SYLVANUS "SYL" OLIVER MINTER, known to many as "Uncle Syl," was born on 13 January 1854 in Heard County, Georgia to Joseph Thomas Minter & Sarah Ann Carter-Minter. Syl migrated to TX in 1855 (at the age of 1), with his parents.
Syl was a farmer, a brick masonry, and built a steam cotton gin and gristmill for the town's farming opperations. E. B. Fleming stated in his 1902 book entitled, Early History of Hopkins County Texas, of Sylvanus Minter, "He is one of the best men in Hopkins County. To know him is to love him. He is a big-hearted nobleman, meriting all the respect and esteem he enjoys."
Syl first married Frances Elizabeth Stephens on 03 December 1873 in Stephenville, Fannin County, TX (a town founded by Elizabeth's brother). They had 7 children:
Glen Lafayette Minter (1875-1939),
Emme Lelan Minter-Thomas (1878-1959),
Emmett Bascom Minter (1882-1945),
Robert Lee Minter (1885-1955),
Ruth Virginia Minter-Hargrave (1887-1967),
Mary Annie Ruth Minter-Johnston (1893-1971), &
Lizzie-Mae-Minter (1894-1908).
After Elizabeth passed away, Sylvanus married Carrie Cowser on 23 August 1900, and they had ONE son:
Raymond Grey Minter (1901-1953).
Sylvanus married Viera "Bama" Horton on 29 December 1903, and they had ONE daughter:
Leita Minter-Ables (1904-1992).
Sylvanus passed away on 10 December 1906 in Pine Forest, and was buried there at Pine Forest Cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas.
©Mark Morrow
SYLVANUS "SYL" OLIVER MINTER, known to many as "Uncle Syl," was born on 13 January 1854 in Heard County, Georgia to Joseph Thomas Minter & Sarah Ann Carter-Minter. Syl migrated to TX in 1855 (at the age of 1), with his parents.
Syl was a farmer, a brick masonry, and built a steam cotton gin and gristmill for the town's farming opperations. E. B. Fleming stated in his 1902 book entitled, Early History of Hopkins County Texas, of Sylvanus Minter, "He is one of the best men in Hopkins County. To know him is to love him. He is a big-hearted nobleman, meriting all the respect and esteem he enjoys."
Syl first married Frances Elizabeth Stephens on 03 December 1873 in Stephenville, Fannin County, TX (a town founded by Elizabeth's brother). They had 7 children:
Glen Lafayette Minter (1875-1939),
Emme Lelan Minter-Thomas (1878-1959),
Emmett Bascom Minter (1882-1945),
Robert Lee Minter (1885-1955),
Ruth Virginia Minter-Hargrave (1887-1967),
Mary Annie Ruth Minter-Johnston (1893-1971), &
Lizzie-Mae-Minter (1894-1908).
After Elizabeth passed away, Sylvanus married Carrie Cowser on 23 August 1900, and they had ONE son:
Raymond Grey Minter (1901-1953).
Sylvanus married Viera "Bama" Horton on 29 December 1903, and they had ONE daughter:
Leita Minter-Ables (1904-1992).
Sylvanus passed away on 10 December 1906 in Pine Forest, and was buried there at Pine Forest Cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas.
©Mark Morrow
Family Members
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John Thomas Minter
1837–1866
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Ann Elizabeth Minter Byrd
1839–1907
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William Hawkins Minter
1840–1917
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Joseph Morgan "Maug" Minter
1842–1917
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Fannie Hill Minter Simms
1846–1923
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Dorothy Brooks "Dollie" Minter Stephens
1848–1920
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Robert Anthony Minter
1851–1908
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Martha Eugenia "Mattie" Minter Minter
1858–1907
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Augustus Harmon "Gus" Minter
1861–1929
