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Migration path of Jonas Sayles & Elizabeth Jane (Brewer) Sayles.
Posted by: Cathy Porter-Maynard (ID *****9734) Date: February 01, 2011 at 12:47:51
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NAME: Jonas Sayles
PARENTS: Hiram Sayles and Hannah Rickard
DATE OF BIRTH: June 7, 1826, Onondaga County, New York
DATE OF DEATH: April 30, 1892, Richland Township, Union County, South Dakota.
BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa.

Jonas married Elizabeth Jane Brewer, April 18, 1861, Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Indiana.

ONE SON
• Elmer Madden Sayles

ONE DAUGHTER
• Lula May Sayles

TWO BROTHERS:
• William Sayles
• John Sayles

FOUR SISTERS:
• Elmira/Almira Sayles
• Rowena Sayles
• Mary Charlotte Sayles
• Harriet Sayles

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ANCESTRY: Jonas Sayles is a direct descendant of Roger Williams (founder of Rhode Island), through Roger William's daughter, Mary Williams, who married JOHN SAYLES.

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TIMELINE FOR
JONAS SAYLES:

Date of birth: 07 June 1826
Birth place: Onondaga County, New York, USA

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1840: Jonas Sayles. Age: 13
Residence: Jackson, Wayne, Ohio, USA.
SOURCE: 1840 United States Federal Census
(Household of Hiram Sayles, his wife Hannah [Rickard] Sayles, and SIX of their children).

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1850: Jonas Sayles. Age: 24
Residence: Westfield, Medina, Ohio.
SOURCE: 1850 United States Federal Census. (Jonas Sayles is residing in the household of Samuel & Elizabeth Chapman).

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1860: Jonas Sayles. Age: 34
PIKE'S PEAK GOLD RUSH? Colorado.
NOTES: William Sayles: Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Was Jonas Sayles with him? Possibly, since neither are found on the 1860 Census. (SOURCE: Obituary of William Sayles).

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1861: Jonas Sayles. Age: 34
April 18, 1861: Marriage to Elizabeth Jane Brewer; Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Indiana. (SOURCE # 1: Early LaPorte, Indiana Marriage Records, "Book E." D. A. Grine, Minister of the Gospel. SOURCE # 2: Obituary of Elizabeth Jane BREWER Sayles).

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1870: Jonas Sayles. Age: 44
Residence: Center, La Porte, Indiana.
SOURCE: 1870 United States Federal Census. (Household of Jonas Sayles; his wife, "Jane" [Elizabeth Jane]; and, their two young children, Elmer Sayles, age 8; and, "Sula Mary" [Lula May] Sayles, age 1).

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1880: Jonas Sayles. Age: 54
Residence: Springfield, La Porte, Indiana.
SOURCE: 1880 United States Federal Census. (Household of Jonas Sales, age 52; his wife, Elizabeth J. Sales, 42; their son: E. Sayles, age 18; and, their daughter, Lilly M. Sayles, age 11).

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1882: JONAS SAYLES FAMILY MIGRATES FROM INDIANA TO UNION COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA.
Jonas Sayles, his wife, Elizabeth Jane [Brewer] Sayles, and their two children, Elmer and Lula, migrated from LaPorte Co., Indiana to Richland Township, Union County, South Dakota in 1882. (SOURCE: Obituary of Elizabeth J. Sayles).

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1883: Jonas Sayles purchased a parcel of land near his brother, William Sayles, in Richland Township, Union Co., Dakota Territory. The land transaction was recorded Oct. 13, 1883. (SOURCE: South Dakota land records).

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1892: Jonas Sayles. Age 65
DEATH: April 30, 1892
PLACE OF DEATH: [Richland Township], Union County, South Dakota.
SOURCE: Newspaper. "LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel." Publication date: 10 May 1892.

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1892: Jonas Sayles. Age 65.
BURIAL: Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa (located across the Big Sioux River, from Union County, South Dakota). Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Plymouth County, IA. (SOURCE # 1: Obituary of Elizabeth J. Sayles. SOURCE # 2: Iowa Cemetery Records).

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SOURCE: "Timeline for Jonas Sayles" compiled by Cathy Porter-Maynard.

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