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• Reference Number: 3767
• _UID: 26C019CD9C0F4C96A589C8145615AB027B84

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He was a Railroad Worker, except for a brief period of time when he and h is family moved back to Vermillion to help care for his injured father. Af ter his father's death, he and his family moved to Toledo, where he contin ued to work for the railroad. His job ultimately moved him and his fami ly to Everett, WA and then to Vancouver, BC, where he worked for the Canad ian Pacific Railroad.

Sylvester married Carolina Wilhelmina GEGENHEIMER on 21 Feb 1888 in Vermillion, Erie, OH. Carolina was born on 7 Sep 1869 in Vermillion, Erie, OH; died on 6 Jan 1938 in Columbus, Franklin, OH; was buried in Jan 1938 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reference Number:53677

1. Hazel Katerine PELTON was born in 1894 in Toledo, OH.
2. Philip Munson PELTON was born in 1895 in Toledo, OH.

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• Reference Number: 1866
• _UID: 0D1DB9A18E5D4D02B5CA7C3A7C26F3AB33B4

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He was a Farmer. He served in the military in the Civil War from 1862-186 5. He had Provost Duty in Company FL, 128th Regiment of the Ohio Infant ry Union Army; stationed in Toledo, OH. In 1898, while constructing an i ce house in Toledo, a wall fell on him, fracturing his leg and hip. He w as crippled for the remainder of his life.

Munson married Melissa Emily CALL on 27 Jul 1864 in Vermillion, Huron, OH. Melissa was born on 4 May 1844 in MI; died on 4 Nov 1914 in Toledo, Lucas, OH; was buried in Nov 1914 in Vermillion, Erie, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3766
• _UID: 0B7A15CB0B5247E89822A87B4F5BA2E3FDBC

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Married:
Reference Number:28524

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• Reference Number: 802
• _UID: DB02158AE0E84079B23711DCD4F67896ABAA
• Census: 1880
• EMPL: Employment: 1880

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He was a Farmer.

Census:
Vermillion, Huron, OH

EMPL: Employment:
Farmer

Sylvester married Eunice O. STURGIS on 31 Dec 1828 in Vermillion, Huron, OH. Eunice was born on 27 Jul 1810 in NY; died on 25 Jul 1873 in Vermillion, Huron, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1860
• _UID: 26892EC86AEA4BC98D3AB9B9F277E2B344AD

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The family of Eunice Sturges Pelton was prominent in Fairfield, CT. The em igrant ancestor, John Sturges, came to CT in 1660. Eunice's great grandfa ther, Set, suffered depredations at the hands of the British during the Re volution. Daughters of the American Revolution classified him as a patri ot and direct relationship to him qualifies one for membership in that org anization. Set was married to Mary Burr, first cousin to Aaron Burr who w as Vice President under Thomas Jefferson.

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Reference Number:13565

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• Reference Number: 332
• _UID: 29848C73CAE54825BE84C78B60F729D8B4B3

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From 1787 to 1811 he followed the sea as cabin boy, sailor, captain and owner, trading principally with the West Indies and the
Spanish Main, both in North and South America;
also with Brazil and the Guianas. In l811, during
the Mexican insurrection, under Hidalgo, he was
captured while commanding a vessel owned by himself and his brother, Moses, the vessel and $30,000 in specie confiscated and he held a captive. * Released, after three years, he found his vessel sold and all his papers destroyed, which prevented the recovery of his property. Abandoning the sea, he, in June 1815, gathered up his family, and with a wagon drawn by an ox team for a conveyance, started for Ohio, and in August following arrived at Euclid, near Cleveland, OH., where a cousin, Jonathan Pelton, son of Joseph Pelton, 1st, of Chatham, Conn., had settled the year before. Here he bought land, and here his
wife Lucy (b. Aug. 1 [or 11], 1775) died September
2, 1815. In 1819 he bought land with a small clearing and a log house, of John Sherrarts, in Vermillion, Huron (now Erie) Co., OH., and removed to the new farm. At that time there was large game, deer, bears, wolves and wild turkeys in plenty, with some Indians still roaming the woods. Here he was a farmer. But he could not forget the old vocation, and soon after his arrival built a small vessel, launched her upon Lake Erie, and called her the "Franklin" after his youngest son. At that time the
nearest mills were at Cleveland and Cold Creek.

* Another account says he was taken and held captive by pirates.

Josiah married Lucy SHEPARD on Yes, date unknown. Lucy was born on 1 Aug 1775; died on 2 Sep 1815 in Euclid, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 795
• _UID: AD5A0BEA1B8B4A3BBF866E31704962ACD2FC

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Married:
Reference Number:6687