HARRY LINCOLN SAYERS, a worthy representative of one of the oldest families in Miami County, is engaged in general farming on a tract of 125 acres belonging to his father, a part of the old Sayers farm, lying in Staunton, Elizabeth and Lost Creek Townships. He was born March 26, 1864, on his present farm and in the house in which he resides. His parents are Ezekiel and Caroline (French) Sayers.

The Savers family may be credited with being one of the very first to penetrate into the great forests of Miami County, when all this smiling and productive country was a wilderness. William Sayers, the great-grandfather of Harry L., was a contemporary settler with the Knoops, coming about the same time from Pennsylvania, or a very short period later. He entered a large tract of land in Elizabeth Township, and this land has descended from father to son until the present time. These early settlers met many difficulties and faced innumerable dangers, and in overcoming them bred a race of hardy, courageous men and women, and these qualities are seen in the present generation. William Sayers often shared his meals with the wandering Indians, and thus gained their good will, and in the records of his family are found no indications of their ingratitude.

Jefferson Sayers succeeded his father William, and took possession of the property when the latter passed away. He did a large amount of clearing, and made the first roads, in boyhood blazing his path through the thick woods. He was a man of enterprise, and later engaged in teaming between Cincinnati and Toledo carrying freight before there was any transportation line built between these important points. He lived to be seventy-four years of age, and died on the east half of the old farm. His wife, Margaret, survived him about ten years. They had seven children, namely; Ezekiel; John, who is deceased; Harrison; Enos, who served in the Civil War from 1861 until 1864; Sallie, who married Christopher Class; Judson, who served in the Civil War from 1861 until 1864; and Milton, now deceased, who also served three years in the Civil War.

Ezekiel Sayers, father of Harry L., was born on the eastern portion of the old Sayers farm, in September, 1832, and, being the eldest of the family, he assumed the responsibilities of a farmer almost in boyhood. When his father died he inherited the western half of the homestead, and to that property he subsequently added other land. He spent the greater portion of his life prior to 1885 engaged in cultivating his farm and then retired, moving to Troy, where he occupies a pleasant and comfortable residence on Lincoln Avenue. He was married (first) to Caroline French, who died in 1878, when in middle age. She was born and reared in Indiana. There were five children born to this union, namely: Martha, who is the wife of R. Clyne; Carry, who is now deceased; Alta, who is the wife of T. L. Rogers; Harry Lincoln; and Maggie, who is the wife of Clinton Free. Mr. Sayers was married (second) to Catherine Knight, who survives.

Harry Lincoln Sayers has spent almost the whole of his life in Staunton Township. During some years of his infancy the family lived in Miami City, but here he obtained his education and his training as a farmer. He remained assisting his father until he was twenty-four years of age, and then started out for himself, renting the land from his father. He carries on a general line of farming, and makes it pay. His crops are the usual ones of this section, and he grows stock for his own use.

On October 14, 1886, Mr. Sayers was married to Miss Ida Scott, who is a daughter of James and Frances (Scott) Scott, and they have two children, a daughter and son: Nona, who was born March 9, 1892, and Scott who was born June 3, 1898. Mr. Savers is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Sayers belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of Troy. In his political views he is a Republican.