Sutter County
Biographies
GEORGE
M. SAYE
GEORGE
M. SAYE. One mile west of Sutter, Sutter county, Cal.,
is located the ranch owned by George M. Saye, one of
the first pioneer settlers of this section and one of a very few left to tell
of the experiences of that early day. He
was born in Polk county, Mo., January 12, 1836, a son
of Richard Saye, who removed from his birthplace in
Georgia to Missouri when that state was new and unsettled. He engaged in farming until 1853, when he
crossed the plains with ox-teams, driving one hundred and fifty young cattle,
and upon his arrival in California located in Sutter county. Until his death, which occurred in 1871, at
the age of seventy years, he followed stock-raising and beyond losing
considerable stock during the bad weather of 1861 and ’62, he met with success
in his work. He was a Democrat
politically and a popular citizen, in Missouri serving as sheriff of Polk
county for several years, and was also county assessor for one year, refusing
further service. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, and fraternally belonged to Enterprise Lodge
No. 70, F. & A. M., of Yuba City.
George M. Saye
spent his boyhood upon the paternal farm until attaining the age of seventeen
years, when, in company with his father, he crossed the plains to California,
driving a team the entire distance. He
remained with his father in the work of herding cattle for four years, when he
located upon his present property, a squatter’s claim, and when it came into
the market he homesteaded the same and has since engaged in general
farming. He married Julia Ramey, a native
of Virginia, who came to California with her parents in 1853, and they are the
parents of four children: Laura, the wife of Edward Clements; Annie, the wife
of Joseph Clements; Marvin, who conducts his father’s ranch; and Jessie, the
wife of Warren Tharp, of San Francisco.
Politically, Mr. Saye is a stanch
adherent of the principles advocated in the platform of the Democratic party, but has never cared to hold office. Fraternally he is a member of Enterprise
Lodge No. 70, F. & A. M., of Yuba City, to which he has belonged since
1875. He is very active in church work,
being a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was one of the
organizers of this denomination in his locality in 1857, since which time he
has served as steward and trustee.
Transcribed by
Doralisa Palomares.
Source:
“History of the State of California and
Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California” by J.
M. Guinn. Pages
619-620. Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1906.
© 2017 Doralisa Palomares.
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