Husband: James H. SYLVESTER
Birthdate: 1812 or 1813
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date: About 1888
Place of death: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Burial: unknown
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: 1840
Marriage place: Arkansas

Wife: Deborah "Debbie" COX
Birthdate: April 1821
Birth place: Missouri
Death date: April 27, 1905
Place of death: Round Mountain, Blanco Co., Texas
Burial: Round Mountain Cem., Blanco Co., Texas (Unmarked)
Father: Possibly William Cox
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Joseph William SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1840
Birth place: Arkansas
Death date: Probably died young
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Nancy Jane SYLVESTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: December 5, 1841
Birth place: Sevier County, Arkansas
Death date: September 14, 1890, age 48, tuberculosis
Place of death: Blanco, Blanco Co., Texas
Burial: Willow City Cem., Blanco Co., Texas
Marriage date: [1] October 25, 1860 [2] August 22, 1866
Marriage place: [1] Travis Co, Texas [2] Travis Co., Texas
Spouse's name: [1] John Fanning (Son James was Jim "The Outlaw" Fanning [2] John Columbus Jones, Sr.

Child No. 3: Martha F. SYLVESTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 15, 1845
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: October 13, 1901
Place of death: Caldwell Co., Texas
Burial: Lytton Springs, Caldwell Co., Texas
Marriage date: August 20, 1865
Marriage place: Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: Thomas Jefferson Pruitt

Child No. 4: Mary Ann SYLVESTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: Oct 1846
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: May 19, 1916
Place of death: Denton, Texas
Burial: Possibly Craven Cem.
Marriage date: December 17, 1863
Marriage place: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: Richard W. Craven; John Columbus Jones, Sr.

Child No. 5: Thomas H. SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 1847
Birth place: Travis County, Texas
Death date: ABT 1890
Place of death: San Patricio County (now Nueces County), Texas
Burial: San Patricio Co., Texas
Marriage date: [1] December 28, 1868 [2] 1883
Marriage place: [1] Travis County, Texas [2] Travis Co., Texas
Spouse's name: [1] Jane E. Hudson [2] M. Luda Willman

Child No. 6: Caleb H. SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1851
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: July 2, 1894
Place of death: Travis County, Texas
Burial: White Rock Cem., Bee Cave, Travis, Texas
Marriage date: [1] 1874 [2] 1885
Marriage place: [1] Travis Co., Texas [2] Travis Co., Texas
Spouse's name: [1] Eveline E. Brown [2] Mary Esther Collier

Child No. 7: James I. “Jim” SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 3, 1852 or 1853
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: March 29, 1939 (Influenza outbreak)
Place of death: Henderson Branch, Kerr County, Texas
Burial: Baldwin Cem., Kerr Co., Texas
Marriage date: February 17, 1874 (Vol.4/61)
Marriage place: Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: Fallie Emma Briggs

Child No. 8: Louisa Elizabeth "Bettie" SYLVESTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: December 1, 1854
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Probably State of Colorado
Marriage date: December 25, 1873
Marriage place: Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: William Henry Harrison Peel

Child No. 9: Rebecca E. SYLVESTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 25, 1857
Birth place: Texas Travis County, Texas
Death date: June 7, 1932, age 74
Place of death: Magnet, Wharton County, Texas
Burial: Live Oak Cem., Brady, Texas
Marriage date: [1] December 6, 1874 [2] June 24, 1877
Marriage place: [1] Travis Co., Texas [2] Mountain City, Texas
Spouse's name: [1] C. H. Williams [2] Richard Blackwell

Child No. 10: Albert H. SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 23, 1860
Birth place: Travis County, Texas
Death date: September 26, 1909 (Influenza)
Place of death: Kerr County, Texas
Burial: Baldwin Cem., Kerr Co., Texas
Marriage date: October 27, 1881
Marriage place: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: Cynthia Luvinia Hickson

Child No. 11: John D. SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 1862
Birth place: Travis Co., Texas
Death date: October 28, 1935
Place of death: Briggs, Burnet County, Texas
Burial: Mahomet Cem., Burnet Co., Texas
Marriage date: 1884
Marriage place: Travis Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Nancy Emily Willman

Child No. 12: Alexander SYLVESTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 14, 1865
Birth place: Travis County, Texas
Death date: August 4, 1941
Place of death: Porterville, Tulare County, California
Burial: Vandalla, California
Marriage date: April 8, 1883
Marriage place: Travis County, Texas
Spouse's name: Rachail Lydia Johnson (divorced); Ollie Chapman
 
 
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