Electa Anna SYLVESTER

Father: George Washington SYLVESTER
Mother: Matilda A. COOK

                                                          _Charles SYLVESTER _
                                _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
                               |                         |_Lucy BARKER _______
 _George Washington SYLVESTER _|
|                              |                          _Micah WHITNEY _____
|                              |_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
|                                                        |_Hannah COBB _______
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|--Electa Anna SYLVESTER
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|_Matilda A. COOK _____________|
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Notes

Updated December 29, 2016. 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.

Electa SYLVESTER is the daughter of George and Matilda SYLVESTER . She was born in Minnesota and is 4 months old.

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

Electa A. SYLVESTER is the daughter of G. W. and Matilda A. SYLVESTER. She is 5 years old and born in Minnesota.

(3) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN. Family History Library Film 1254636, NA Film Number T9-0636, Page 572A.

Electie SYLVESTER is listed as the 10-year-old daughter of Matilda SYLVESTER . Her birthplace is Minnesota and she is at school.

(4) 1885 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp., Plainview Post Office: Page 4; Schedule 3; June 28, 1885.

Electa A. SYLVESTER is the daughter of Matilda A. SYLVESTER. She is 15 years old and born in Minnesota.

(5) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 155; Sheet 5A; June 6, 1900.

Electa A. SYLVESTER lives with her mother, Matilda A. SYLVESTER , head of household. Electa is born March 1870 in Minnesota, is 30 years old and single. She is a music teacher.

(6) Illinois, Select Deaths Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Electa A SYLVESTER
- Birth Year: abt 1870
- Age: 33 Yr
- Death Date: 30 Dec 1903
- Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

(7) Find a Grave

- Name: Electa SYLVESTER
- Birth: Mar. 16, 1870
- Death: Dec. 30, 1903
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery; Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA

(8) 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).

- May 16, 1870: Born in Woodland, just outside the township of Plainview, MN. (page 29)
- 1883: Moved with her family into the village of Plainview, MN. (page 30)
- 1889: Graduated from Plainview high school. (page 30)
- 1891: Graduated from Winona [MN] Normal School. (page 30)
- September 1891 - September 1892: taught at Farmington, MN public schools.
- September 1892 - September 1894: Studies music and art at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. (pages 8, 30)
- 1894 - 1896: Instructor in music and drawing in the Normal school, Mayville, ND but resigns due to ill health. (pages 10, 30)
- 1896 - 1903: Resides in Plainview, MN; assists her brothers at the Plainview Bank. (page 30)
- December 30, 1903: "Electa SYLVESTER killed in the Iroquois Fire in Chicago." Reportedly could only be identified by a ring on her finger. (page 30)

(9) Olson Family record, December 6, 1998.

- She was a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding (Nellie SYLVESTER ).

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

- "Burned in the Iroquois Theatre 1900 (sic)"

(11) Chicago Public Library, Municipal Reference Library's Internet Site.

"On December 30, 1903, Chicago experienced one of its most heartbreaking disasters. The Iroquois Theater, believed to be fireproof, was presenting Eddie Foy in 'Mr. Bluebeard' to a capacity matinee house with many children in attendance. Suddenly a piece of scenery caught fire and within minutes the flames were out of control. The audience panicked. Many exits were locked. The lights had gone out. In little more than 15 minutes, 596 people lost their lives. One result of the horrible tragedy was the adoption of a new set of safety regulations for theaters."

(12) Cook County (Illinois) Coroner. "Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago, Illinois Wednesday Afternoon December the Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Three, List of Victims," (Chicago: Henry O. Shepard Co., 1904). Scanned images downloaded from the Chicago Public Library web site.

- On page 11 it lists Electa A. SYLVESTER , a Bookkeeper, identified by E. L. SYLVESTER .

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

- Electa SYLVESTER is buried at the Woodland Cemetery. The cemetery is located on the south side of Road 25 at the "T" intersection with Road T238 (within eyesight of the township maintenance building) in a rural area of Plainview Township (latitude/longitude; N44°07.698' / W92°06.559'). Her headstone simply reads "ELECTA."

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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; Electa Sylvester -10.