Osborne W. SYLVESTER
- BIRTH: Nov 1870; Boone Co., Iowa, USA
- DEATH: 1956
- BURIAL: Monte Vista Cemetery, Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA
Father: John Fairfield SYLVESTER
Mother: Emma OSBORNE
Family 1: Lydia K. JACOBS
- MARRIAGE: 1904
- CHILDREN:
_Charles SYLVESTER _
_Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
| |_Lucy BARKER _______
_John Fairfield SYLVESTER _|
| | _Micah WHITNEY _____
| |_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
| |_Hannah COBB _______
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|--Osborne W. SYLVESTER
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| ____________________
| _Robert OSBORNE__________|
| | |____________________
|_Emma OSBORNE _____________|
| ____________________
|_Jane PASCOE_____________|
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Notes
Updated February 10, 2012. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Yell, Boone Co., IA. Family History Library Film 1254328, NA Film Number T9-0328, Page 74B.
Osborne W. SYLVESTER is the 10-year-old son of John Fairfield Sylvester and Emma SYLVESTER. His birthplace is Iowa.
(2) 1885 Iowa State Census, Boone Co., Yell Twp.: page 512; dwelling 54; family 54, R8 SE.
Osborne W. (listed as "O.W.") SYLVESTER is the son of Fairfield and E.O. SYLVESTER. He is 14 years old and born in Boone Co., Iowa.
(3) 1900 United States Census for Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Precinct No. 5: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 130; Sheet 7B; June 20-21, 1900.
Osborne (listed as "Osborn") SYLVESTER is the son of [John] Fairfield and Emma SYLVESTER. He was born November 1870 in Iowa and is 29 years old. He is a farm laborer.
(4) 1910 United States Census for Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Precinct 12: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 247; Sheet 1A; January 13-14, 1910.
Osborne W. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Lydia [JACOBS] SYLVESTER. Children in the household are Ruth and Catherine.
- Age: 39; married for the past 6 years.
- Birthplace: Iowa, with his father from Maine and his mother from England.
- Occupation: Farmer.
- Home: Owns his farm with a mortgage.
(5) 1920 United States Census for Colorado, Rio Grande Co., Precinct 9: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 249; Sheet 9B; February, 1920.
Osborne SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Lydia K. [JACOBS] SYLVESTER. Children in the household are Ruth and Katherine.
- Home ownership: Owns his farm free of mortgage.
- Age: 49.
- Birthplace: Iowa, with his father from Maine and his mother from England.
- Occupation: Farmer on a general farm, working on his own accord.
(6) 1930 United States Census for Colorado, Conejos Co., Hot Creek Precinct 14: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 11-19; Sheet 3B; April 24, 1930.
O. W. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Lydia K. [JACOBS] SYLVESTER.
- Home ownership: yes; a farm.
- Radio ownership: yes.
- Age: 59 years old at time of census; 33 when first married.
- Birthplace: Iowa, with his father from Maine and his mother from Canada - English.
- Occupation: Farmer, General Farm (code VVVV).
(7) 1950 United States Census for Colorado, Rio Grande Co.: Enumeration District 53-20; Sheet 3; April 4, 1950.
O.W. SYLVESTER is head of household. His daughter Ruth LAASE and son-in-law W.R. LAASE also reside in the household
- Farm: Yes
- Age: 79; widowed
- Birthplace: Iowa
- Occupation Category: Worker
- Hours Worked: 65
- Occupation: Farmer
- Industry: Farm
- Worker Class: Own Business
- Occupation Code: 100 105 3 (Farmers, Agriculture)
(8) Rio Grande County Genealogy Co-op Page, Monte Vista Cemetery - Monte Vista, Colorado
(9) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 5.
- "SYLVESTER, Osborne W. 1870 1956 Buried with Lydia K. SYLVESTER."
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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; John Sylvester -9; Osborne Sylvester -10.