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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1895. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JUDGE JOHN SAYRE. The gentleman above named was born in the town of Blooming Grove, Orange County, N. Y., July 24, 1767. September 2, 1800, he was chosen Supervisor of Romulus, as the successor of George Bailey, who had died prior to the expiration of his term of office. At the town meeting in April, 1801, he was again chosen for that office, which he continued to fill, by repeated elections, up to and including 1808. He again filled that office in 1830, 1831 and 1832. In 1804 he was elected the first Member of Assembly from Seneca County, re-elected in 1808, and later in life, in 1831, was a third time chosen. He served as Surrogate of the county from February, 1811, to April, 1813, and as County Treasurer from 1817 to 1821. For many years he was Associate Judge of the Seneca County Courts, also was Loan Commissioner for the county, and was the first Postmaster at the Romulus Post office, established October 16, 1802. He died March 4, 1848, at the age of eighty-one. During his incumbency of the office of Supervisor, the county of Seneca was erected, March 29, 1804, from Cayuga County.
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