Sylvester Straw
- Born: May 1827, Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth G. Coon on 11 Sep 1859 in York, Dane County, Wisconsin
- Died: 20 Dec 1862, Nashville, Tennessee [Civil War casuality] at age 35
- Buried: Nashville National Cemetery in So Madison, Tennessee
 Cause of his death was typhoid fever.
General Notes:
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Civil War Pension Index - Sylvester Straw; widow Elizabeth C. and F(ranklin) S(argent). Straw guardian of two minor children filed 3 June 1863
census 1850; Richmond, VT
Samuel age 56 farmer born NH
Mary 52 born NH
Cyrus G age 33; born NH
Sylvester age 23; laborer; born VT
Franklin S. 17 born VT
Meltham age 10 born VT
Hannah age 7 born VT
Ellen L. Smith age 22; born VT
Elvira now married and living outside HH age 20
9 July1860 census for Lowell, Dodge Co., WI.
Sylvester, Elizabeth and daughter Ida 2 mos (born 1860) are living next door to parents, John & Ann Coon
Per Military records of the Civil War there is a Sylvester Straw who was a resident of Lowell, Wisconsin who enlisted on 9 Sept 1861 as a Private in E Co 10th Inf Reg WI who died of disease in Nashville TN on 19 Nov 1862.
STRAW, SYLVESTER PRIVATE US ARMY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 12/20/1862 DATE OF INTERMENT: 12/20/1882 BURIED AT: SECTION B SITE 6371 NASHVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY <http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/nashville.htm>1420 GALLATIN ROAD, SOUTH MADISON , TN 37115 (615) 736-2839 (615) 736-2846
Per Straw/Burns Family Bible:
Slyvester Straw December 1862 died Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee December 20 1862 between the hours of six and seven in the morning.
www.findagrave.com
Samuel Straw 1792-1875 and Mary Griffin Straw 1797-1878. Father of Ida Straw and William Morris Straw. Died in the Civil War. In the Burns family Bible: "Sylvester Straw, December 1862 Sylvester Straw died Tennessee, Nashville Tennessee December 20th 1862 between the hours of six and seven in the morning" Cause of death, disease. Buried in Nashville National Cemetery. Widow applied for pension. Private in E (or B) Co 10th Inf Reg WI. New records list Typhoid Fever as cause of death and 19 th as death date.
Vermont Death card says "Cemetery: Old Village. Richmond" Body must have been moved back to Vermont. ?
Sylvester married Elizabeth G. Coon, daughter of John Coon and Ann, on 11 Sep 1859 in York, Dane County, Wisconsin. (Elizabeth G. Coon was born in 1841 in New York, died on 24 Sep 1865 in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont and was buried in Richmond Village Cemetery in Chittenden County, Vermont.)
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