Stephen Ruggles Sylvester (1861 - 1925)

Born 3 Nov 1861 in Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel Rosilla (Carver) Sylvester — married 3 Aug 1901 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Died 23 Sep 1925 at age 63 in Maine, United States

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Biography

Stephen was born in 1861 in Greene, Maine, the son of Charles Collier Sylvester (1815-1902) and Hannah Sylvester (1819-1903). He married Mabel Rosilla Carver in Leeds, Maine on 3 Aug 1901. They had twelve known children they raised in Greene /Wales area of Maine where Stephen was a farmer.

Stephen Sylvester passed away in 1925 and is buried in Greene, Maine at the Sylvester Cemetery.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DZ-KLC : 19 March 2020), Stephen Sylvester in entry for Charles C Sylvester, 1870

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3X-9RY : 14 August 2017), Stephen R Sylvester in household of Charles C Sylvester, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 134B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,475.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MML4-2BP : accessed 20 November 2020), Stephen Sylvester, Greene town, Wales town, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 7B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,587.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJ7-7T6 : 27 November 2014), Stephen R Sylvester and Mabel R Carver, 03 Aug 1901; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRS5-RDD : accessed 20 November 2020), Stephen R Sylvester, Wales, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 12B, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 536; FHL microfilm 1,374,549

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZW-7CG : accessed 20 November 2020), Stephen R Sylvester, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing ED 15, sheet 1B, line 60, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 637; FHL microfilm 1,820,637.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Stephen Ruggles Sylvester (3 Nov 1861–23 Sep 1925), Find a Grave Memorial no. 91878223, citing Sylvester Cemetery, Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

>First-hand information as remembered by Susanna Berry, Friday, February 20, 2015.