Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Sylvester Merryman Driskill (1866-1946)

**There has been some conflicting research done regarding Alice Boggess, William Crick, Sylvester F. Driskill, and Sylvester M. Driskill.  I have done my best to muddle through the records and my research notes can be found here.


Sylvester Merryman Driskill was born on September 6, 1866 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the son of John Franklin “Frank” Driskill and Nancy Isabel Shemwell.  Sylvester was raised on the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Sylvester married Anna Bell “Annie” Mohon on January 3, 1895 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 29 years old and she was 20 years.  Annie was born in April 1875 in Muhlenberg County, the daughter of John Marcus Mohon and Laura A. Mize.

Sylvester and Annie were the parents of five children:

Elgin L. Driskill                     born November 8, 1895
Mildred Floelle Driskill        born December 1899
Dudley Bennett Driskill       born August 28, 1902
Mary Genevieve Driskill      born July 4, 1907
One child born and died between 1900 and 1910

In 1900, Sylvester and Annie were renting a home in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Sylvester was working as a teamster at that time.

By 1910, Sylvester and Annie and their children were living and working on a farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

The Driskill family was living on Chestnut Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1920.  By that time, Sylvester had resumed his employment as a teamster.

Sylvester and Annie were renting a home on North Main Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County in 1930.  Sylvester was working as a salesman in a flour mill at that time.  Their large household included their widowed daughter, Floelle Bennewitz, and her son, Joe; their married son, Bennett, and his wife, Mary; and two of Sylvester’s brothers, George and John.

Sylvester Merryman Driskill died on August 8, 1946, exactly one month before his 80th birthday.  He passed away in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Anna Bell Mohon Driskill died six years later on December 19, 1962 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Annie was 77 years old at her death. 


Notes for Sylvester Merryman Driskill
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1870 US Census:  Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 457B; Image: 282; Family History Library Film: 545989Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Marriage:  Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
1900 US Census:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 545; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1240545Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_497; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1374510Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US Census:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 414.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930 US Census:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 1B; Enumeration District:0015; Image: 950.0; FHL microfilm: 2340506Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
1940 US Census:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1344; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 89-20Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi


Notes for Anna Bell Mohon
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1880 US Census:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 131A; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 0466Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

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