Hettie L. DILLON

Dillon/Sylvester Home
Edwin & Hettie Sylvester Home
Plainview Twp., Wabasha Co., MN,
as it appeared in 2002

Father: Albert DILLON
Mother: Helen P. GOODENOUGH

Family 1: Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER

(1) 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).

- 1855 (November 22): Married in Plainview, MN. (page 3).

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

  1. Nettie Hazel SYLVESTER
  2. Meta M. SYLVESTER
  3. Park Dillon SYLVESTER
  4. Byrl Edwin SYLVESTER
  5. Edwin Lawrence SYLVESTER
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 _Albert DILLON_______|
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|--Hettie L. DILLON
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|_Helen P. GOODENOUGH_|
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Notes

Updated August 20, 2011. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Elgin Twp. (Elgin Post Office): page 12; July 2, 1870.

Hettie (listed as "Hattie") DILLON is the daughter of M. CHAPMAN and step-daughter of R. W. CHAPMAN. She is 7 years old, born in New York, and is at home.

(2) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Elgin, Wabasha Co., MN Family History Library Film 1254636, NA Film Number T9-0636, Page 561C.

Hettie DILLON is the 17-year-old daughter of Helen CHAPMAN and step-daughter of Rhinaldo CHAPMAN. Her birthplace is New York and she is at school.

(3) 1895 Minnesota State Census, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Enumeration District 4; Schedule 37, page 18; June 25, 1895.

Hettie L. [DILLON] SYLVESTER is married to E. L. SYLVESTER, head of household. Children in the household are Nettie, Meta, Park, and Byrl. She is 32 years old and born in New York. She is a housewife.

(4) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 155; Sheet 5B; June 7, 1900.

Hettie L. [DILLON] SYLVESTER is married to Edwin L. SYLVESTER, head of household. Children in the household include Nettie H., Meta M., Park D., and Byrl E. SYLVESTER. Hettie's mother and step-father, Hellen P. and Rhinaldo H. CHAPMAN live next door.

- Birth month: April 1863; age 37.
- Marital Status: Married for 15 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 4 children, all of whom are presently living.
- Birthplace: New York, as were her parents.

(5) 1905 Minnesota State Census, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Enumeration District 5; Schedule Sheets 23-24; June 22, 1905.

Hettie L. [DILLON] SYLVESTER is married to Edwin L. SYLVESTER, head of household. Children in the household are Nettie H., Meta M., Park D., Byrl E. and Edward L. SYLVESTER (Jr.). Hettie is 42 years old and born in Minnesota, with her parents from New York. She is a housewife.

(6) 1910 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview: Supervisory District 1, Enumeration District 156; Sheet 5B; April 19, 1910.

Hettie (listed as "Hetty") L. [DILLON] SYLVESTER is married to Edwin L. SYLVESTER, head of household. Children in the household are Nettie H., Byrl E. and Edward L. SYLVESTER, Jr. Edwin Sr.'s brother George SYLVESTER and family live in the next residence.

- Age: 47; married for 23 years.
- Birthplace: New Yori, as were her parents.

(7) 1920 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Village: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 158; Sheet 12B; January 12, 1920.

Hettie L. [DILLON] SYLVESTER is married to Edwin L. SYLVESTER, head of household. Their son Edwin L. SYLVESTER [Jr.] resides with them. Edwin Sr.'s brother, George Franklin ["Frank"] SYLVESTER lives two households away.

- Age: 56
- Birthplace: New York, as were her parents.

(8) 1930 United States Census for Minnesota, Hennepin Co., Minneapolis City: 8th Ward; Enumeration District 27-150; Sheet 12A; April 7, 1930.

Hettie [DILLON] SYLVESTER is listed in the John OLSON household, but she is a separate head of household (by herself). No other family members are with her. Hettie is listed as a widow, but in fact her husband, Edwin L. SYLVESTER, is an inmate of the Minnesota State Prison in Bayport Village, Washington Co., MN.

- Address: 2120 Aldrich St?
- Home ownership: no; monthly rent $53.
- Radio ownership: yes.
- Age: 64 years old at time of census; no age listed for first marriage.
- Birthplace: New York, as were her parents.
- Occupation: Stock sales, Building and Loan (code 8983).

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

- Name: HETTIE D. SYLVESTER
- Death Date: 11/03/1945
- Death Place: HENNEPIN
- State File Number: 022669

(10) 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).

- 1934 (January 5): Lived in Minneapolis, MN. (page 223)
- 1945 (November 3): Passed away in Minneapolis, MN; "for some time she has been a resident of the Soldiers Home in Minneapolis." (page 225)

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

- Listed as surviving parent of Byrl E. SYLVESTER.

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

- The Hettie (DILLON) SYLVESTER headstone at Greenwood cemetery (latitude / longitude N44°10.165' / W92°10.402') reads "Hetty Dillon / 18[][] - 19[][]." Interestingly, her name is spelled differently and the dates of her birth and passing are incomplete.

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

"Hettie L. DILLON, now Mrs. Edwin L. SYLVESTER, was born at St. Lawrence, Jefferson County, N.Y., daughter of Albert and Helen P. (GOODENOUGH) DILLON, April 6, 1863. Albert DILLON served in Co. E., 186th New York Volunteer Infantry, attained the rank of corporal, and was killed at the Battle of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Thus left a widow, Mrs. DILLON later married R. W. CHAPMAN, who brought the family to Minnesota in 1869, and settled on a farm near Elgin in this county. The young daughter, who was six years old when the family arrived, attended the schools of her neighborhood and graduated from the Plainview High School. Mrs. SYLVESTER has been active in all those lines which made for helpful motherhood and helpful womanhood. Her first interest has been her home, and to her family she devoted the major part of her time until the children began to reach more mature years. But this has not been the compass of her work. She is a pillar in the Christian Church, prominent in its various interests, superintendent of the Sunday School and president of its Ladies' Union. In the Eastern Star, the Rebekah Degree and the Ladies' Circle of the D.A.R. she has occupied the highest local offices. One of the founders and a charter member of the Travelers Club,she helped shape its policies, as chairman of the entertainment committee for many years. In pursuing these various interests she has kept well abreast of those movements which are tending to enlarge a woman's scope of influence, and the granting of suffrage rights to women has brought to her the high historical honor of being the first chairman of the Republican Ladies of Wabasha County."