John Barker SYLVESTER

Father: Charles SYLVESTER
Mother: Lucy BARKER

Family 1: Mary Ann CASS

(1) Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com.

  1. Arianna Gertrude SYLVESTER
  2. Eugene Albert SYLVESTER
  3. Ella Dora SYLVESTER
  4. Clara Lillian SYLVESTER
  5. Otis Cass SYLVESTER
                                           _William SILVESTER _
                      _William SYLVESTER _|
                     |                    |_Mary BARSTOW ______
 _Charles SYLVESTER _|
|                    |                     _James SPRINGER_____
|                    |_Mary SPRINGER _____|
|                                         |____________________
|
|--John Barker SYLVESTER
|
|                                          _John BARKER _______
|                     _Caleb BARKER ______|
|                    |                    |_Grace TURNER ______
|_Lucy BARKER _______|
                     |                     ____________________
                     |_Illathera HOWLAND__|
                                          |____________________

Notes

Updated November 12, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com

Newburyport Marriages: "SYLVESTER, John B., and Mary Ann CASS, Aug. 11, 1839"

(2) 1850 United States Census for New Hampshire, Rockingham Co., Newmarket: Page 12; September 20, 1850.

John B. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Mary [CASS] SYLVESTER. He is 38 years old, born in Maine, and is a mechanic. Children in the household are Gertrude and Albert. His mother Lucy [BARKER] SYLVESTER is also a resident. The residence next door contains his brother, Frank.

(3) 1855 Wisconsin State Census for Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin: June 1, 1855.

B. John SYLVESTER is head of a household with two males and four females. Adjacent entries list the households of his brother Caleb SYLVESTER, his nephew Eben SYLVESTER and his nephew-in-law Lorenzo STEPHENS.

(4) 1860 United States Census for Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 75; July 7, 1860.

John B. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Mary Anne [CASS] SYLVESTER. He is 48 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. He was born in Maine. Children in the household are Gertrude, Eugene, Eldora, Clara, and John Otis.

(5) 1870 United States Census Wisconsin, Iowa Co., the Town of Mifflin, Mifflin Post Office: Page 33; August 12, 1870.

John B. SYLVESTER is head of household, married to Mary A. [CASS] Sylvester. He is 58 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $10,000 and personal estate valued at $6,000, and was born in Maine. Children in the household are Eugene A., Ella A., Clara, and Otis L. Sylvester. The households of Albert SAMPSON (John's son-in-law), Eben SYLVESTER (nephew) and Lorenzo STEVENS (nephew-in-law) are all found found on the same page of the Census record.

(6) Schafer, Joseph,. The Wisconsin Lead Region. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1932 via Ancestry.com

John B. SYLVESTER is listed as an early pioneer farmer in the Wisconsin lead region, born in Maine, along with Abel W. SYLVESTER, Caleb SYLVESTER and Lorenzo STEVENS.

"The distinction of this group of farms proves that the prairie was coming into its own as a choice farming district. And it is testimony to the holding power of lands like these that forty years later the 40 farmers of 1860 were represented by at least half that number of their descendants, occupying the identical lands."

(7) Sampson, Gertrude Sylvester, 1842-1925, "A biographical history of the ancestry of Julian Carroll Sampson [manuscript] : embracing that of his wife Bertha Sylvester Sampson, including all data obtainable by those who are connected in these two direct lines of William and Obediah Sylvester and Abraham Samson." The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Library, Boston, MA

- John Barker SYLVESTER was the father of Gertrude SYLVESTER, the author of the cited manuscript (page 63).
- In 1842 was working as a machinist in a cotton factory in Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA (page 63).
- About 1843, relocated to New Market, Rockingham Co., NH, again working as a machinist in a cotton factory (page 63).
- About 1850, relocated to Wisconsin with his wife and children (page 64).
- In 1850, lived in an existing log cabin on a farm the family bought for the first year until he built a proper house. He hauled lumber 60 miles from a sawmill called "The Pocket." The log cabin became the kitchen (page 65).

(8) Obituary via Newspapers.com: The Sioux City Journal; Sioux City, Iowa; Sun, Apr 6, 1879; Page 3

"John B. SYLVESTER, father of Mrs. R. A. MILLS of this city, died in Dubuque yesterday morning aged 67 years. Mr. MILLS leaves by the Central to-day to attend the funeral services, which will be held to-morrow morning."

(9) Obituary via Newspapers.com: The Beloit Gazette; Beloit, Kansas; Sat, Apr 12, 1879; Page 3

"DIED. SYLVESTER.--In Dubuque, Iowa, on Apr. 5th, John B. SYLVESTER, aged 69 years. With golden key sleep's gentle hand / Has closed the eyes of him we love, / To open in the spirit land; / To gaze enraptured on the band / Of loved ones' round the throne above. / The deceased was the father of Mrs. A. S. SAMPSON, of this city."

(10) Find a Grave

- Name: John Barker SYLVESTER
- Birth: 7 Jul 1812
- Death: 4 Apr 1879 (aged 66)
- Burial: Linwood Cemetery; Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
- Memorial ID: 83766830

(11) North America, Family Histories via Ancestry.com

Daughter of the American Revolution membership 150957 for Mrs. Gertrude MILLS HOOVER lists her grandparents as "John Barker SYLVESTER (1812-79) m. 1839 Mary Ann CASS (1815-1903)."

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

(13) Steves family records, November 17, 2004.

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