"Son of Martha (Lowe) Sawyer, grandson of John and Mary Ann (Curry) Lower, and great-grandson of Gideon and Mary (Saunders) Lowe. Private, company K, 7th reg. Florida Infantry, enlisted March 5, 1862 at Tampa. Married Amelia Curry, Key West, Sept. 8, 1857. Died at Mossy Creek Hosp., TN Jan 18th or 24th, 1863 'from drinking too much cold water after a hard march.'"