Mary Ann CASS

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: John Barker SYLVESTER

  1. +Arianna Gertrude SYLVESTER
  2. +Albert Eugene SYLVESTER
  3.  Ella Dora SYLVESTER
  4.  Clara Lillian SYLVESTER
  5. +Otis Cass SYLVESTER 
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Notes

Updated July 31, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New Hampshire, Rockingham Co., Newmarket: Page 12; September 20, 1850.

Mary [Cass] Sylvester is married to John B. Sylvester, head of household. She is 36 years old and born in Maine. Children in the household are Gertrude and Albert. Her mother-in-law mother Lucy [Barker] Sylvester is also a resident.

The residence next door contains her brother-in-law (Frank).

(2) 1860 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 75; July 7, 1860.

Mary Anne [Cass] Sylvester is married to John B. Sylvester, head of household. She is 44 years old and born in New Hampshire. Children in the household are Gertrude, Eugene, Eldora, Clara, and John Otis.

(3) 1870 United States Census Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 33; August 12, 1870.

Mary A. [Cass] Sylvester is married to John B. Sylvester, head of household. She is 53 years old, keeping house, and born in New York. Children in the household are Eugene A., Ella A., Clara, and Otis L. Sylvester.

The households of Albert Samson (Mary's son-in-law), Eben Sylvester (nephew by marriage) and Lorenzo Stevens (nephew-in-law by marriage) are found on the same page of the Census record.

(4) 1880 United States Census for Iowa, Dubuque Co., Dubuque: Page 15; Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 175, June 4, 1880.

Mary Sylvester is visiting the residence of her son-in-law and daughter, Leonard and Clara L. [Sylvester] Hanks. She is 64 years old and is listed as born in Maine, as were her parents.

(5) 1900 United States Census for Iowa, Dubuque Co., Julian Twp., Dubuque City: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 109; Sheet 3B; June 4, 1900.

Mary A. [Cass] Sylvester resides with her daughter Clara L. [Sylvester] Hanks and son-in-law Leonard T. Hanks. She was born August 1815 in New Hampshire (as were her parents) and is an 84-year-old widow. She has given birth to 5 children, all presently living.

(6) Sampson, Gertrude Sylvester, 1842-1925, "A biographical history of the ancestry of Julian Carroll Sampson [manuscript] : embracing that of his wife Bertha Sylvester Sampson, including all data obtainable by those who are connected in these two direct lines of William and Obediah Sylvester and Abraham Samson." The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Library, Boston, MA.

- Mary Ann Cass was the mother of Gertrude Sylvester, the author of the cited manuscript (page 63).
- Born in Allenstown, NH, but relocated to Maine (page 63).
- In 1842 was living in Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA (page 63).
- About 1843, relocated to New Market, Rockingham Co., NH (page 63).
- About 1850, relocated to Wisconsin with her husband and children (page 64).
- In 1850, lived in an existing log cabin on a farm the family bought for the first year until her husband built a proper house. The log cabin became the kitchen (page 65).
- About 1897 was living in Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA (page 62).

(7) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 2.

(8) Steves family records, November 17, 2004.

- Provides specific birth date and location.
- Provides specific date of passing and location.
- Daughter of Levi Cass and Mehitabel Mooers.