Daniel Sayles, son of Israel and Marsa (Whipple) Sayles, was born October 31, 1769, in that part of the town of Gloucester, which afterwards became Burrillville. He was the first of the family to come to Pascoag, and in 1814 he erected here a building near the site of the present granite mill for the purpose of fulling and dressing cloth, so that he was the first of the long line of manufacturers in this region. To his mill the farmers of the country around brought their homespun cloth for him to full, dye and finish, and as he was able to do this much better than it was possible for them to do, he obtained an excellent business. He later put in a carding machine and eventually converted his fulling mill into a woolen factory. In 1819 this business passed into the hands of his son, Hardin Sayles, grandfather of the Albert Hardin Sayles of this sketch. The death of Daniel Sayles occurred January 25, 1849. He married Phebe Smith, daughter of Captain Pitts Smith, and they were the parents of the following children: 1. Mary Mowry, born Sept. 3, 1793, died in Aug., 1857. 2. Smith S., born Dec. 24, 1794, died Aug. 31, 1879. 3. Hardin, mentioned below. 4. Marietta, born in 1798, died in 1832. 5. Pitts, born Aug. 11, 1801, died Jan. 11, 1864. 6. Marcella, born Sept. 5, 1803, died Jan. 4, 1835. 7. Phidelia, born March 2, 1807, died in 1887. 8. Elizabeth, born Oct. 15, 1808. 9. Elsie, born Sept. 2, 1811, died Oct. 5, 1854.
