a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Palmyra, Me., Sept. 16, 1838. He removed when a child to Portland, where he was converted at the age of fifteen years. He was licensed to preach April 19, 1862, and was received on trial in the Maine Conference in April 1864. His ministerial life was short, terminating with death, Dec. 23, 1869, Mr. Sawyer was a deeply pious man, and a good preacher. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1870, p. 147.