Montezuma County CO Archives Biographies.....Saylor, Davis H. December 20, 1842 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     In 1720 the American progenitors of the Saylor family settled in

Pennsylvania, and from that day to this its members have been prominent and

active in their section, illustrating the pages of local history with elevated

citizenship and manly deeds in all departments of activity.  One branch of the

family moved over into Maryland in the early days, and its descendants have been

among the best citizens of the portion of that state in which they live.  It is

from this branch that Davis H. Saylor, of Cortez, in Montezuma, one of the

representative men of Montezuma county and postmaster of the town, is derived. 

He was born in Maryland on December 20, 1842, and is the son of Jacob and Susan

(Renner) Saylor, who were also native in that state.  He was reared and educated

in his native place, and bred to habits of industry on his father’s farm.  In

1861, at the beginning of the Civil war he enlisted in Company B, Seventh

Maryland Infantry, in defense of the Union, and thereafter saw three years of

active and arduous service, being discharged on August 20, 1864, on account of

wounds received in battle, some of them at the contest over the Weldon Railroad

in North Carolina.  After his discharge he settled in Ohio, where he remained

until 1870, then came to the Osage Indian reservation in Kansas.  Three years

later he located in Boulder county, Colorado, and engaged in merchandising, also

serving as postmaster.  From 1879 to 1886 he was mining in the San Juan country,

and at the end of this period he moved to the Montezuma valley and located land

three miles northeast of Cortez, where he has since been busily occupied in

farming.  He has one hundred and sixty acres of good land, well improved and

under advanced cultivation, and a large herd of superior cattle.  He also has a

large apiary and is one of the leading producers of fine honey in this part of

the country.  In 1900 he was appointed postmaster at Cortez and moved to the

town, and he is yet filling the office.  With active membership in the Grand

Army of the Republic and the Red Men, he has all the fraternal relations he has

sought.  On October 5, 1880, he married with Miss Alice M. Markley, a native of

Illinois.  They have six children, Robert A., Beunice I., Louise, Jessie, Daniel

and Olive.  

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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