Roscoe SYLVESTER

Father: George SYLVESTER
Mother: Alice Walker SMALL

Family 1: Sallie Angenette HATCH

(1) Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com. 
                                            _William SYLVESTER _
                      _Charles SYLVESTER __|
                     |                     |_Mary SPRINGER _____
 _George SYLVESTER __|
|                    |                      _Caleb BARKER ______
|                    |_Lucy BARKER ________|
|                                          |_Illathera HOWLAND__
|
|--Roscoe SYLVESTER
|
|                                           ____________________
|                     _Luther SMALL________|
|                    |                     |____________________
|_Alice Walker SMALL_|
                     |                      ____________________
                     |_Elizabeth B. WALKER_|
                                           |____________________

Notes

Updated February 27, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Maine, U.S., Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Augusta Births

"Roscoe [SYLVESTER], s. of George W. and Alice (SMALL), July 2, 1844"

(2) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Kennebec Co., Augusta: Page 8; July 19, 1850.

Roscoe SYLVESTER is the son of George W. and Alice W. SYLVESTER. He is 7 years old, born in Maine, and is attending school. The family resides in the Augusta House hotel where George is the clerk.

(3) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Kennebec Co., Augusta (Augusta Post Office): Page 1; June 1, 1860.

Roscoe G. SYLVESTER is the son of George W. and Alice W. SYLVESTER. He is 15 years old, born in Maine, and is attending school.

(4) 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Suffolk Co., City of Boston: May 1, 1865.

Roscoe SYLVESTER is 19 years old, single, and born in Maine. He is a printer.

(5) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Boston

- Date of Marriage: July 2, 1865
- Groom: Roscoe SYLVESTER
- Residence: Boston
- Age: 21
- Occupation: Printer
- Birthplace: Augusta, Me.
- Parents: George W. and Alice W. SYLVESTER
- Number of Marriage: First
- Bride: Sallie Angenette HATCH
- Residence: Boston
- Age: 22
- Birthplace: Bristol, Me.
- Parents: Elisha and Viletta HATCH
- Number of Marriage: First
- Officiant: R.A. BALLOU, Boston

(6) 1870 United States Census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Ward 4 Cambridge (Cambridgeport Post Office): Page 44; August 1, 1870.

Roscoe SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Jennie [HATCH] SYLVESTER. He is 27 years old, born in Maine and is a printer. He has no real estate or personal estate.

(7) 1880 United States Census for Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Somerville: Supervisor's District 60; Enumeration District 483; Page 21; June 4, 1880.

Roscoe SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Jennie [HATCH] SYLVESTER. He is 35 years old and was born in Maine as were his parents. He is a printer. Jennie's sister Maryetta HATCH (age 25, a compositor) also resides in the household. The family lives at 22 Brook.

(8) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com: Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts

- 1869 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 37 Cornhill, house at Cambridgeport
- 1870 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 37½ Cornhill, house at Cambridgeport
- 1870 (Cambridge): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer (B.), house 38 State
- 1871 (Somerville): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer Universalist Pub. House, (37 Cornhill, B.), h. Broadway, n. Cutter
- 1873 (Somerville): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer Universalist Pub. House (37 Cornhill, B.), h. Broadway, n. Cutter
- 1878 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 37 Cornhill, house 30 Mystic, Charlestown
- 1880 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 77 Water, house at East Somerville
- 1881 (Somerville): SYLVESTER Roscoe, foreman (77 Water, B.), h 22 Brook
- 1882 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 77 Water, house at East Somerville
- 1883 (Somerville): SYLVESTER Roscoe, foreman (77 Water, B.), h 22 Brook
- 1889 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 30 West, h. at E. Somerville
- 1890 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 30 West, h. at E. Somerville
- 1894 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 30 West, h. at Somerville
- 1895 (Boston): SYLVESTER Roscoe, printer, 30 West, h. at Somerville

(9) Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records via Ancestry.com: Somerville

- Date of Death: August 10, 1896
- Date of Record: August 12, 1896
- Name of Deceased: Roscoe SYLVESTER
- Sex: Male
- Condition: Married
- Age: 54
- Cause of Death: Natural Causes - Probably Heart Disease
- Residence and Place of Death: 27 Hudson St.; Everett, Mass.
- Occupation: Printer
- Place of Birth: Augusta, Me.
- Parents: George W. SYLVESTER (b. Bath, Me.) and Alice SMALL (b. Sydney, Me.)

(10) Death via Newspapers.com: The Boston Globe; Boston, Massachusetts; Tuesday, August 11, 1896; Page 5

"DIED FROM THE HEAT. Roscoe SYLVESTER Drops Dead in His Home at Somerville. Roscoe SYLVESTER died at his home, 48 Hudson st, Somerville, yesterday morning, from exhaustion of the heart's action, superinduced by the heat. Mr. SYLVESTER and his wife had planned to leave the city for a vacation. The trunks were all packed and all arrangements had been made. It lacked an hour and a half to train time, when Mr. SYLVESTER told his wife that while they were waiting for the train he might as well mow the grass in the rear yard. He pushed the lawn mower with considerable energy. Just 15 minutes before the time that they ought to leave their home for the train Mr. SYLVESTER cleared his work and went into the cellar. He was perspiring freely, and fell to the floor. Death was instantaneous."

(11) Death via Newspapers.com: Boston Evening Transcript; Boston, Massachusetts; Tuesday, August 11, 1896; Page 5

"Mr. Roscoe SYLVESTER of Somerville died suddenly yesterday morning. He was fifty-four years old, and had lived in Somerville since 1869, most of that time employed as foreman of the printing department of the Universalist Publishing House, Boston."

(12) Find a Grave

- Name: Roscoe SYLVESTER
- Birth: unknown
- Death: 10 Aug 1896
- Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery; Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- GPS: Latitude: 42.4217236, Longitude: -71.0392446
- Plot: Verdant Path, 3885 - 1 (his wife buried in plot 3885 - 2)
- Memorial ID: 284225244

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