Emily Bell Kinney and Moses Wood Sylvester

MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER, son of LUCINA WOOD and AMOS RALPH SYLVESTER, was born in September, 1845 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,⁴⁶⁵³ and died in August, 1929 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷¹⁵¹ He is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁷¹⁵⁵

He married EMILY BELL KINNEY on April 2, 1873 in Polk County, Wisconsin.⁴⁸¹⁸ She was born April 1, 1848 in Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota,⁴⁵⁶ and died December 29, 1929 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

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

Children of EMILY BELL KINNEY and MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER:

1. KATIE SYLVESTER, b. March 8, 1874, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁸⁸¹⁰ m. CHARLES GILMAN PURINTUN on February 19, 1902 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois⁸⁸¹⁰; d. August 20, 1969, Monticello, Green, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹⁰
2. ELEANOR RUST SYLVESTER, b. June 6, 1875, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁶⁵³ m. JOHN ULRICH TOBLER on April 8, 1901 in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin⁴⁸¹⁸; d. March 18, 1975, Polk County, Oregon.⁸⁷⁶
3. MORRIS ARTHUR SYLVESTER, b. February 28, 1879, Wisconsin;⁸ m. NELLIE BULLIS; d. November 8, 1973, Wisconsin.⁵³⁶⁵
4. WALTER FREDERIC SYLVESTER, b. October 17, 1880, Wisconsin;¹⁴⁸⁶ m. FREDA STEINMAN; d. November 2, 1968, Brownsville, Cameron, Texas.¹⁴⁸⁶
5. ALMA LOUISE SYLVESTER, b. June 3, 1882, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ m. HUGH EUGENE LAUGHRIDGE on August 22, 1905 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois⁸⁸²⁹; d. August 5, 1958, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
6. BERTHA SYLVESTER, b. May 14, 1885, Green County, Wisconsin;¹²²⁴⁹ m. ALBERT LEWIS on November 21, 1914 in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin^{8841, 12250}; d. May 1, 1932, Green County, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

Military Service

Obituaries

Wisconsin State Journal, August 15, 1929⁷¹⁵¹

Albany Civil War Veteran Dies at 83

Moses Wood Sylvester Succumbs at Home

ALBANY—Final taps were sounded Monday for Moses Wood Sylvester, 83, one of the few remaining Civil war veterans, who died at his home here. Survivors are the widow, four daughters and two sons: Mrs. Charles Purintun, Monticello; Mrs. John Tobler, Mosuero, N. M.; Morris A Sylvester, Spooner; Walter F. Sylvester, Brownsville, Tex.; Mrs. Eugene Lockridge, and Mrs. Albert Lewis, Albany; one brother, Henry, Aberdeen S. D., who served with a Kansas regiment in the Civil war.

Janesville Daily Gazette, December 30, 1929¹²²⁵⁸

Albany Woman Dead in Waupaca

Albany—Mrs. Emily Sylvester, a resident here for many years, died Sunday in the veterans' home near Waupaca, according to word received here. The body will be brought to Albany for burial. Mrs. Sylvester went to Waupaca in October to spend the winter.

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 1, 18804816	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Morris Arthur Sylvester
June 22, 19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Alma Louise Sylvester Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Bertha Sylvester
May 3, 19107154	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Walter Frederic Sylvester Bertha Sylvester
January 2, 19207155	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney