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Park Dillon SYLVESTER

[IMAGE: Park, Byrl and Edwin Jr. Sylvester]

Composite image of Park, Byrl and Edwin (Jr.) Sylvester at approximately the same age.
Source photos courtesy of Plainview [MN] Area History Center; montage and editing courtesy of David Sylvester

BIRTH: 8 AUG 1889, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN
DEATH: 28 DEC 1933, Virginia, St. Louis Co., MN
BURIAL: 31 DEC 1933, Greenwood Cemetery, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN

Father: Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER
Mother: Hettie L. DILLON

Family 1: Ruby E. LILLIE

MARRIAGE: 1907

Family 2: Ethel H. ARNOLD

MARRIAGE: 31 OCT 1923, Rochester, Olmsted Co., MN

                                                            _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _
                             _George Washington SYLVESTER _|
                            |                              |_Joanna WHITNEY _________
 _Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER _|
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|                           |_Matilda A. COOK _____________|
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|--Park Dillon SYLVESTER 
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|_Hettie L. DILLON _________|
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INDEX

Notes

[NI1434] Updated April 1, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 155; Sheet 5B; June 7, 1900.

Park D. Sylvester is the son of Edwin L. and Hettie L. Sylvester. He is born August 1889 in Minnesota and is 10 years old. He is attending school.

(2) 1930 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp.; Plainview Village: Enumeration District 79-22; Sheet 7B; April 8, 1930.

Park D. Sylvester is head of household, married to Ethel (Arnold) Sylvester. Park's two step-sons, Ray and Kenneth Nunamaker, are also listed.

- Home ownership: no; monthly rent $15.
- Radio ownership: no.
- Age: 40 years old at time of census; 36 when first married.
- Birthplace: Minnesota, with his father from Minnesota and his mother from New York.
- Occupation: Electrician, Electrical (code 1XX1).
- Veteran: World War.

(3) Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 via Ancestry.com

Name: PARK DILLION SYLVESTER
Death Date: 12/28/1933
Death Place: SAINT LOUIS (County, Minnesota)
State File Number: 013818

(4) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- 1889 (August 8): Born in Plainview, MN. (Sylvester descendant chart, and page 5)
- 1918: Enlisted in the Army at North Platte, NE. Served in First World War in France, and participated in battles at Marbach, St. Mihiel, and Meuse Argonne. US Army - 315th Co., F. A. (pages 126, 222, 223)
- 1923 (November 7): Married Ethel Arnold Nunamaker in Rochester, MN. (page 145, 225)
- 1933 (December 28): Obituary. Passed away a week after being hit by an automobile. He had been working at the Veteran Conservation Corps camp outside of Virginia, MN. (pages 222-223)

(5) Byrl E. Sylvester Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. An Inventory of His Papers -- available online.

- Listed as surviving brother of Byrl E. Sylvester.

(6) The History of Wabasha County [MN], 1920. Biography of Edwin L. Sylvester.

- Living with his parents in 1920.

(7) George W. Sylvester family reunion. Plainview, MN (August 16-18, 2002).

- The combined headstone for Ethel (Arnold) and Park Sylvester at Greenwood cemetery (latitude / longitude N44°10.160' / W92°10.426') reads "SYLVESTER" across the top, "Ethel H. / 1892 -1979" on the lower left, and "Park D. / 1889 - 1933" on the lower right.

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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; George Sylvester -9; Edwin Sylvester -10; Park Sylvester -11.