Caleb Barker SylvesterAge: 74 years17931868

Name
Caleb Barker Sylvester
Given names
Caleb Barker
Surname
Sylvester
Birth August 9, 1793
MarriageJoanna WhitneyView this family
September 10, 1818 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Eben Whitney Sylvester
August 25, 1820 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eliza Anne Sylvester
May 23, 1822 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lydia Sylvester
1824 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Sylvanus Sylvester
1825 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#5
George Sylvester
1828 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Charles Carroll Sylvester
1830 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Caleb , Jr. Sylvester
1832 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a son
#8
Franklin Sylvester
1834 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a daughter
#9
Attila Sylvester
1836 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a daughter
#10
Abigail Frances Sylvester
April 29, 1839 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a son
#11
John Fairfield Sylvester
1841 (Age 47 years)

Marriage of a childEliza Anne SylvesterView this family
April 12, 1842 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a daughter
#12
L. Emma Sylvester
1843 (Age 49 years)

Death of a daughterLydia Sylvester
1853 (Age 59 years)

Marriage of a childEben Whitney SylvesterView this family
April 25, 1856 (Age 62 years)

Marriage of a childGeorge SylvesterView this family
1856 (Age 62 years)

Marriage of a childAttila SylvesterView this family
1857 (Age 63 years)

Marriage of a childAbigail Frances SylvesterView this family
1857 (Age 63 years)

Marriage of a childFranklin SylvesterView this family
1858 (Age 64 years)

Death of a wifeJoanna Whitney
April 17, 1862 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Fairfield SylvesterView this family
1863 (Age 69 years)

Death of a sonFranklin Sylvester
1864 (Age 70 years)

Death of a sonSylvanus Sylvester
before 1865 (Age 71 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Carroll SylvesterView this family
January 22, 1865 (Age 71 years)

Marriage of a childL. Emma SylvesterView this family
1868 (Age 74 years)

Death February 16, 1868 (Age 74 years)
Family with Joanna Whitney - View this family
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Marriage: September 10, 1818
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21 months
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Eliza Anne Sylvester
Birth: May 23, 1822 28 22Phillips, Franklin Co., ME
Death: January 15, 1902Menno, Hutchinson Co., WI
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  1. Generation 1
    1. Caleb Barker Sylvester was born on August 9, 1793 in Bath, Sagadahoc Co., ME and died on February 16, 1868 in Mifflin, Iowa Co., WI at the age of 74. He married Joanna Whitney, daughter of Micah Whitney and Hannah Cobb, on September 10, 1818. She was born on December 6, 1799 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on April 17, 1862 in Mifflin, Iowa Co., WI at the age of 62.

      Children of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney:

      1. Eben Whitney Sylvester (18201906)
      2. Eliza Anne Sylvester (18221902)
      3. Lydia Sylvester (18241853)
      4. Sylvanus Sylvester (18251865)
      5. George Sylvester (1828)
      6. Charles Carroll Sylvester (18301908)
      7. Caleb , Jr. Sylvester (1832)
      8. Franklin Sylvester (18341864)
      9. Attila Sylvester (1836)
      10. Abigail Frances Sylvester (18391895)
      11. John Fairfield Sylvester (1841)
      12. L. Emma Sylvester (1843)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Eben Whitney Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on August 25, 1820 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died in 1906 at the age of 85.

    2. Eliza Anne Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on May 23, 1822 in Phillips, Franklin Co., ME and died on January 15, 1902 in Menno, Hutchinson Co., WI at the age of 79.

    3. Lydia Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1824 and died in 1853 at the age of 29.

    4. George Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1828.

    5. Charles Carroll Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1830 in Maine and died in 1908 at the age of 78.

    6. Caleb , Jr. Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1832.

    7. Franklin Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1834 and died in 1864 at the age of 30.

    8. Attila Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1836.

    9. Abigail Frances Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born on April 29, 1839 in Maine and died on March 2, 1895 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande Co., CO at the age of 55.

    10. John Fairfield Sylvester, son of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1841.

    11. L. Emma Sylvester, daughter of Caleb Barker Sylvester and Joanna Whitney, was born in 1843.

Shared note

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

(2) Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901. Pages 432-433.

"born Aug 9, 1793, at Bath, Maine, but removed in early life to the town of Phillips, where he followed the business of surveyor and filled numerous official position, including that of member of the Legislature. In 1844 he came to Wisconsin, and, two years later, settled in the town of Mifflin, Iowa county, where he reached the age of nearly seventy-five years.'

(3) Listed in Daughters of the American Revolution membership records 157305 (issued 1920), 481880 (issued 1961) and 569548 (issued 1972).

(4) The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Page 834.

Provided by: Allan Green [email protected]