Charles A. SYLVESTER

Father: Charles Carroll SYLVESTER
Mother: Charlotte Clare BURNS

                                                        _Charles SYLVESTER _
                              _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
                             |                         |_Lucy BARKER _______
 _Charles Carroll SYLVESTER _|
|                            |                          _Micah WHITNEY _____
|                            |_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
|                                                      |_Hannah COBB _______
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|--Charles A. SYLVESTER
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|                                                       ____________________
|                             _Stephen M. BURNS _______|
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|_Charlotte Clare BURNS _____|
                             |                          ____________________
                             |_Marianne JORDAN ________|
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Notes

Updated February 20, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1865 Minnesota State Census, Wabasha County; June 1, 1865.

Family 58 contains C.C. SYLVESTER, Charlot C. SYLVESTER, Chas. A. SYLVESTER and S.W. BURNS. No other identifying information is provided. Presumably these individuals are Charles Carroll SYLVESTER, his wife Charlotte Clare [BURNS] SYLVESTER, their son Charles A. SYLVESTER, and Charlotte's brother Stephen W. BURNS.

(2) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Township (Plainview Post Office): page 9; dwelling 64; family 62; July 22, 1870.

Charles SYLVESTER is the son of Charles and Charlotte SYLVESTER. He was born in Minnesota, is 8 years old and is attending school.

(3) 1875 Minnesota State Census, Wantonwan Co., Fieldon.

Charles SYLVESTER is the son of C. C. and Charlotte SYLVESTER. He is 12 years old and born in Minnesota.

(4) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Fieldon, Watonwan Co., MN. Family History Library Film 1254637, NA Film Number T9-0637, Page 401A.

The Charles and Charlotte SYLVESTER family had moved to Wantonwan Co., MN by 1880. Charles A. SYLVESTER is included as their 17-year-old son. His birthplace is listed as Minnesota and he is helping on the farm.

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

(6) Sylvester family interview.

- Believed to have been a lifelong bachelor.

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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; Charles Sylvester -9; Charles Sylvester -10.