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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Henry Sawdy |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
2 Dec 1843 |
Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, United States |
| Marriage |
22 Feb 1869 |
Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, United Statesto Julia Woodmansee |
| Death[1] |
9 Sep 1919 |
Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, United States |
| Burial[2] |
1919 |
Woodland Memorial Park, Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, USA |
_FSFTID: L397-B9C
References
- ↑ http://www.barrycounty.org
Document Number 1117812
Recording Date 01/01/1919 12:00:00 AM
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JAMES H. SAWDY
Pioneer Resident, Veteran of Civil War, and Was Always An Active and Well Known Citizen
James H. Sawdy was born in Woodland, Mich. Dec. 2, 1843 and departed from this life Sept. 19, 1919, aged 75 yrs., 8 months and 17 days. The widow, two sons, one daughter, nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers, one sister and a host of friends mourn his departure.
He was the third child of a family of ten, born to Ebenezer and Ruth Sawdy, pioneer settlers of Woodland township. His parents moved from New York state to Michigan in 1842 and settled on Sec. 15 within the present village limits where the son James was born. A temporary house without a floor, windows or doors was his birthplace. Later the parents located one mile east and 1/2 mile north where he was reared to boyhood. His education consisted of a few winter's attendance at school at the Red School House, one mile east of the present village of Woodland.
On July 8, 1862 he answered the call of his country and enlisted in Co. C, 21st Michigan Infantry, serving during the duration of the Civil War. He participated in seventeen battles and was honorably discharged at Washington, D.C. June 23, 19865.
Returning to Woodland following the war he married Julia M. Woodmansee Feb. 22, 1869. He settled on Sec. 23 where a farm was cleared from the forest. He resided on this farm until retirement and residence in Woodland village in 1898. Three sons and one daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sawdy, one son dying in infancy.
Mr. Sawdy joined the Kilpatrick church in 18973 and later transferred his membership to the Woodland U.B. Church in 1896. He was a devout Christian and was connected at all times with the church activities. His life was one of devotion to his family and unselfish sacrifice for his friends and neighbors. His thoughts were always of the welfare of others and will long be remembered for his deeds of kindness and mercy...
Those from away who attended the funeral were Calvin Sawdy, and Mrs. M.E. Curtis of Big Rapids, Clair VanScoter and wife of Concord, Ernest Baker and wife of Albion, Ed Hotchkiss, Cora Tolland, Walter Blakslee and wife of Lowell and Marvin and Benjamin Cowles of Mattawan an F. M. Woodmansee and wife of Grand Rapids. - ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 55348081
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