Sylvanus Joiner was born in 1784 in Ira, Rutland, Vermont, to Captain Asahel Joiner and Eunice (last name unknown). Sylvanus was married on Thursday, 1 December 1808, to Beulah Smith, daughter of Nathaniel Smith, III, and Abigail Stevens, in Cattaraugus, Allegany, NY., by Beulah's brother Cyrus Smith, Baptist minister, who performed the ceremony. It is noted that 3 Joiners married 3 Smiths in this family. Together they had 9 children. In 1810, Sylvanus Joiner and his brother Stephen Joiner purchased new land of 1,050 acres in Wolcott, New York, and farmed together. In 1842, Sylvanus and Beaulah Joiner removed to Sycamore, Illinois, to join their son Cyrus Joiner on his farm in Mayfield township. Sylvanus died on 30 December 1866 at age 82 years and is buried in the Joiner Cemetery. He was a 40 year member of the Masonic Lodge and Mayfield Church.
Sylvanus Joiner was born in 1784 in Ira, Rutland, Vermont, to Captain Asahel Joiner and Eunice (last name unknown). Sylvanus was married on Thursday, 1 December 1808, to Beulah Smith, daughter of Nathaniel Smith, III, and Abigail Stevens, in Cattaraugus, Allegany, NY., by Beulah's brother Cyrus Smith, Baptist minister, who performed the ceremony. It is noted that 3 Joiners married 3 Smiths in this family. Together they had 9 children. In 1810, Sylvanus Joiner and his brother Stephen Joiner purchased new land of 1,050 acres in Wolcott, New York, and farmed together. In 1842, Sylvanus and Beaulah Joiner removed to Sycamore, Illinois, to join their son Cyrus Joiner on his farm in Mayfield township. Sylvanus died on 30 December 1866 at age 82 years and is buried in the Joiner Cemetery. He was a 40 year member of the Masonic Lodge and Mayfield Church.
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