Taylor Co., TX., Obits - General John Sayles
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General John Sayles

Gen. Sayles Dead
A gloom was cast over the city Saturday evening [22 May 1897]  by the
announcement of the death of Gen. John Sayles of heart failure at his
residence in West Abilene. His death was quite a shock to his family
and the community generally, as he was apparently in good health almost
up to the time of his death. He had just returned from a walk to the
post office, was seized by a feeling of exhaustion, and physicians
were hastily summoned, but were of no avail.  [He was born in 1825
at New York and came to Texas before the Civil War.]
	
	Dallas News Ð ÒGen. Sayles was born in Vernon, N.Y., and came
to Texas prior to the civil war. He was an able jurist and was the
author of probably a dozen works on Texas law. His ÒAnnotated Civil
StatutesÓ and ÒTexas Pleading and PracticeÓ are on the desk of almost
every lawyer in the state. He was formerly law lecturer at Baylor
University. During the war he served in the Confederate army and
attained the rank of brigadier general in the state service. He was
a member of the Masonic fraternity and was past grand master of the state. 
Notwithstanding his extreme age, he retained his physical and
intellectual powers to a remarkable degree. He was often seen
walking about town or diving over the adjacent country. He also
did a great deal of mental work daily, and labored on his Annotations
of the Statues of 1895, which he had not completed. On the 14th of
this month he delivered a lecture on the ÒLife and Times of
Sam HoustonÓ to the students of Simmons College, which was
highly commended. He and Gen. Houston were intimate friends.
It was one of those friendships that sometimes spring up
between an old and a young man.
The funeral took place Sunday evening at 5 oÕclock under
the auspices of the Masonic fraternity, and over 100 vehicles
followed the remains to their resting place.



Taylor County News
Abilene, Taylor county, Texas
Friday, May 21, 1897