NameFrancis Bowes Sayre
Birth30 Apr 1885, So. Bethlehem, Pa.
Death29 Mar 1972, Washington, DC
FatherRobert Heysham Sayre (1824-1907)
MotherMartha Finley Nevin (1844-1918)
Misc. Notes
Wrote a book Glad Adventure by Francis Bowes Sayre Published by Macmillan, 1957 -- see Google books. Review states:Sayre's marriage to Woodrow Wilson's daughter made him nationally known and since that time his record encompasses many fields. He has been a member of the YMCA in France during World War I, professor on the Harvard law faculty, Commissioner of Correction for Massachusetts; he returned to public service as adviser to Siam; as Assistant Secretary of State he worked on Cordell Hull's trade laws program; as High Commissioner to the Philippines he was evacuated by submarine from Corregidor; as assistant to Lehmann for UNRRA; as U. S. Representative on the UN Trusteeship Council; and as a representative of the Protestant Churches he has been in Japan for their Christian programs. Without anecdote or involved reflection Sayre surveys it all although occasionally he gives way to some intense sentiment -- specifically about his first wife who died. A long, cool look at a responsible, conscientious career.
Spouses
Birth28 Aug 1887, Gainsville, GA
Death15 Jan 1933, Cambridge, MA
FatherThomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
MotherEllen Louise Axson (1860-1914)
Marriage25 Nov 1913, The White House, Washington DC
ChildrenFrancis Bowes (1915-2008)
 Eleanor Axson (1916-2001)
 Woodrow Wilson (1919-2002)
2Elizabeth H. Evans
Birth13 Mar 1895, Fort Brady, Sault Sainte Marie, MI
DeathNov 1985
FatherWilliam P. Evans
MotherGrace Vernon
Marriage28 Jun 1937, St. Alban's Church, Washington, D.C.
ChildrenElizabeth "Betsy" (~1772-)
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