Person:Sylvester Hovey (1)

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Sylvester Hovey
b.10 Dec 1797
d.6 May 1840 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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m. 24 Dec 1795
  1. Sylvester Hovey1797 - 1840
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m. Est 1822
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Name Sylvester Hovey
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Dec 1797
Graduation? 1818 Yale College
Marriage Est 1822 to Jane Chester
Occupation? Teacher, Professor
Death? 6 May 1840 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Yale 1818, Valedictorian, after grad. to restore his health he traveled and home 2 or 3 years. Tutor Yale 1822-26; Prof. Math & Nat.Phil. Williams Coll. 1827-29; same at Amherst 1829-35. Trav.,resided in St.Croix, W.I. to regain his health (consumption), on his return he published "Letters from the West Indies". Returned home a confirmed invalid. He died of consumption. Wife and an infant died shortly before husband, young daughter died 1842. NOTE- ROR vol. 2 says Yale 1819, Root & Branch vol. 3 no 4 says 1818

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