Settler of township lots: Lot 4, Conc. 5, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront lot on the north shore of Green Lake.

Land acquisition: 1900 from Richard Bailey. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 45)

Dates of residency: 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 29, Conc. 6 with wife Della

Interesting facts:

Ross Sawyer of West Guilford tells how his grandmother, Mary, Mrs. James Sawyer, who lived in a cabin by the Grass River Eddy which everyone called "Aunt Mary's Landing." used to fret because the old wagon road behind her home passed through the native cemetery. She used to say, "It's too bad to drive over the poor Indians!" Her fondest wish was granted when the road was moved back. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. pg. 13.

Preceding landowners

• 1893 Richard Bailey from The C .L. & C. Co, from The Crown 1865
• 1900 Richard Powell
• 1900 George Henry Sims
• 1928 Mathias Barry
• 1931 John Cooper

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Ross Laverne Sawyer, b. 5 Jan 1896, Stanhope, d. 08 Nov 1990  Age 94 years)
  Parents:
  • Benjamin James "Long Ben" Sawyer, b. 21 Sep 1873, Stanhope, d. 23 Mar 1960, Stanhope, Age 86 years)
  • Florence Powell, b. 3 Aug 1874, Lutterworth, d. 27 Dec 1953  Age 79 years)
• Della Laurena Deacon, b. 10 Sep 1903, Stanhope,    d. 30 Sep 1971 (Age 68 years)
• Children:
  1. Mary Noreen Sawyer, b. 5 Feb 1923, Maple Lake, d. 5 Feb 1923, Maple Lake, (Age 0 years)
  2. Murray William La Vern Sawyer, b. 10 Dec 1924, Stanhope, . 14 Feb 1925, Stanhope, (Age 0 years)
  3. Glen Maxwell Sawyer, b. 28 Nov 1926,   d. 9 Jan 2018, Haliburton,  (Age 91 years)
  4. Living
  5. Gwenyth Ruth Sawyer, b. 18 Aug 1934, Stanhope, d. 1 Oct 2011, Orillia, (Age 77 years)

Photo 1: Benjamin James Sawyer, his wife Florence (nee Powell) and son Roscoe Sawyer, from Deloris Bailey

Photo 2: B.J. Sawyer's five sons, from Deloris Bailey: Front: Benjamin Gordon Sawyer, Elmer Sawyer, Unknown; Top: Clair Sawyer, Unknown