Sylvanus W. Dame (abt. 1814 - 1885)

Born about 1814 in Ossipee, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1885 at about age 71 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

The 1880 US census indicates that Sylvanus Dame was born in 1812 at New Hampshire ^[1] The 1865 New Hampshire census indicates aa 1814 date of birth for Sylvanus ^[2]

He was survived by his widow, Mary C Dame, who never remarried and lived to 101! Her obituary in the Bryantville News (Hanson, MA) describes the celebration of her 100th birthday.

Parents

Parents: John and Lydia (Walton) Dame He was a blacksmith. 3rd Child, Lizzie (Mrs. Benjamin Cole). Died of apoplexy as a result of a disease contracted in the Civil War. He served in the 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery.

Spouse

I would love more information on Sylvanus W Dame and his ancestors/possible siblings in Ossipee. I have been unable to find a birth record or a marriage record for him and Mary Carter Dame. Their first child was born in 1838, so I would estimate their marriage to be between 1830 - 1837?

Massachusetts Death records indicate Mary (Carter) Dame was born September 28, 1812 at Exeter, New Hampshire. Her parents were Gideon Carter and Hannah Gilman. Mary died October 3, 1913 at Methuen, Massachusetts ^[3]

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Family

The 1865 Census of New Hampshire gives Sylvanus year of birth as 1814. He and his wife Mary are found living in the household of their daughter, Lydia A. (Dame) Thurston (age 26) and her husband, John Thurston (age 30) in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts ^[2]

Lydia A Dame, child of Sylvanus and Mary, was born c 1838. She married John O Thurston (b 1833) in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 27 Aug 1854, John Thurston was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah Thurston ^[4]

In the "History of Carroll County" there is a mention of Sylvanus Dame purchasing a pew in the church in Ossipee, New Hapmshire (#42) along with William R Dame (related?) (#36 and #40) on March 14, 1840. ^[5]

In the same book, an Anna Dame is listed around the date of June 25, 1836 as an original member of the Fourth (Ossipee Corner) Freewill Baptist Church. Sylvanus's son-in-law, John Osborne Thurston and his father, Nathaniel Kimball Thurston from Exeter, NH were both Christian Baptists in religion. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXQ-1P2 : 26 August 2017), S Dame, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 470, sheet 580C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0545; FHL microfilm 1,254,545.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQC3-6YW : 11 March 2018), Sylvanus Dame in household of John C Thurston, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,560.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z3-TN5 : 11 March 2018), Sylvanus Dame in entry for Mary Dame, 03 Oct 1913; citing Methuen,,Massachusetts, 81, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,401,803.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MP-JY6 : 7 December 2017), Sylvanus Dame in entry for John O. Thurston and Lydia A. Dame, 27 Aug 1854; citing , Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,879.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, by Merrill, Georgia Drew, 1889, Boston : W.A. Fergusson & Co.

Also See:

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDY8-GSK : 13 March 2018), Sylvanus W Dame, 1879.

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6HJ-GXC : 11 March 2018), Sylvanus W Dame, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,566.

• Bryantville News Obituary of October 9, 1913 (Massachusetts) -- xerox copy.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZL-WC1 : 22 December 2020), Sylvanns W Dane, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCW-7KT : 18 February 2021), Sylvanus Dane, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS1-12Q : 29 May 2021), Sylvanus Dane, 1870.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/184572605/sylvanus-w.-dame : accessed 26 July 2021), memorial page for Sylvanus W. Dame (1814–6 Feb 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184572605, citing Walnut Grove Cemetery, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kris Thurston (contributor 49397833) .