and the Grand Commandery of the State. He was widely known and greatly loved for his kindness of heart, his benevo-lence and his good, sound judgment. He was a man of strict integrity, and was atower of strength to the Masonic fraternity. He died at Montgomery, Ala., April7, FROM THE ORIGINAL 8IIH0UETTE IN THE POSSESSION OFEDWARO STALKER 8AYRE8. Eighth Gen.: Line of Calvin,^ Daniel,^ Daniel,^Daniel^ DanieP 505 CHILDREN. 2585 DANIEL M0RGAN,8 b. Feb. 25, 1839; d. in Virginia, June 30, 1862, for the cause of the South in the Civil War. 2586 CALVIN WILLIAM,8 b. Nov. 13, 1844; m. Catherine EUsberry. No children. 2587 ANTHONY DICKERS0N,8 K at Tuskegee, Ala., April 20, 1858; m. Jan. 17, 1884, Minnie Buckner Machen, daughter of the late W. B. Machen, U. from Kentucky, who was born in Eddyville, Ky., Nov. 23, is a distinguished lawyer of Alabama; is a member of the State Senate,of which he was elected President in 1896; and is the author of what is nowknown as the Sayre Ballot Law in that State. CHILDREN. 1 Marjorie,9 b. July 2, 1885. 2 Daniel Morgan,^ b. Jan. 16, 1887; d. July 22, 1888. 3 Rosalind,^ b. Sept. 26,1889. 4 CLOTiLUE.^b. Aug. 17, 1891. 5 Anthony Dickerson, Jr.,9 b. Mar
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