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Eben Whitney SYLVESTER

Eben Whitney Sylvester
From the History of Iowa County Wisconsin, 1881

BIRTH: 25 AUG 1820, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
DEATH: 21 MAY 1906
BURIAL: , Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI

Father: Caleb Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Joanna WHITNEY

Family 1: Nancy HOWARD

MARRIAGE: 23 APR 1856

                                                _William SYLVESTER _
                           _Charles SYLVESTER _|
                          |                    |_Mary Springer LOW _
 _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
|                         |                     _Caleb BARKER ______
|                         |_Lucy BARKER _______|
|                                              |____________________
|
|--Eben Whitney SYLVESTER 
|
|                                               _Abel WHITNEY ______
|                          _Micah WHITNEY _____|
|                         |                    |_Mary CANE _________
|_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
                          |                     _Andrew COBB _______
                          |_Hannah COBB _______|
                                               |_Hannah GREEN ______

INDEX

Notes

[NI0112] Updated October 1, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901. Pages 432-433.

- Attended Phillips high school, Maine.
- Lists his name as "Ebenezer." -- makes sense, but not found in other sources.

"In 1843 he came to Wisconsin, and spent the next year or two teaching near Pattengill. He then "entered" 160 acres of government land in Mifflin township, which he cultivated and improved for about thirty years, meantime adding to his land until he has acquired 520 acres in all, which he still owns."

(2) United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records.

- April 1, 1848: Purchased 40 acres in Iowa Co., WI; Part NESW, Section 5, Township 5-N, Range 1-E.
- November 1, 1849: Purchased 80 acres in Iowa Co., WI; Parts NESE and NWSE, Section 6, Township 5-N, Range 1-E.

(3) 1860 United States Census Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 70; July 6, 1860.

Eben (listed as "Ebel") W. Sylvester is head of household, married to Nancy [Howard] Sylvester. He is 39 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $6,500 and personal estate valued at $1,500, and was born in Maine. Their child Nettie (listed as "Nattie") is in the household along with a servant girl and a laborer.

The households of Caleb (listed as "Charles") Sylvester (Eben's father), Lorenzo Stevens (brother-in-law), and Caleb Baker (brother-in-law) are all found on the same page of the Census record.

(4) 1870 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., Town of Mifflin (Mifflin Post Office): page 33; dwelling 246; family 237; August 12, 1870.

Eben Sylvester is head of household, married to Nancy [Howard] Sylvester. He was born in Maine, is 49 years old and is a farmer with real estate valued at $15,600 and personal estate valued at $10,000. He is eligible to vote. Children listed in the household are Nettie and Charles H. (is this Homer?).

The households of John B. Sylvester (Eben's uncle), Albert Sampson (cousin by marriage), and Lorenzo Stevens (brother-in-law) are all found found on the same page of the Census record.

(5) History of Iowa County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881. Pages 875-876.

"E. W. Sylvester, retired farmer, Mineral Point; is a native of Franklin co., Me., and was born Aug. 25, 1820; after reaching manhood, he came West to Wisconsin in the spring of 1843, and taught school near Pattengill; in the spring of 1846, entered land from government in this county and made a farm; in 1850, went to California, and returned in 1852; was successfully engaged in farming for thirty years, and still owns a good farm of 500 acres finely improved;... held the office of town Superintendent of Schools, and was assessor for many years.

(6) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI. Family History Library Film 1255429, NA Film Number T9-1429, ED 156, Page 175A.

Eben W. Sylvester is listed as 59 years old and born in Maine, as were his parents. He is head of household, a farmer, and married to Nancy [Howard] Sylvester. The children listed in the household are Nettie and Homer.

(7) 1900 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., City - Mineral Point: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 66; Sheet 5A; June 7, 1900.

Eben W. Sylvester is head of household, married to Nancy H. [Howard] Sylvester.

- Birth date: August 1820; age 79.
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 44.
- Birthplace: Maine, as were his parents.
- Occupation: Retired farmer.
- Home: Owns his home free of mortgage.

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

(9) Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 66.

(10) Site visit to the Sylvester Family Plot (N 42° 51.473, W 090° 11.743 ą26'), Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI, July 9, 2004.

The Slyvester family tombstone lists several individuals including Eben W. Sylvester, and the notation "Natives of Maine." He is recorded as "Eben W. Aug 25 1820 - May 21, 1906."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joanna Whitney -8; Eben Sylvester -9.