Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Saintmyer, Samuel September 25, 1838 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Green Township
p. 487 & 488

Samuel Saintmyer, of the firm of Roberts & Saintmyer, butchers and grocers, 
Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., was born Sept. 25, 1838, in Green Township, 
Wayne Co., Ind., youngest son of John and Nellie (Swords) Saintmyer. His 
father was born in Virginia, of German descent, and afterward lived in Warren 
County, Ohio, where he was married. There was a family of  seven children, 
four still living---Barbie E., wife of Cornelius Cook, of Jay County, Ind.; 
James and David, of Randolph County, and Samuel. Elizabeth died of cholera in 
Richmond in 1849, George died in February, 1875, and Mary A. died in 1844. His 
father came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1836. In February, 1840, his wife died, 
and the following year he was married to Mrs. Rachel (Warren) Hart. They had 
one daughter---Eliza A., wife of Thomas Tharp, of Randolph. John Saintmyer 
followed farming through life, and died in his seventy-fourth year in 1870. 
His widow survived until 1879. Samuel was educated in the schools of his 
township, and on reaching the age of manhood he engaged in farming on the 
homestead and when the estate was settled he purchased the homestead where he 
carried on farming until 1878. His and his wife's health becoming impaired he 
was obliged to change his occupation. He sold his farm and removed to 
Williamsburg, where he purchased property and engaged in his present business. 
He has received a liberal patronage and does a thriving business. He was 
married in 1856 to Charlotte, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Study, of Wayne 
County. They have two sons---Adison, born in March, 1858, married, and is a 
carpenter and joiner at Williamsburg, and Charles R., born in October, 1859, 
is engaged in saw-milling in Washington Territory. Mrs. Saintmyer died May 24, 
1879, and in November, 1880, Mr. Saintmyer married Wilda, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth Cranor, of Wayne County. Mr. Saintmyer is politically a Democrat. He 
is a member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I.O.O.F., of Williamsburg, and has 
been Trustee of his lodge for several years.

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