Families of Amos Ralph Sylvester

AMOS RALPH SYLVESTER, son of RACHEL SUTHERLAND and RICHARD SYLVESTER, was born March 8, 1810 in Onondaga County, New York,⁴⁸¹³ and died September 14, 1882 in Green County, Wisconsin.⁴⁸¹³ He is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) LUCINA WOOD on February 14, 1831 in Camillus, Onondaga, New York.⁴⁸¹³ She was born May 26, 1812 in New York,⁴⁵⁶ and died August 30, 1847 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁸¹³ She is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) LORAINE B. RUST on August 7, 1848 in Wisconsin.^{4813, 4818} She was born July 14, 1810 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut,⁴⁵⁶ and died March 5, 1886 in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

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

Children of LUCINA WOOD and AMOS RALPH SYLVESTER:

1. MARY SYLVESTER.
2. RICHARD SYLVESTER, b. October 21, 1832, New York;⁴⁵⁶ d. October 14, 1862;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
3. ABRAHAM WOOD SYLVESTER, b. April 30, 1838, Illinois;⁷⁰²⁴ m. JULIA TATRO on July 27, 1862 in Sylvester, Polk, Wisconsin⁴⁸¹⁸; d. November 12, 1899, Garfield, Polk, Wisconsin.^{7024, 8530}
4. HENRY W. SYLVESTER, b. July 27, 1840, Illinois;⁴⁵⁶ m. EMILY IONE PHILLIPS; d. October 31, 1934, Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶
5. MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER, b. September, 1845, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. EMILY BELL KINNEY on April 2, 1873 in Polk County, Wisconsin⁴⁸¹⁸; d. August, 1929, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷¹⁵¹

Obituaries

Lake Geneva Herald, September 22, 1882⁷¹⁵⁶

AMOS SYLVESTER, aged 80 years, founder of the town of Sylvester, Green county, was run away with by a span of colts and killed. His wife, who was with him, was severely bruised.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 22, 18504817	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Amos Ralph Sylvester Loraine B. Rust Richard Sylvester Abraham Wood Sylvester Henry W. Sylvester Moses Wood Sylvester
August 23, 18604814	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Amos Ralph Sylvester Loraine B. Rust Abraham Wood Sylvester Henry W. Sylvester Moses Wood Sylvester Rachel Sutherland
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