Phiania Emily Sylvester and John Edward Donaldson

JOHN EDWARD DONALDSON was born May 10, 1831 in Kentucky,⁴⁹³¹ and died May 16, 1915 in Montezuma, Parke, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

He married PHIANIA EMILY SYLVESTER on February 21, 1894 in Cook County, Illinois,²⁰⁸⁵ daughter of LUCINDA HARRIET SMITH and JOHN SUTHERLAND SYLVESTER. She was born September 28, 1856 in Bellville, Wisconsin,⁴⁹³¹ and died December 8, 1941 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Phiania E. Sylvester)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Phiania E. Sylvester)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Phiania E. Sylvester)

Children of PHIANIA EMILY SYLVESTER and JOHN EDWARD DONALDSON:

1. JOHN EDWARD DONALDSON, b. May 7, 1895, Indiana;⁸ m. HAZEL WEST BOWEN on August 20, 1919 in Marion County, Indiana⁵³⁶⁹; d. May 29, 1968, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.⁸⁸⁴⁴

Marriage Announcements and News

March 20, 1894⁷⁶⁹³

Phiania Sylvester, formerly of the town of Sylvester, and well known to many here, was married to John E. Donaldson at Chicago on the 21st Feb. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson will reside at Montizuma, Indiana.

Obituaries

Indianapolis News, December 9, 1941¹²²⁸²

DONALDSON—Phiama Emily Sylvester, mother of Edward Donaldson at the home, 5207 N. New Jersey, Monday morning. Services at Montgomery Mortuary Wednesday, 10:30 a. m.; Montezuma Christian church, 2 p. m. Friends welcome. Interment at Montezuma, Ind. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 18607145	Athens, Fayette, Kentucky	Rachel Sutherland John Wesley Sylvester William Hills Sylvester Stephen Price Sylvester Frank Adelbert Sylvester Phiania Emily Sylvester Ellen Agnes Sylvester
August 31, 18704815	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Amos Ralph Sylvester Loraine B. Rust Moses Wood Sylvester Frank Adelbert Sylvester Phiania Emily Sylvester Ellen Agnes Sylvester Rachel Sutherland
June 12, 18804816	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Amos Ralph Sylvester Loraine B. Rust Phiania Emily Sylvester
June 9, 19007564	Reserve, Parke, Indiana	John Edward Donaldson Phiania Emily Sylvester John Edward Donaldson
April 30, 19108843	Reserve, Parke, Indiana	John Edward Donaldson Phiania Emily Sylvester John Edward Donaldson
January 13, 1920444	Washington, Marion, Indiana	John Edward Donaldson Hazel West Bowen Phiania Emily Sylvester
April 11, 1930443	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana	John Edward Donaldson Hazel West Bowen Phiania Emily Sylvester Son
April 18, 19402513	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana	John Edward Donaldson Hazel West Bowen Phiania Emily Sylvester Son Mary Helen Donaldson