Sylvester Henry EARL
Diary of S. H. Earl
Diary of Joseph I. Earl
St. George Cemetery and Temple Records
Pine Valley Ward Records #6467 p.16; #6164 Pt.2
Seventies Record #1656
1870 Census Utah
Early Church Record File #24739, p.288, Nauvoo Seventies
Utah Pub. A p.243, Pioneers of 1850
Ref. 92905 Ut. 1, p.136, Utah Hist. Gen. Reg
1851 Census of SLC, desc. of John Owen, 929.270 W. 20 p.62, #1131 p.294, 19th Ward SLC
1998 Ancestral File - nil
1997 Ordinance Index (nil)
Susan Easton Black, Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840-1845 (FHL#977.343/N1 K2be) v.2
NOTES: 1. Sylvester Henry Earl was sealed to Betsy Ann Owen (4) 9 April 1879 - sister to Lois Caroline Owen - B. 1822 - Schuyler Co., Ill. Bp. 17 Feb 1870; End. 20 Feb. 1879; died 1844. 2. Sylvester Henry Earl sealed to Hannah Taylor (5) 23 May 1879 - Proxys: Margaret E. Jones Earl and Thomas Franklin Earl. 3. Sylvester Henry Earl sealed to Mary Jones (3) 7 December 1877 - Proxys: Margaret E. Jones Earl and Thomas Franklin Earl. 4. Sylvester Henry Earl and Lois Caroline Owen got their marriage license 28 January 1839 and were married 30 January 1839.
NOTES: The following sealings were found on a film in Gen. Library, Salt Lake City - 1st floor (Information) (Reference sealings) Bk. A. P. 139 Bk. B. P. 434--506. The following three children were sealed to their parents 20 Feb 1879. Wilbur Bradley Earl, Louisa Rebecca Earl, and Rhodania Earl. There is another sealing date on record for these three children, because the first one wasn't known, that of 18 March 1944. The earliest sealing date was used. The rest of the children were born in the covenant. There was no sealing of children to parents in the St. George Temple for a year or so after it was dedicated. NOTES: Grandmother (Lois Caroline) and four of her children did the sealings after Grandfather's death (Sylvester Henry Earl) - Joseph Ira Earl acting for his father - Sylvester Henry Earl, Lydia V. Earl acting for Louisa Earl, Elizabeth T. Earl acting for Rhodania Earl, and Wilbur B. Earl acting for hims
NOTES: Louisa Rebecca Earl died at the age of 15, she wasn't married, but was sealed to Levi Howard Stewart 7 Mar 1879.
NOTES: Two birth dates have been noted for Sylvester Rhodanus, 9 July and 29 July 1848. We are taking 9 of July, because he was baptized by his father on the 9 July 1856 - information found on the early 19th Ward Salt Lake City Records (Call No. F Utah 918 f Pt. 93 (6502) (years 1949-1955)
SOURCES: 1. Diary of Joseph Ira Earl 2. LDS Church Records 3. Bunkerville Ward Records 4. Temple Index Bureau 5. Bunkerville Cemetery Records 6. 1998 Ancestral File 7. Internet IGI (Mar 2006) NOTES: 1. Died following automobile accident on highway near Delta 2. Joseph Ira Earl was rebaptized 10 Feb. 1877.
NOTES: 1. Lydia Vilena Earl was rebaptized 12 Feb. 1877.
NOTES: Elizabeth Tabitha Earl was rebaptized 12 Feb. 1877
He married Lois Caroline Owen 30 Jan 1839 at Schuyler, Illinois . Lois Caroline Owen was born at Milton, Chittenden, Vermont 6 Jan 1818 daughter of Ira Owen and Betsy Ann Castle .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Wilbur Bradley Earl
born 29 Oct 1839.
Louisa Rebecca Earl
born 28 Mar 1843.
Rhodania Earl
born 28 Aug 1845.
Sylvester Rhodanas Earl
born 9 Jul 1848.
Lois Orenia Earl
born 26 Oct 1850.
Joseph Ira Earl
born 6 Sep 1852.
Lydia Vilena Earl
born 18 Sep 1856.
Elijah Owen Earl
born 1858.
Elizabeth Tabitha Earl
born 24 Aug 1859.
John Owen Earl
born 22 Jan 1862.
Sylvester Henry Earl died 22 Jul 1873 at Middelton, Washington, Utah .
Lois Caroline Owen died 9 Mar 1884 at Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada .