Sylvester Julius WHITCOMB
Jersey, IL Marriage Records (Research by Peggy Magee, 1990)
California Voter Registration (Ancestry.com), 1875, Oakland, Alameda, CA
US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles (Ancestry.com), Enlisted 3 Sep 1863
Montana Soldier's Home at Columbia Falls, MT, Biennieal Report 1919-1920 (Archive.org), died Jan 20th, 1920.
Montana Soldier's Home at Columbia Falls, MT, Annual Report 1910 (Archive.org)
1850 US Federal Census Township 7 Range 11,Jersey,Illinois
1860 US Federal Census Township 2,Contra Costa,California
Jersey, IL Marriage Records (Jersey.IllinoisGenWeb.com)
Montana Death Index, 1860-2007 (FamilySearch.org), 26 Jan 1920
Civil War Pension Index (fold3.com), Pension applied 1906
History of the 2nd Mass Cavalry (2mass.reunioncivilwar.com), injured at Five Forks, 1 Apr 1865
History of 2nd Mass Cavalry, Co F - http://www.yubaroots.com/Civil%20War/2MC-F.htm, severely wounded, promoted to Corp.
1880 US Federal Census Nez Perce Territory,Idaho, Listed as "Sam J."
NOTES: Residing in California from at least 1875, occupation was Painter, living in Oakland. Per Voter Registration. Family notes say he died in 1900 in CA. In 1880, a house painter in Nez Perce, Idaho In 1883 he was in the Idaho Territory, according to James R. Slaten's biography. Located on the 1910 Census in Columbia, Flathead, Montana, in the "Montana Soldier's Home". Single.
1910 US Federal Census Mississippi,Jersey,Illinois
1920 US Federal Census East St Lois,St Clair,Illinois, with daighter Minnie
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index 1916-1947 (Ancestry.com)
1871 - Born in Jersey County, IL, probably around Elsah. 1888 - Married to Justin Onetto Brock, also of Jersey county. He was 22, she was 17. 1889 - First son James is born. 1892 - Second son Gregory is born. 1900 - Single, going by Delight Whitcomb. States she is a widow. Running a boarding house. 4399 Laclede Ave. in St. Louis. 1903 - Stenographer 1905 - Notary Public 1907 - Stenographer, Notary 1908 - Married Henry Von Puhl Taylor 1910 - Living with new husband at 5747 Julian Ave, St Louis. 1920 - Living with new husband, Henry Taylor, clerk for the railroad. Lives at 6031 McPherson Ave, St Louis. 1929 - Dies Sept 17, morphine addict. Suffered from Tabes Dorsalis, which caused paralysis, dementia, blindness, etc.
He married Mary Jane Slaten 22 Dec 1870 at Jersey, Illinois . Mary Jane Slaten was born at Jersey, Jersey, Illinois 24 Dec 1846 daughter of James Russell Slaten and Elizabeth West .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Mary Delight Whitcomb
born 19 Sep 1871.
Cora Elizabeth Whitcomb
born 19 Sep 1873.
Minnie Estella Whitcomb
born 20 Apr 1876.
Sylvester Julius Whitcomb died 26 Jan 1920 at Montana Soldier's Home, Columbia, Flathead, Montana .
Mary Jane Slaten died 5 May 1924 at East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois .