SAYERS-Alexander T. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Alexander T. Sayers, farmer, Odell, Tippecanoe county, was born in Jackson township, of that county, November 21, 1840. He was the youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Frogge) Sayers, who were early emigrants to Tippecanoe county, having arrived there from Virginia in 1831. He learned to follow the plow when a boy, and has steadily devoted himself to that calling since, and from 1871 to 1877 united the stock trade with farming. He received a good English education, attended the graded public school in his township, and lacked but one year of graduating. In 1864 he was a student in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, at Indianapolis, and was graduated in the course. October 1, 1867, he married Miss Caroline, daughter of Samuel and Anna Carter. (See sketch of Samuel Carter.) They have five children: Julia, born July 2, 1868; William, March 13, 1870; Agnes, September 11, 1873; Robert, October 28, 1877; Samuel, May 26, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Sayers are communicants in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a democrat and highly respected citizen.