Franklin SYLVESTER

Father: Caleb Barker SYLVESTER
Mother: Joanna WHITNEY

Family 1: Emma Josephine COOK

(1) Source: Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com.

  1. Jennie May SYLVESTER
  2. Arthur Clinton SYLVESTER
  3. Emma Bell SYLVESTER
                                                _William SYLVESTER _
                           _Charles SYLVESTER _|
                          |                    |_Mary SPRINGER _____
 _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
|                         |                     _Caleb BARKER ______
|                         |_Lucy BARKER _______|
|                                              |_Illathera HOWLAND__
|
|--Franklin SYLVESTER
|
|                                               _Abel WHITNEY ______
|                          _Micah WHITNEY _____|
|                         |                    |_Mary CANE _________
|_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
                          |                     _Andrew COBB _______
                          |_Hannah COBB _______|
                                               |_Hannah GREEN ______

Notes

Updated February 10, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications via Ancestry.com

SAR Membership 92309 for James Richard BELLATTI (22 April 1965) lists Franklin SYLVESTER as an ancestor born 6 July 1834 in Phillips, Maine.

(2) 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.

(3) Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

- Husband: Franklin SYLVESTER
- Parents: Caleb and Joanna SYLVESTER
- Occupation: Farmer
- Residence: Mifflin
- Wife: Miss Emma J. CROOK
- Parents: Henry and Elizabeth CROOK
- Date of Marriage: February 19, 1854
- Place of Marriage: Platteville
- Officiant: B.F. MYNE, Justice of the Peace; Platteville

(4) 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. 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.

(5) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles via Ancestry.com

- Name: Franklin SYLVESTER
- Enlistment Age: 28
- Birth Date: abt 1834
- Birth Place: Maine
- Enlistment Date: 10 Aug 1862
- Enlistment Place: Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota
- Enlistment Rank: Corporal
- Muster Date: 10 Aug 1862
- Muster Place: Minnesota
- Muster Company: H
- Muster Regiment: 6th Infantry
- Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
- Muster Information: Enlisted
- Rank Change Rank: Sergt
- Muster Out Date: 31 Oct 1864
- Muster Out Place: Milton, Wisconsin
- Muster Out Information: died disease
- Side of War: Union
- Survived War?: No
- Residence Place: Plainview, Minnesota
- Title: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65; Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866; Research by Jerald M. Anderson

(6) U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files via Ancestry.com

- Name of Soldier: SYLVESTER, Franklin
- Dependent Widow: SYLVESTER, Emma J.; application - 99761; certificate - 103858 (1865 June 27)
- Dependent Minor: SYLVESTER, C.; application - 178597; certificate - 133709 (1869 Aug 2)
- Service: H 6 Minn. Inf.
- State from Which File: Minnesota

(7) 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.

(8) Find a Grave

- Name: Sgt Franklin SYLVESTER
- Birth: 6 Jul 1834
- Death: 31 Oct 1864 (aged 30)
- Burial: Graceland Cemetery; Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
- Plot: Section C, Plot 4
- Memorial ID: 77192381

(9) 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).

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

- Civil War soldier

(11) Site visit to the Sylvester Family Plot (N 42° 51.473, W 090° 11.743 ±26'), Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI, July 9, 2004.

The Sylvester 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.