U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Talbott, Sylvanus H. (1854-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 476 Sylvanus H. Talbott born 1854, son of Silas and Sarah (McKinney) Talbott, was married November 30, 1884, to Edith, daughter of William and Lydia Bartlett. Children, Iva, William Bruce, Hazel, Ruby, Esker Wayne. He is a member of the Baptist Church, a Democrat, a farmer and stockdealer, living on Baker's Run, where he owns 105 acres of improved land, underlaid with coal. Mr. Talbott was five years a Justice of the Peace. The ancestors of Mr. Talbott have been given. Silas Talbott was born 1806, and his wife 1811; he died 1877 and she in 1899. Their children were, Margaret, Abraham, Daniel P. Jane M., Joseph P., Indiana, Sarah A., Elizabeth E., Bessheba M., John M., Wicena, Sylvanus H. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #15807 FULL-NAME: Sylvanus H. Talbott BIRTH-DATE: February 16, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 3, 1934 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Edith Bartlett Talbott) OCCUPATION: FATHER: Silas Talbott (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Sarrah McKinney (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer somewhere in lower abdomen INFORMANT: Wane Talbott of Philippi, W.Va. BURIAL: Philippi (wife of Sylvanus H. Talbott) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #10013 FULL-NAME: Edith Talbott BIRTH-DATE: April 18, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 22, 1939 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (S. H. Talbott) OCCUPATION: housewife FATHER: Judsen Bartlett (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Lydia Bartlett (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: carsinoma of stomach INFORMANT: E. Wayne Talbott BURIAL: Fraternity Cemetery, Philippi, W.Va. (Aug. 25, 1939) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------