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Caleb Barker SYLVESTER

BIRTH: 18 MAY 1832, Maine
DEATH: 5 MAR 1899, Ogden, Boone Co., IA
BURIAL: Glenwood Cemetery, Boone Co., IA

Father: Caleb Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Joanna WHITNEY

Family 1: Elizabeth CHENOWETH

MARRIAGE: 9 DEC 1869

Edna Chenoweth SYLVESTER

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

INDEX

Notes

[NI0117] Updated January 15, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., Mifflin Twp.: District No. 6; Household 1094; September 19, 1850.

Caleb Sylvester is the son of Caleb and Joanna Sylvester. He was born in Maine, is 18 years old, and is a farmer.

(2) Ogden Reporter, The (Ogden, Iowa), Thursday, August 24, 1950, page 1, "Funeral for Edna Sylvester Osborne Held Aug. 17th,"via Ancestry.com

..."the daughter of Caleb B. Sylvester and Elizabeth Chynoweth Sylvester, who came to Iowa in June 1870, joining a group of pioneers from Wisconsin, the Clarks and Williams, who had arrived a few months earlier."

..."death of her father [Caleb Sylvester] in 1899..."

(3) 1870 United States Census for Iowa, Boon Co., Yell Township (Perry, Dallas Co. Post Office): page 33; dwelling 253; family 245; August 1, 1870.

Caleb B. Sylvester is head of household, married to Elizabeth C. (Chenoweth) Sylvester. He was born in Maine, is 38 years old and is a grocer with real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $5,000. He is eligible to vote.

(4) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Ogden Boone Co., IA. Family History Library Film 1254328, NA Film Number T9-0328, ED 5, Page 70A.

Caleb B. Sylvester is 48 years old and born in Maine, as were his parents. He is head of household, an insurance agent, and married to Elizabeth ("Lizzie") (Chenoweth) Sylvester. Their child is Edna Sylvester. Esther Johnson, a servant born in Illinois of Swedish parents, is also part of the household.

(5) The History of Boone County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &c.; Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1880, via Boone County, Iowa GenWeb page.

"Sylvester, C. B., agent American Express Company and insurance agent, Ogden; was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1832, and when twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Iowa county, Wisconsin, where he lived till he reached his majority; he had all of the advantages of the common schools, supplemented with an academic education, under the tuition of Hon. J. L. Pickard, of Plattville, Wisconsin, graduating in class of '59; he traveled more or less throughout Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas and Wisconsin, and engaged in teaching, surveying, etc., until 1870, when he came to his present location, and has since made it his home; he was married, December 8, 1869, to Miss Lizzie Chynoweth, a native of England, who was educated at Rockford, Illinois, graduating in the class of '68; they have one daughter: Edna; such is the brief outline and history of one whose career has been marked by enterprise, energy, pure motives and honest effort; he has made himself what he is, a worthy type of independent manhood."

(6) Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885, page 785 via Ancestry.com

- Sylvester, Caleb, Insurance.

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

"Civil War" soldier.

(8) DAR Membership number 89493 (issued 1911) to Edna Chenoweth Sylvester Osborn; provides dates of birth and death.

(9) Iowa Cemetery Records via Ancestry.com

Name: Caleb B. Sylvester
Death Date: 05 Mar 1899
Birth Date: 18 May 1832
Cemetery: Glenwood
Town: Ogden, Marcy
Additional Details: Birth-State of Maine, death-Ogden, IA.; father of a daughter Edna; three brothers E. W., Charles Fairfield, IA.; to Ogden 1870. Ogden reporter 09 Mar 1999; wife: Elizabeth Chynewerth; bro: E. W.; bro: Charles; sis: Mrs. Dr. Clark
Source: Burial Records Boone County Vol. 1-4

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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; Caleb Sylvester -9.