This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SAYNER, HANIMON, BAKER, HALL Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1416 Message Board Post: 'History of the Chippewa Valley' pg. 939 George H. SAYNER, carpenter and joiner, Eau Claire, was born December 31, 1837, in Hancock County, Ind. He is the third child of the family of six children of John and Leah (HANIMON) SAYNER, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, the former a cabinet maker. He received a common district school education, and at the age of twenty began farming for himself. At the age of twenty-six he learned the carpenter's trade and followed this vocation until the spring of 1865, when he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-third regiment, Wisconsin volunteers. He served six months and received an honorable discharge in August, 1865. Two years previous to this he had located in Menomonie, Dunn County, and there remained until 1869, when he moved to Eau Claire, and there built many of the houses on the west side. He owns sixteen acres in section twenty-six, Union township, just outside of the city limits, and there he lives. He also has 260 acres in section twenty-six Spring Brook township, Dunn Coun! ty. October 18, 1857, he married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Catherine (BAKER) HALL, of German descent. They have three children: Wesley, Silas C. and Frank. Mr. SAYNER is a Unitarian in religous belief, and a democrat in politics.