"George W. Sylvester was one of that worthy band of pioneers who helped develop this region from an almost untrodden wilderness into the prosperous and productive farming country that it is today. He did his share of the hard work, he and his family took their share of the privations, hardships and inconveniences, and his name will long be held in honored remembrance. He performed efficient service on the town board in the early days, he took an active interest in public affairs and his influence was ever on the side of those things which believed to be just and right. George W. Sylvester was born at Phillips, Maine, the son of Caleb and Joanna (Whitney) Sylvester. Caleb Sylvester was a sturdy Maine farmer who achieved something of a name for himself as a mathmetician and surveyor. In 1844 he brought his family to Wisconsin, took a farm near Platteville, and there devoted the remainder of his long and useful life to farming ... Mr. Sylvester was married March 18, 1856, to Matilda Cook, born in Waterloo Township, Province of Quebec, Canada, November 5, 1838, daughter of John Cook, a Canadian of Irish ancestry, who settled in Wisconsin in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester were the parents of five children, Edwin L., Hattie A., George Franklin, Electa A., and Nellie M. Edwin L. and George F. are Plainview bankers. Hattie A. and Electa A. are dead
"George W. Sylvester was one of that worthy band of pioneers who helped develop this region from an almost untrodden wilderness into the prosperous and productive farming country that it is today. He did his share of the hard work, he and his family took their share of the privations, hardships and inconveniences, and his name will long be held in honored remembrance. He performed efficient service on the town board in the early days, he took an active interest in public affairs and his influence was ever on the side of those things which believed to be just and right. George W. Sylvester was born at Phillips, Maine, the son of Caleb and Joanna (Whitney) Sylvester. Caleb Sylvester was a sturdy Maine farmer who achieved something of a name for himself as a mathmetician and surveyor. In 1844 he brought his family to Wisconsin, took a farm near Platteville, and there devoted the remainder of his long and useful life to farming ... Mr. Sylvester was married March 18, 1856, to Matilda Cook, born in Waterloo Township, Province of Quebec, Canada, November 5, 1838, daughter of John Cook, a Canadian of Irish ancestry, who settled in Wisconsin in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester were the parents of five children, Edwin L., Hattie A., George Franklin, Electa A., and Nellie M. Edwin L. and George F. are Plainview bankers. Hattie A. and Electa A. are dead
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