Individual Details
Sidney Smith Hurlbut
(27 Oct 1805 - 8 Aug 1884)
Events
| Birth | 27 Oct 1805 | Benson, Rutland, Vermont |  | ||
| Bio Note | The Hurlbut Genealogy includes a narrative on Sidney Smith Hurlbut's education and early career path |  | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Sep 1837 | at the house of Ann's sister, Mr.s Robert H. Martin., Oswego, Oswego, New York - Ann Eliza Warner | | | |
| Bio Note | 1864 | he was involved in cotton farming - Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi | | | |
| Bio Note | Sidney was interested in mechanical invention. | | | ||
| Death | 8 Aug 1884 | disease of the stomach - Racine, Racine, Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | Mound Cemetery, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Eliza Warner (1813 - ) |
| Child | Henry Warner Hurlbut (1840 - ) |
| Child | Charles Butler Hurlbut (1842 - ) |
| Child | Georgiana Hurlbut (1845 - ) |
| Father | Jonathan Hurlbut (1783 - 1856) |
| Mother | Persis Smith (1775 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Dolly Diana Hurlbut (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Higgins Hurlbut (1813 - ) |
Notes
Bio Note
"Mr. H. rem. with his parents in the spring of 1814, to the village of Hoosick Falls, N. Y. In his studies he excelled in mathematics, was an expeert with the Gunter's rule or scale, by which he used to say, could be solved any question in arithmetic; and such was his proficiency in penmanship, he was called to a neighboring town at the age of 16 to teach a class in writing. In latter part of 1823 or early in 1824 he was engaged as a clerk of Messrs. Gale & Thompson, in Troy, N. Y., where he continued some six years. After a clerkship of a year in New York city, and a like term in New Orleans, he went with a small cargo, mostly dry goods to sell in Mexico; but after many months of untoward and vexatious experience in enterprise, he was willing to turn his face northward and towards home, little if any better off than when he left. In 1835 he took a position as book-keeper in the Oswego Bank at Oswego, N. Y. He had a taste for military practice, and held several appointments, one bearing the signature of Col. Geo. R. Davis in 1823, another of Gov. De Witt Clinton in 1827, and a third of Gove. W. L. Marcy in 1836. He was the principal originator in 1838 of that fine corps known as the Oswego Guards, and was chosen its first commandant. He was elected Captain of the Oswego Fire Co., Number 2 in 1836, and Mayor McWhorter's commission bears the city seal in Aug. of that year. In the autumn of 1843, Capt. H. with his family removed to Racine, Wis., where he bought with his brother, a warehouse and lot, and one-eighth of the undivided and unplatted tract known afterwards as 'Sage's Addition' to Racine. Capt. H. was awhile in the business of the warehouse, but longer engaged in milling in Racine, and also in Whitewater, Wis."Marriage
They were married by Rev. John McCarty.Bio Note
According to the Hurlbut genealogy, Sidney Hurlbut "spent the year in assisting his brother on a cotton plantation near Vicksburg, Miss. The cotton fields, however of that year were doomed to destruction from the devouring worms; not enough cotton even at the enormously high price in the market, was saved sufficient to pay expenses; and a loss of several thousand dollars was incurred."Bio Note
The Hurlbut Genealogy states that Sidney "from early youth, employed much of his leisure time in mechanical invention. In his boyhood he was a curious worker in bone and ivory. Some of his later inventions in farming implements, were of much value to others if not to himself; indeed he received no important renumeration for his skill, until about 1870, when his invention of an improved wagon lock, which he commenced to manufacture in Racine, resulted in success, and a tolerable fortune."Endnotes
1. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 162; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
2. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 264-7; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
3. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 264; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
4. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 267; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
5. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 267; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
6. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 267; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.
7. Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy: or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as Early as the Year 1637. With Notices of Others Not Identified as his Descendants. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1888), 267; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 15 September 2019.