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Franklin SYLVESTER

BIRTH: 6 JUL 1834, Maine
DEATH: 31 OCT 1864, Milton, Rock Co., WI
BURIAL: Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI

Father: Caleb Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Joanna WHITNEY

Family 1: Emma Josephine COOK

MARRIAGE: 1858

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

INDEX

Notes

[NI0118] Updated February 12, 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.

Franklin Sylvester is the son of Caleb and Joanna Sylvester. He was born in Maine, is 16 years old, and is a farmer.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Town 108 R 11 - Plainview (Plainview Post Office): Page 40; June 18, 1860.

Franklin Sylvester is head of household, married to Emma J. [Cook] Sylvester. He is 25 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $500, and was born in Maine. Their children in the household are Jenny M. and Arthur. Franklin's sister Abby F. [Sylvester] Yetter and family live in the adjacent household, and his brother George W. Sylvester and family lives three households away.

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

- Civil War soldier

(4) Jewell family records. June 28, 2002.

- "By the 18 June 1860 Census he is a prosperous farmer in Plainview Twp [Wabasha Co., MN], 3 farms away from GW [George Washington Sylvester] and Matilda."
- "... on 10 August 1862 he enlists in Company H, Sixth Minnesota Infantry Regiment. We know he died on furlough in Milton, WI on 31 Oct 1864 (age 30), rank of sergeant."
- "John Yetter also joins Company H, Sixth Minnesota Infantry Regiment, with his brother-in-law Franklin (Sylvester).

(5) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

Franklin Sylvester, Co. H, 6th Minnesota Infantry (Union). Rank In = Corporal, Rank Out = Sergeant. Film Number M546 roll 9. During the period of his enlistment, this unit served in engagements with the Sioux and other Indian nations on the Minnesota and Dakota frontiers, and escorted supply trains to various remote outposts.

(6) 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 Franklin Sylvester, and the notation "Natives of Maine." He is recorded as "Franklin Died Oct. 31, 1864 Aged 30-3-25." He also has an individual stone recognizing his service in the army.

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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; Franklin Sylvester -9.