Hattie Alice SYLVESTER

Father: George Washington SYLVESTER
Mother: Matilda A. COOK

Family 1: Asa Porter STAFFORD

(1) Source: Minnesota, Marriages Index via Ancestry.com.

  1. Allen Phelps STAFFORD
  2. Clara Matilda STAFFORD
  3. Frances May STAFFORD
                                                          _Charles SYLVESTER _
                                _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
                               |                         |_Lucy BARKER _______
 _George Washington SYLVESTER _|
|                              |                          _Micah WHITNEY _____
|                              |_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
|                                                        |_Hannah COBB _______
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|--Hattie Alice SYLVESTER
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|                                                         ____________________
|                               _________________________|
|                              |                         |____________________
|_Matilda A. COOK _____________|
                               |                          ____________________
                               |_________________________|
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Notes

Updated January 2, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp. (Plainview Post Office): page 10; dwelling 66; family 64; July 22, 1870.

Hattie SYLVESTER is the daughter of George and Matilda SYLVESTER. She was born in Minnesota, is 9 years old and is attending school.

(2) 1875 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp., page 706.

Hattie A. SYLVESTER is the daughter of G. W. and Matilda A. SYLVESTER. She is 14 years old and born in Minnesota.

(3) 1880 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 190; Page 13; June 16, 1880.

Hattie SYLVESTER is the daughter of Matilda SYLVESTER. She is 19 years old, born in Minnesota, and is at home.

(4) Minnesota, Marriages Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Hattie A SYLVESTER
- Gender: Female
- Age: 24
- Birth Date: 1861
- Birth Place: Wabasha, Minnesota
- Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1885
- Marriage Place: Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota
- Spouse's Name: Asa P STAFFORD
- Spouse Gender: Male
- Spouse Age: 31
- Spouse Birth Date: 1854
- Spouse Birth Place: Wabasha, Minnesota
- Event Type: Marriage
- FHL Film Number: 1320198

(5) 1885 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview: Schedule 1; Page 6; May 29, 1885.

Hattie [SYLVESTER] STAFFORD and P. A. STAFFORD reside in the Chancey CROMWELL household. She is 24 years old, born in Minnesota, and her parents were born in the United States.

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Hattie Alice SYLVESTER STAFFORD
- Birth: 27 Mar 1864
- Death: 26 Jan 1893 (aged 28)
- Burial: Greenwood Cemetery; Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
- Plot: Section First Addition-5-1-5
- Memorial ID: 55403653

(7) 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).

- Born "in the vicinity of Woodland" in Plainview township, March 27, 1864 (page 9)
- Provides middle name (page 9)
- Marriage of A. P. STAFFORD to Hattie M. SYLVESTER on January 15, 1885 (page 2)
- Mentions two other daughters: Mrs. B. E. BULLEN of Denver, CO and Mrs. Willart HART of Barnard, KS (page 4)
- Passed away Thursday, January 26, 1893 during childbirth. (page 9)
- Funeral at the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she had been a member, January 29, 1893 (page 9)

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

(9) Jewell Family Records (interview with the Hart family), July 9, 2002.

- "He remembered that his grandmother was a SYLVESTER [i.e., Hattie] from Plainview [Wabasha Co., MN] who had died in childbirth, and that his mother Clara [STAFFORD] had been raised since age 5 by a step-mother, Hulda HORN."

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

- The Hattie (SYLVESTER) STAFFORD headstone at Greenwood cemetery (latitude/longitude: 44.169167, -92.173056) reads "Hattie A. / Wife of A. P. STAFFORD / Died January 26, 1893"

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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; Hattie Sylvester -10.