Sylvester Julius WHITCOMB

Birth:
12 Feb 1844
Salem, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
26 Jan 1920
Montana Soldier's Home, Columbia, Flathead, Montana
Burial:
Montana Soldier's Home Cemetery, Columbia, Flathead, Montana
Marriage:
22 Dec 1870
Jersey, Illinois
Sources:
Ancestry Family Trees
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:
                   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.
Mary Jane SLATEN
Birth:
24 Dec 1846
Jersey, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
5 May 1924
East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois
Burial:
7 May 1924
Dow, Jersey, Illinois
Sources:
1900 US Federal Census Mississippi,Jersey,Illinois
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)
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Delight WHITCOMB
Birth:
19 Sep 1871
Jersey, Illinois
Death:
17 Sep 1929
St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
Henry VonPuhl TAYLOR 
Marr:
1908
St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 
Notes:
                   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.
2
Cora Elizabeth WHITCOMB
Birth:
19 Sep 1873
of Jersey, Illinois
Death:
1875
Oakland, Alameda, California
 
Marr:
 
3
Minnie Estella WHITCOMB
Birth:
20 Apr 1876
Oakland, Alameda, California
Death:
5 May 1937
Jersey, Illinois
FCID:38300:2326
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Sylvester Julius Whitcomb - Mary Jane Slaten

Sylvester Julius Whitcomb was born at Salem, Jersey, Illinois 12 Feb 1844. His parents were Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb and Elizabeth Patten.

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 .