Notes:
1 Jun 1850 - age 10
age 19 in 1860
age 31 in 1870
age 40 in 1880
age 60 in 1900
age 70 in 1910
age 80 in 1920 (lists mother as from Holland)
age 90 years old
DR. CYRENUS C. SAYLES
Source: THE LOWELL LEDGER and ALTO SOLO, (MI),Thursday, June 23, 1932
Front page: "Dr. C. C. Sayles, 93, Laid to Rest Here - Dr. Cyrenus C. Sayles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Sayles, who were among the earliest pioneers of this vicinity, died last Saturday at his home in Langston, Montcalm county, at the age of 93 years. Funeral services were held here Tuesday afternoon at Yeiter's chapel, conducted by a Belding minister. Interment in Oakwood cemetery. A detail from Lowell American Legion Post conducted military services at the grave.
Dr. Sayles was born in Ontario, Can., in 1839, and came here with his parents when about 7 years old. He was one of a family of 15 children and lived here until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted for three years, at the end of which time he re-enlisted and served to the close of the war. For the past 54 years he has practiced medicine in Montcalm county.
Surviving are the widow, a son, Roy Sayles, a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Force of near Lakeview, three brothers, Merrit Sayles of Lowell, Clarence M. Sayles of Fremont, Frank Sayles of Hastings, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Snethen of Granite Falls, Wash., and Mrs. Bertha White of Lowell."
Source: LAKEVIEW (MI) ENTERPRISE, Thursday, June 30, 1932
"Card of Thanks - We acknowledge with sincere appreciation the kindness and sympathy shown us by friends and neighbors of Pleasant Hill and Cannonsville during our recent bereavement, the W. R. C. for the flags, and especially Drs. Kelsey, Horne and Swift, and N. H. Youngman & Sons. Mrs. C. C. Sayles, Mr. and Mrs. Will Force, Roy Sayles."
Sayles, Cyrus C., veteranized December 22, 1863; mustered out July 8, 1865.
16th Infantry, Company B
Name: Cyrenus C Sayles ,
Residence: Ionia Co., MI
Enlistment Date: 07 August 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Michigan
Unit Numbers: 1090 1090 1090
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 07 August 1861 at the age of 21
Enlisted in Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 07 September 1861.
Reenlisted in Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 24 December 1863
Wounded on 08 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA
Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 May 1865
Mustered out Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 08 July 1865 in Jeffersonville, IN
CYRENIUS C. SAYLES, M. D. Cyrenius C. Sayles, physician, citizen and Civil War veteran, of Langston, Montcalm county, Michigan, stands high in the respect and esteem of the community in which he resides as well as in his chosen profession. His birth occurred on October 25, 1839, in Ontario, Canada, and he is the son of Cyrenius and Eliza (Gardner) Sayles, natives of New York and Canada, respectively. Cyrenius Sales. Sr., went to Canada with his father when a very small child, removing to Ionia county, Michigan, on April 30,1844. They camped on the site of the present court house. Ahab Sayles, father of Cyrenius Sayles, Sr., was a native of New York state, having been born in Cayuga county. The Sayles family originally came from the Isle of Man. Eliza (Gardner) Sayles was of Mohawk-Dutch descent. Cyrenius C. Sayles remained in Ionia county, Michigan, until 1869, and attended school until his eighteenth year. On August 7, 1861, he went from his home in the town of Keene, Ionia county, Michigan, to Ionia, for the purpose of enlisting in the Union army. He was mustered into Company B, Sixteenth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, under Col. T. B. W. Stockton, serving until December 23, 1863, at which time he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and saw service until his discharge on July 8, 1865, at Jeffersonville, Indiana. On June 18, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House, he was wounded in the head by a glancing rifle ball, but it proved to be nothing serious and he was soon back in service. He fought in fifty-four battles, not counting the skirmishes. After returning from the war, he again took up his studies in Miss Jennings' school, in Lowell, Michigan, and in the high school there. In 1869, he removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he studied in the O'Brien-Stockton Commercial School after which he accepted a position in Hunt & Hunter's Drug Store, and while there conceived the idea of becoming a physician. In 1876 he matriculated at Ann Arbor University, where he studied for two terms and then removed to Langston, Michigan, to practice. This was in March, 1879, and he continued here until 1885, when he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he took a course in the Indiana Eclectic Medical College, graduating with the class of 1887. He then returned to Langston, Michigan, where he has continued to practice ever since. He has always been very active in the affairs of the community, and is a member of the local Grange and of the Ancient Order of Gleaners. On May 2, 1879, Cyrenius C. Sayles was united in marriage to Maggie J. Moye, daughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Myers) Moye, and two children were born of their union: Lee R. and Mabel I. Lee R. married Emma Peterson, who was born in Langston, Michigan, and they are the parents of four children, Cyril C., Anna M., Edna M. and Rex. Mabel I. became the wife of William Force and they have one child, Mary M. Maggie J. (Moye) Sayles was born on October 1, 1847, in Kent county, Michigan, and died on December 9, 1889. On June 16, 1902, Dr. Cyrenius C. Sayles was married to Mrs. Ella (Hinkley) Brown, widow of C. H. Brown, who had one child by her first husband, George Patten. This child was by name Letha H. Patten, who grew to maturity and married Robert A. Bannen, but is now deceased.
Veteran's Name: Cyrenius C Sayles
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Pine, Montcalm, Michigan
Year enlisted: 1861
Year discharged: 1865
Rank: Corporal
SD 3; ED 4; Page 3, lines 28-29
Co. B, Mich, Inf. (Private) 6 Aug 1861-23 Dec 1863 & (Corporal) 24 Dec 1863 - 8 Dec 1865
valued at $800
Maggie died
filed for civil war pension
Name: Cyrenius C. Sayles
State Filed: Michigan
Widow: H. Ella Sayles
a home free of a mortgage
with no mortgage
valued at $1,500
Data source is Marie Owen. E-mail MarieOwen@hughes.net