Individual Details
Sylvester Elmer Kent
(May 1856 - Sep 1929)
Events
| Birth | May 1856 | Crescent City, Iroquois, IL |  | ||
| Occupation | 1870 | working on his father's farm - Salem, Knox, IL |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 May 1876 | , Knox, IL - Nannie S. Taylor | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | farmer - , San Benito, CA | | ||
| Occupation | 1900 | Horse Trainer - Soquel Township, Santa Cruz, CA | | | |
| Occupation | 1910 | barn foreman at an express company - Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 | bookkeeper at a transfer company - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| Death | Sep 1929 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | ||
| Obituary | 22 Sep 1929 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | | |
Families
| Spouse | Nannie S. Taylor (1854 - 1909) |
| Child | Mary Susan "Suella" Kent (1877 - ) |
| Child | Elmer B. Kent (1881 - ) |
| Child | Ora R. Kent (1883 - ) |
| Child | Jessie Fremont Kent (1885 - 1958) |
| Child | Harry Melville Kent (1887 - 1963) |
| Child | Florence E. Kent (1889 - ) |
| Father | Edmund Bostwick Kent (1827 - 1920) |
| Mother | Margaret Gould (1819 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Luther Kent (1851 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Henry Edmund Kent (1853 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucius E. Kent (1855 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Margaret B. "Maggie" Kent (1858 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Ada Elizabeth Kent (1860 - ) |
Notes
Birth
According to the 1900 California Census, taken on 15 June in Soquel Twp, Santa Cruz County, Sylvester Kent listed his birth date as May 1856 in Illinois.He listed his father as being born in Ohio and his mother in Vermont.
Occupation
According to the 1900 California census, taken on 15 June in Soquel Twp, Santa Cruz, Sylvester Kent listed his occupation a Horse Trainer.Obituary
Obituary:KENT, Sylvester Elmer, loving father of Mrs. William (Jessie Fremont) DOERGES, Susie M. and Harry M. KENT. Services Monday (1929) at 2:30 p.m. from the parlors of L.F. Utter, 4254 S. Broadway, (Los Angeles, CA).
Endnotes
1. Christina DOERGES, 1870 U.S. Census, Township R10W (East St. Louis), St. Clair, IL, Page 20, dwelling 166;..
2. U. S. Census, California Census, 1900; Soquel Twp., Santa Cruz, CA; Supervisor's District 2, Enumeration District 93; Page 272, lines 46 - 50, and Page 273, lines 1 - 3.
3. Family Search, LDS Website, IGI, Individual Record Batch No.: M537826 Sheet: 00 Dates: 1875-76 Source Call No.: 1412045 Type: Film.
4. U. S. Census, California Census, 1880; page 370 C.
5. U. S. Census, California Census, 1900; Soquel Twp., Santa Cruz, CA; Supervisor's District 2, Enumeration District 93; Page 272, lines 46 - 50, and Page 273, lines 1 - 3.
6. Henry William GLOVER, 1910 U.S. Census, Township 5 (Santa Rita), Santa Barbara, CA, ED 179, SD 8, sheet 6A, dwelling 90, family 94;..
7. U. S. Census, California Census, 1920; Los Angeles Twp., Precinct 524, Los Angeles, CA; Supervisor's District 8, Enumeration District 242, Sheet 1 A, Line 9 & 10.
8. Nannie S. (SMITH) KENT obituary, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 25 April 1909,.
9. Nannie S. (SMITH) KENT obituary, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 25 April 1909,.