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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [119-120]

        GEORGE PLINY SAWYER, son of JAMES DENISON SAWYER, was born in
     Buffalo, attended Prof. Briggs' Classical School, subsequently
     graduating from Yale University in 1872. He then engaged in the lumber
     business in Buffalo until 1905. He was a director of the Mutual Gas
     Light Company until that concern was absorbed by the Buffalo Gas
     Company, and also served as a director of White's Bank, which later
     became the American Exchange Bank. MR. SAWYER was among the organizers
     of the movement, which resulted in the erection of the Ellicott Square
     Building, and is at the present time a director of the Ellicott Square
     Company.
        MR. SAWYER is a trustee and one of the founders of the Charity
     Organization Society, a director of the Fine Arts Academy, a member of
     the Buffalo, Country, University and Ellicott clubs, and of the
     University Club of New York City, and Graduates' Club in New Haven.
        In 1874 MR. SAWYER married IDA MARIA WILCOX, a daughter of DANIEL
     HAND WILCOX and FRANCES ANSLEY of New Haven, Conn.  The children of
     the union are: JAMES DENISON, MARGARET FIELD and ANSLEY WILCOX. A
     daughter, CHLOE, died in 1880.
        JAMES DENISON SAWYER, the second of the name, was graduated from
     Yale University in 1896. He resides in New York City, where he is
     sales manager of the American Locomotive Company. In 1904 he married
     SALLIE SHANNON WALSH of St. Louis. They have one son, JAMES DENISON
     SAWYER, who was born in 1905.
        MARGARET FIELD SAWYER resides at the family home in Buffalo.
     ANSLEY WILCOX SAWYER is a student at Yale University, belonging to the
     Class of 1907.

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