Inez May Brashear and Allie Ben Sawyers
ALLIE BEN SAWYERS, son of MARY F. BEATY and CALLIER FENNER SAWYERS, was born September 6, 1876 in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi,843, 8 and died August 27, 1948 in Burns Hospital, Cuero, DeWitt, Texas.543, 105, 843 He is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Cuero, DeWitt, Texas.843
He married INEZ MAY BRASHEAR on November 3, 1901 in Navarro County, Texas.3616 She was born November 17, 1880 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky,843 and died June 8, 1943 in Cuero, DeWitt, Texas.105, 843 She is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Cuero, DeWitt, Texas.843
Children of INEZ MAY BRASHEAR and ALLIE BEN SAWYERS:
- MARTHA LOUISE SAWYERS, b. October 18, 1903, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas;13 m. HENRY WILLIAM REUSSWIG on November 16, 1927 in Church of Stagnes, Manhattan, New York, New York98, 8056; d. February 11, 1986, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.105, 8057
- INEZ MAY SAWYERS, b. March 31, 1904, Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas;56, 8059 d. November 25, 1991, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.105, 8059
- ALLAN BEATTY SAWYERS, b. November 27, 1907, Victoria County, Texas;250, 13 d. September 28, 1983, San Diego County, California.250
- NANCY SAWYERS, b. October 31, 1910, Victoria, Victoria, Texas;22, 1883 m. CHARLES FISHER COFFIN LADD JR. on August 4, 1928 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas541; d. March 26, 1995, Bexar County, Texas.56, 105
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Newspaper Articles
Palestine Daily Herald, September 16, 19032495
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sawyers of Jacksonville are in the city.
Palestine Daily Herald, July 5, 19042496
Gus Sawyers and children visited A. Sawyers and family at Jacksonville Sunday and Monday.
Victoria Daily Advocate, June 15, 19151591
FIVE WERE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISON ON ROAD TO GUADALUPE
A head-on collision between two automobiles in which five persons were more or less seriously injured occurred on the Guadalupe road four miles east of this city last night about nine o'clock. The injured are:
Nancy Sawyers, aged 5 years, two gashes in right leg about the knee and foot.
Martha Sawyers, aged 11 years, right arm broken in two places between wrist and elbow and large piece of flesh gashed out of right arm near elbow.
Mrs. A. B. Sawyers, four fingers of right hand smashed and ugly gash in right arm between elbow and wrist.
A. B. Sawyers, ugly scalp wound on top of head.
Fred C. Holzheuser, upper lip bruised and teeth loosened and knocked out.
The cars in the collision were a Ford, owned by A. B. Sawyers, and a Cadillac, owned by E. C. Kauffman, and the owners of the cars were driving them. Mr. Sawyers had his wife and four children in the car and Mr. kauffman was accompanied by Mr. Holzheuser, who occupied a seat next to him.
The Sawyers car was completely wrecked. The Kauffman car was only slightly damaged, the windshield being shattered and one of the tires punctured. The rim of the windshield was badly bent where Mr. Holzheuser struck it and hs teeth left their imprint on the rim. The bumper, which saved the car from destruction, was bent into the shape of the letter "8". Mr. Kauffman struck his chest against the steering wheel and had the breath knocked out of him for a few moments.
Martin OConnor and Hobbie Abshier passed in their automobiles a few minutes after the accident and conveyed the members of the Sawyers family and Mr. Holzheuser to town. Dr. Fred D. Shields attended the injured members of the Sawyers family at his office until a late hour. None is believed to be injured internally and all are expected to recover. Mr. Holzheuser's injury, while very painful, is not serious.
The accident happened about 200 yards this side of W. B. Dailey's residence. Mr. Kauffman claims he was traveling at a moderate rate of speed, probably 8 or 10 miles an hour on the right hand side of the road in the direction of Victoria when Mr. Sawyers' car approached him on the same side of the road going at a high speed. As he was on the right hand side of the road, Mr. Kauffman says he expected Mr. Sawyer to turn out, but that he did not do so until he was within 20 or 25 feet of him, by which time he had come to the conclusion that Mr. Sawyers would hold to the wrong side of the road, and so, in order to avoid a collision or ditching his car, he turned to his left. As a result, the cars, each trying to avoid the other, collided in the middle of the road. When Mr. Kauffman saw a collision was inevitable, he declares he applied the emergency brakes and stopped the car. Otherwise, he says, all concerned in the accident very likely would have been killed, especially if his car had been traveling as fast as Mr. Sawyers' car.
Victoria Daily Advocate, June 16, 19151592
MR. SAWYERS GIVES HIS VERSION OF MONDAY'S AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
In regard to automobile collision Monday night on Port Lavaca road, I wish to say, in justice to myself, that I was not running faster than 10 miles an hour; I had perfect control of my car; did not swing to the left of the road, but to the right, which is the custom in passing other cars.
Mr. Kauffman did not stop his car nor did he move from the center of the roadway until very close to me, and then turned to his left, placing his car directly in front of my car. I then turned further to the right, trying to get clear; Mr. Kauffman turned further to his left. When the cars collided, the two right wheels of my car were off the roadway in the grass and my car was knocked back nearly full length of car. Had Mr. Kauffman stayed even in the center of the road my car would have cleared. Mr. Kauffman acted as though he had lost his head and turned directly to his left instead of to his right, which is the general driving rule. The men who saw the cars immediately after the wreck will bear me out in the above statement regarding the position of the cars.
A. B. SAWYER.
San Antonio Express, June 16, 19154714
AUTOS MEET HEAD-ON
Five Persons Injured, but None Fatally, in Collision on Victoria-Port Lavaca Pike.
Special Telegram to The Express.
VICTORIA, Tex., June 15.—A near serious automobile accident occurred here today when two cars met headon about four miles south of here on the Victoria-Port Lavaca pike road. One car was going at high speed, but the other stopped when the accident happened. The former was completely demolished and four of its occupants injured, while on in the other car was injured.
The most seriously injured was Martha Sawyers, age 11. Other injured, Mrs. A. B. Sawyers, A. B. Sawyers, Nancy Sawyers, aged 5, and Fred C. Holsehueser. This is the second accident of this kind to occur within the last month.
Victoria Advocate, January 7, 19231589
A. B. Sawyers returned to his home in this city Friday after accompanying his daughter, Miss Inez Sawyers to Belton, Tex., where she re-entered Baylor College for Women after spending the holidays at home. Mr. Sawyers had the misfortune to lose his tire rack of his car, but the insertion of an advertisement in the Belton newspaper turned the trick and he now has his extra tires once more.
San Antonio Light, March 22, 19331594
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sawyers of Cuero and their daughter, Mrs. William Reusswig of New York city, who has been their guest for three weeks, and another daughter, Mrs. Charles Ladd Jr., and little son, Charles III, of Catarina, who also have been their guests, arrived Wednesday to be the guests of Miss Inez Sawyers. Mrs. Reusswig will leave Thursday for her home, and Mrs. Ladd will be joined by Mr. ladd and will motor to their home the latter part of the week.
San Antonio Express, March 29, 1936833
An outstanding entertainment of the week planned to honor members of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Cuero was the banquet staged on Tuesday evening at the American Cafe banquet rooms with A. B. Sayers as host. The rooms had been transformed into a beautiful patio, an arrangement of palm leaves creating a tropical background. Mexican cacti, Mexican colors and Mexican pottery lent themselves to carrying out the chosen theme. Covers were laid for 17 and at each plate was found a tiny burro laden with a pack of cigarettes and matches as a souvenir of the occasion. The personnel of the affair included Mr. and Mrs. Sawyers, Mesdames Ben Farmer, Harlen, Henry Heyer, henry spangle, L. J. Klecka, W. B. Mc Clung and Will Semmler and Misses Inez Sawyers, Elizabeth Glowka, Olga Schreider, Agatha Weber, Lillian Ryan, Blondie Laske, Clara Thompson and Florenece Ellis.
Obituaries
San Antonio Light, June 11, 1943542
2 Attend Mother's Funeral in Cuero
Mrs. Charles F. C. Ladd and Miss Inez Sawyers have returned to San Antonio after attending funeral services for their mother, Mrs. A. B. Sawyers, at her home in Cuero Wednesday.
She is survived by her husband and two other children, Mrs. William Reuswig of New York and Lieut. Allen Sawyers, U. S. Navy.
San Antonio Express, August 29, 1948543
SAWYERS—Allie Ben, age 72 years, 11 months, 23 days, died Aug. 27, 4 p.m. at the Burns Hospital, Cuero. Services will be held Sunday, Aug. 29, 4 p.m. at the Freund Chapel. Survived by 1 son, Allen Sawyers, Caldwell, New Jersey; 3 daughters, Miss Inez Sawyers, Cuero, Mrs. Martha Reusswig, New York, and Mrs. Nancy Ladd, III, Cuero, and one grandchild.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 1, 1880514 | Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi | |
| April 15, 1910537 | Victoria, Victoria, Texas |
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| January 19, 1920536 | Victoria, Victoria, Texas |
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| April 11, 1930535 | Cuero, DeWitt, Texas |
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| April 3, 19402689 | Cuero, DeWitt, Texas |
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