William Robberson Saye
and
Betsy Jane Mitchell

William Robberson Saye was twelve or thirteen years old when his family left Tennessee. They settled on a farm near Cave Springs, Greene Co., Missouri. He served in Company K, 3rd Missouri Mounted Volunteers as a private during the Mexican War. In the Civil War, while serving in the Confederate Army, his family moved to Texas by ox cart where they settled on a farm south of Savoy in Fannin County. At some time he had become a doctor as did his first cousin, Edwin T. Robberson, who lived in Springfield, Missouri. After the War, William went to join his family where they lived on the farm for a short time before moving into the town of Savoy. They had in a small frame house that was still standing and occupied (not by family descendants) in 1970. He continued to practice his profession until retirement. He died in his sleep at his home in Savoy and was buried the following day in Sunnyside Cemetery just north of Savoy.
     Some years after Betsy Jane's marriage the family moved to Texas. A family story reports that a cyclone struck the family house and destroyed it. She was not found until the following day suffering from broken ribs and a broken collar bone. In old age, at least, she smoked a corncob pipe that she liked to light with an ember from a fire. While living in the small frame house in Savoy she often baby-sat neighborhood children. In 1904, she suffered a broken hip that resulted in her being an invalid for several years. She died in 1911 and was buried next to Dr. Saye in Sunnyside Cemetery in Savoy.

William Robberson SAYE
        Birth:    27 Nov 1820  Bedford Co., TN
        Death:    07 May 1906  Savoy, Fannin Co., TX
       Burial:    08 May 1906  Savoy, Fannin Co., TX
       Father:                 Richard SAYE (1801-1870)
       Mother:                 Elizabeth ROBBERSON (1801-1852)

     Marriage:    01 Jul 1841  Polk Co., MO

Elizabeth Jane "Betsy Jane" MITCHELL   [More on her lineage]
        Birth:    03 Mar 1825  TN
        Death:    01 Mar 1911  Savoy, Fannin Co., TX
       Burial:  a 01 Mar 1911  Savoy, Fannin Co., TX
       Father:                 Jesse Michell (1708-1854)
       Mother:                 Providence Norwood (1800-1881)

Children:

     1/F    Molly SAYE
        Birth:  c __ ___ 1856

     2/F    Laura Providence SAYE
        Birth:    05 Apr 1857  Greene? Co., MO
     Marriage:    22 Jul 1875  James Thomas 'Tom' DAMRON (1852-1934), son of 
                               John Henry DAMRON and Mary Elizabeth MELUGIN; 
                               Bonham, Fannin Co TX
          Dau:    16 Apr 1877  Sallie Elizabeth DAMRON; Brown Co., TX
          Dau:    14 Jan 1879  Ida R. DAMRON; TX
          Son:    20 Mar 1881  John W. DAMRON
          Dau:    29 Sep 1883  Emmie Joe DAMRON
          Son:    18 Sep 1885  Wesley A. DAMRON; TX
          Dau:    09 Jul 1889  Lillian Petrous DAMRON; Brown Co., TX
          Dau:    03 Aug 1889  Alice Routh 'Allie' DAMRON; TX 
          Son:    12 Mar 1894  Pascal Campbell DAMRON; Brown Co., TX
        Child:    12 Mar 1894  (--?--) DAMRON
       Burial:    __ Nov 1931  Zephyr, Brown Co., TX 
        Death:    15 Nov 1931  Zephyr, Brown Co., TX 

   3/M    Jonathan Frank SAYE
        Birth:  c __ ___ 1859  MO
        Death:    15 May 1896  Sherman, Grayson Co., TX 

   4/F    Mary A. SAYE
        Birth:  c __ ___ 1845  MO
     Marriage:    __ ___ ____  Dan EVANS
          Son:                 Fred EVANS
          Son:                 Newton EVANS
          Son:                 W. L. EVANS
          Son:                 Edward EVANS
          Son:                 Franklin EVANS

   5/M    Jesse Richard 'Dick' SAYE
        Birth:    31 Mar 1850
     Marriage:  c __ ___ 1868  Mary WARE (    -1954)
          Son:    26 Dec 1871  John W. SAYE
     Marriage:  a __ ___ 1873  Mary Frances CRABB (1855-    )
          Son:    08 Jun 1873  Robert Wesley SAYE
     Marriage:  a __ ___ 1880  Mary Amanda MORELAND (1857-1899
          Son:    19 Nov 1880  Benjamin Franklin SAYE Sr; Duncan, Stephen Co., OK.
          Son:  c __ ___ 1885  Clarence SAYE; Collin Co., TX
          Son:    13 Nov 1886  Laurence Noel SAYE Sr; Collin Co., TX
          Son:    20 Oct 1888  Oscar Neal SAYE
          Son:    14 Sep 1890   William Robberson SAYE; Collin Co?, TX
     Marriage:  b __ ___ 1902   Lula B. VAMBLE Wells
          Dau:    18 May 1902   Laura Helen SAYE
        Death:    07 Apr 1925  Savoy, Fannin Co., TX

   6/M    Willam Leeper SAYE Sr
        Birth:    11 Aug 1855
     Marriage:  b __ ___ 1879  (--?--)(--?--) (1858-1913)
          Dau:    06 Apr 1879  Dona SAYE
          Son:    06 Dec 1885  William Leeper SAYE Jr
        Death:    10 Dec 1902  Collin Co?, TX

   7/M    Wesley B. SAYE
        Birth:  c __ ___ 1844  MO
        Death:    __ ___ ____

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