SYME, Major Samuel Augustus Sr.

1900 - 1944  (43 years)   Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

SYME, Conrad Hunt

1868 - 1945  (76 years)

Birth	13 Jan 1868	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
Died	1945	Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, USA
Father	SYME, Col. Samuel Augustus Maverick,   b. 8 Apr 1838, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia, USA
Mother	HUNT, Mary Maxwell,   b. 1839
Family	FORSYTHE, Lavinia Bush,   b. 1872
Married	Oct 1896
Children	1. SYME, Col. Leander Dunbar,   b. 18 Jan 1898 + 2. SYME, Major Samuel Augustus Sr.,   b. 5 Feb 1900

FORSYTHE, Lavinia Bush

1872 - 1967  (95 years)

Birth	1872
Died	1967
Father	FORSYTHE, Dr. M. L.
Family	SYME, Conrad Hunt,   b. 13 Jan 1868, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
Married	Oct 1896
Children	1. SYME, Col. Leander Dunbar,   b. 18 Jan 1898 + 2. SYME, Major Samuel Augustus Sr.,   b. 5 Feb 1900

BOYLE, Martha A.

1899 - 1992  (93 years)

Birth	15 Jul 1899
Died	7 Aug 1992
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA
	Address: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia USA 1-703-607-8000 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
Family	SYME, Major Samuel Augustus Sr.,   b. 5 Feb 1900
Children	+ 1. SYME, Samuel Augustus Jr.,   b. 1935

SYME, Samuel Augustus Jr.

1935 -

Birth	1935
Father	SYME, Major Samuel Augustus Sr.,   b. 5 Feb 1900
Mother	BOYLE, Martha A.,   b. 15 Jul 1899
Family	STENNIS, Margaret
Married	20 Nov 1959
Children	1.   2.

• Name	SYME, Samuel Augustus  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Major
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	5 Feb 1900  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	49489288
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49489288
  Military Service	1942-1944  [1, 2]
  	United States Army during World War II with the rank of Major on Lt. General George S. Patton's staff
  	He died in Algeria and received the Legion of Merit award.
  Death	2 Jan 1944  [1, 2]
  Age	43 years
  Burial	18 Feb 1949	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	Address: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia USA 1-703-607-8000 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
  	His remains were returned from El Alia Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria. Burial plot: Section 11, Grave 510 S.H. Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #49489288.
  Person ID	I794	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	SYME, Conrad Hunt,   b. 13 Jan 1868, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 1945, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	FORSYTHE, Lavinia Bush,   b. 1872   d. 1967 (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOYLE, Martha A.,   b. 15 Jul 1899   d. 7 Aug 1992 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 5]
  Children	+   1. SYME, Samuel Augustus Jr.,   b. 1935
  Family ID	F337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - Address: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia USA 1-703-607-8000 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ - 18 Feb 1949 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 62. [S701] Office of the Quartermaster General, Military Records - US - National Cemetery Interment - Database (Ancestry), ((http://home.ancestry.com/ : 2012)), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 March 2013), Samuel A. Syme, 1944, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia; Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, MD. Interment Record - Samuel A. Syme [S1461] J. R. Cole, Book - History of Greenbrier County (WV), (N.p.: n.p., 1917.), 31 Aug 2021, p 166-171. History Greenbrier County, WV - Conrad Syme [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 Mar 2013<, Memorial #49489288, Samuel A. Syme. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 6 Feb 2015, accessed 6 February 2015<, Memorial #49489287, Martha A Boyle Syme.