Person:Sylvester Vorhis (2)

1865 March 28, Troy, Iowa. Samantha "Mattie" Vorhis wrote her uncle Joel L. Jones and cousin Jane Love: "Ma has her health . . . Slvester [Vorhis] is going to California [with] Cousin John Wilkinson / [text lost] so Sorrow for they say the __dians is so bad but thare / [text lost] I fear they will All git Fed / well let that ?suffice"

1870 Davis Co., IA, census, p.175B, Union Twp., P.O. Troy, June 10, 1870, Cornell Sullivan: 84/84, Mary M. VORHIS, 63 F W, keeps house, $1600 real, $300 personal, OH; Gloucester, 28 M W, unable to work, $1100 personal, IN; William R., 39 M W, labors on farm, IN; Martha M., 31 F W, assists in housework, IN. 85/85, SYLVESTER VORHIS, 27 M W, farmer, $500 personal, IL; Mary M., 25 F W, house keeping, IA; Nora U., 1 F W, IA.

1877 Dec. 10, Troy, Iowa. Martha Melvina Vorhis wrote her cousin Jane Love: "Sylvester and his wife was her Sunday / the was well / the haf too children a litel boy and litel girl"

1880 Davis Co., IA, census, p.55B, Union Twp., June 9-10, 1880, W.H. Rofser: 93/95, MARY M. VORHIS, head, W F 74, widow, keeping house, OH Wales NJ; William R., son, W M 40, single, farmer, IN OH OH; Martha M., dau, W F 42, single, at home, IN OH OH; Ada THARP, niece, W F 8, IA IL OH; Cornelius THARP, nephew, W M 22, single, farm laborer, IA IL OH. 94/96, SILVESTER VORHIS, W M 36, head, farmer, IL OH OH; Mary M., W F 34, wife, keeping house, IA IN OH; John B., W M 6, son, at school, IA IL IA; Eva M., W F 4, dau, IA IL IA; William C., W M 1, son, IA IL IA.

1890 Oct. 23, Troy, Iowa. Adda Tharp wrote her cousin Jane Love: "Uncle Sylvester got his arm broken 8 weeks ago and it isnt better / will never be strout again / The bone is twisted and the elbow out of place / The doctor that tendend on him let it go to long and now it cant be fixed with out splitting the skinin sawing the end of the bone off and scraping it and they they said may be it would make a good arm and May be not. Johnie / that his boy / got him ankle broke / has been broke three weeks sunday. / he is gitting along well."

1890 Dec. 25, Troy, Iowa. Ada Tharp wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I will tell you where Gradma's children live. . . . one Sylvester live just a half a quarter above us"

1891 March 24, Troy, Iowa. Ada Tharp wrote her cousin Jane Love: "We recieved you welcomed letter last week. It found us all well. Except Uncle Sylvesters youngest child, He suffered two weeks as much as any child could suffer, He passed away to the b[e]tter world above. Sunday 15 minuits untill 12 Oclock. He was just 3 yrs 1/2 day old / It was so hard to give him up. He was always singing and so good natured, / 4 yrs ago the 6 of this Month they buried their little girl / they called her Leona. She was so smart to / it nearly killed them to give her up. And when their other baby came in the world, they loved him the more. And now he's gone. It makes seven children they have buried, four living. They lost the three oldest, Three girls and four boys. They have one girls and three boys left. The roads are so muddy, all most impossiable to get to the grave yard yesterday." Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1900 Davis Co., IA, census, p.137A, Union Twp., June 18, 1900, C.R. Garrett: 138/139, WM. R. VORHIS, head, W M, Oct. 1837, 60, single, IN OH OH, farmer; MARIHA M., sister, W F, Jan. 1838, 62, single, IN OH OH. 139/140, SYLVESTER VORHIS, head, W M, Jan. 1842, 58, md. 33 yrs., IL OH OH, farmer; Mary M., wife, W F, Sept. 1845, 54, mother of 11 children, 4 living, IA IN OH; Eva M., dau, W F, Mch 1876, 24, single, IA IL IA, teacher; Vivian V., son, W M, Nov. 1880, 19, IA IL IA, at school. 140/141, JOHN B. VORHIS, head, W M, Oct. 1873, 26, md. 2 yrs., IA IL IA, farm laborer; Gertie R., wife, W F, Nov. 1875, 24, mother of 2 children, 1 living, KS IA IN; Hilda M., dau, W F, Mch 1900, 2/12, IA IA KS.

1910 Davis Co., IA, census, p.126A, Union Twp., April 26, 1910, Washington W. Wilson: 130/130, SYLVESTER VORHIS, head, M W 67, md. 44 yrs., IL OH OH, farmer, general farm; Criss, wife, F W 64, mother of 11 children, 4 living, IA IN OH.

1920 Davis Co., IA, census index: Vorhis, Clarence G 42 1877 Iowa White Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa Vorhis, Gloaser 78 1841 Indiana White Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa Vorhis, John B 46 1873 Iowa White Union, Davis, Iowa Vorhis, Sylvester 76 1843 Illinois White Union, Davis, Iowa Vorhis, William R 80 1839 Indiana White Union, Davis, Iowa

1923 Nov. 7, Wapello Co., IA, Book 33, SYLVESTER VORHIES, age 81, son of DAVID VORHIS and MARY JONES, md. Mrs. Prudence Eslinger, age 67, dau. of Samuel Fuller and Catharine Brower. http://iagenweb.org/wapello/marriages33.htm

Rouch Cemetery, Union Township, Davis Co., Iowa Clark and Deborah Barker <barkerdl@@netins.net>, September 17, 2000 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/davis/cemeteries/rouch.txt http://showcase.netins.net/web/daviscounty/rouch.htm Vorhis, Sylvester ~ 18 Jan 1843 ~ 31 Dec 1929 ~ son of David

. . Mary M ~ 1845 ~ 1923 ~ Criss ~ wf of Sylvester
. . Emma E ~ --- ~ 15 Oct 1867 ~ dau of Sylvester
. . Nora U ~ 2y6m2d ~ 28 Feb 1871 ~ dau of Sylveste
. . Elmer E ~ --- ~ 11 Dec 1873 ~ son of Sylvester
. . Virgil ~ 28 Jun 1883 ~ 22 Sep 1883 ~ sons of
. . Twin ~ 28 Jun 1883 ~ 28 Jun 1883 ~ Sylvester & Mary
. . Leathie L ~ 14 Jul 1886 ~ 6 Mar 1887 ~ 7mo
. . Pearlie S ~ 21 Mar 1888 ~ 22 Mar 1891

Photograph of Sylvester and Mary's gravestone, http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php/id_2987

1. ↑ LDS Patron Sheets (submitted 1969-1991)
   Batch F513971, sheet 42, Film 1553587.

   Sylvester VORHIS b. 1843, Illinois, son of David D. VORHIS and Mary M. JONES