Biography of E.W. Saylor, pages 994/995.  History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 
1914.



Among the citizens of Concord township who have built up 
comfortable homes and surrounded themselves with landed and 
personal property, few have attained a higher degree of 
success than the subject of this sketch. With few 
opportunities except what his own efforts were capable of 
mastering with many discouragement’s to overcome, he has 
made a success of life and has the gratification of knowing 
that the community in which he has resided has been 
benefited by his presence.  E. W. Saylor, who occupies a 
fine farm in Concord township, is a native of DeKalb 
county, Indiana, having been born on August 17, 1858, and 
is the son of William and Mary J. (Stiltz) Saylor. These 
parents were natives. Respectively, of Pennsylvania and 
Ohio, and came to Concord township, this county, in 1850, 
locating on two hundred acres of land which he bought here 
and one hundred and forty of which the subject of this 
sketch now resides.  William Saylor was twice married, 
first to Rosan Wade, to which union were born the following 
children: Mrs. Susan Stafford, now deceased; Samuel, 
deceased; Calvin, of Allen county, this state; Mrs. 
Catherine Rickett, of St. Joe. To William and Mary J. 
Saylor the following children were born: Mrs. Annie Baker, 
who lives in Concord township on a farm; E. W., the 
immediate subject of this sketch; William H., of 
Hicksville, Ohio; Joseph H., of DeKalb county, and Orman 
F., who lives in Indianapolis. The subject of this sketch 
received his early education in the common schools of 
DeKalb county and was reared to the life of a farmer, a 
vocation to which he has devoted all his active years and 
in which he has met with most pronounced success. Careful, 
methodical and energetic in his operations, he gives his 
strict attention to his own affairs, with the result that 
he has met with a degree of success commensurate with his 
efforts. As before stated, he is residing on one hundred 
and forty acres of the old home place and he takes a 
justifiable pride in the manner in which he keeps up the 
appearance of the place. The neat and attractive residence, 
the substantial and commodious barns, well kept fences and 
the condition of the fields indicate the owner to be a man 
of good taste and sound judgment in the handling of his 
farming operations. He raises all the crops common to this 
locality and also gives some attention to live stock, which 
he has found to be a valuable adjunct to successful 
farming.  On August 28, 1887, Mr. Saylor was married to 
Fannie Bovlick, the daughter of Anthony and Barbara 
Bovlick, natives of Germany, and to this union has been 
born three children, two of whom died in infancy, the 
survivor being a son, Fred, who is now at home with his 
parents. Fraternally, Mr. Saylor is an appreciative member 
of Lodge No. 671, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at St. 
Joe. As a neighbor and citizen Mr. Saylor stands high in 
the esteem of all who know him, and the deep interest he 
takes in promoting the social and moral welfare of the 
community gives him and enviable reputation throughout the 
locality in which he lives.

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Auburn, Indiana

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