John Sylvester Flanders

1826 - 1901  (74 years)

• Name	John Sylvester Flanders
  Birth	11 Jun 1826	Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	say 1846 (19 years)  [1]
  Lucy Stevens. She was born in Hartland, Maine. Issue: 1. Gilman Flanders (____-1885) 2. Enoch Flanders (1868-____)
  Census	1860 (33 years)	St. Albans, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [4]
  Age: 33
  History	12 Apr 1861 (34 years)	Civil War Begins
  Census	1870 (43 years)	Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [5]
  Age: 44
  Census	1880 (53 years)	Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [6]
  Age: 54
  Census	1900 (73 years)	Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [7]
  He was listed as a widower
  Death	24 May 1901	Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Cause: Heart Disease
  	Death Record of John S. Flanders
  Siblings	6 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Private Samuel Webb Flanders,   b. 13 Oct 1812, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 15 Jun 1864, Washington, District of Columbia  (Age 51 years)   2. Cyrena Flanders,   b. 21 Aug 1814, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 1908, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)   3. Timothy Flanders,   b. 20 Oct 1817, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 1880, Kennebec County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years)   4. Louisa Flanders,   b. 3 Jul 1819, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   5. Rufus F. Flanders,   b. 14 Sep 1819, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 8 Nov 1886, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   6. Freeman Flanders,   b. 3 Nov 1823, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 20 Jun 1898, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)   7. John Sylvester Flanders,   b. 11 Jun 1826, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 24 May 1901, Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) + 8. Frederick Moses Flanders,   b. 5 May 1828, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 30 Aug 1900, Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years) ▻ Sarah A. Berry,  m. 30 Oct 1853   9. Smith Flanders,   b. 17 Sep 1830, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1903, Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Steven Flanders,   b. About 1595, Netherlands (Holland) d. 27 Jun 1684, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Betsey Smith,   b. 3 Oct 1747, Georgetown, later Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 22 Jan 1826, Bloomfield, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I11891
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Flanders,   b. 23 Jun 1791, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jan 1845, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Roxana Webb,   b. Abt 1793   bur. West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Maine
  Family ID	F288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Sylvester Flanders(1826 – 1901) 2Moses Flanders(1791 – 1845) 4Jedidiah Flanders(1748 – 1823) 8Jedidiah Flanders(1705 – 1776) 16Daniel Flanders(16 Mar 1674/75 – 1735) 17Sarah Jane Colby 9Eleanor Barnard(1706 – ) 18Samuel Barnard(10 Feb 1672/73 – 1749) 19Anne Currier(Abt 1678 – 1752) 5Judith Tuxbury(1752 – ) 10Thomas Tuxbury(1726 – 1791) 20Deacon Isaac Tuxbury(1698 – 1765) 21Sarah Sargent(1701 – ) 11Mary Currier(1731 – 1791) 22Capt. Jonathan Currier(7 Feb 1698/99 – 1762) 23Ann Challis(1700 – 1742) 3Roxana Webb(Abt 1793 – ) 6Christopher Webb(1747 – 1840) 12Samuel Webb(1716 – 1773) 24Christopher Webb(1690 – ) 25Sarah White(2 Mar 1695/96 – ) 13Sarah Lincoln(Abt 1716 – 1813) 26John Lincoln(1690 – ) 27Rachel Holmes(1677 – ) 7Betsey Smith(1747 – 1826) 14Ebenezer Smith(1714 – 1802) 28James Smith(1670 – ) 29Martha Bragdon(Abt 1670 – ) 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Jun 1826 - Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1860 - St. Albans, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1870 - Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1880 - Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1900 - Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Death - 24 May 1901 - Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S422] Dunbar, Edith Flanders. The Flanders Family from Europe to America, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935). [S424] Nelson, Sally Furber. Vital Records of Cornville, Maine - Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 60, (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2009). [S267] Maine State Archives. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). Death Record of John S. Flanders [s191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1860; Census Place: St Albans, Somerset, Maine; Roll: M653_452; Page: 438; Image: 442; Family History Library Film: 803452 [s192] Bureau of the Census, 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1870; Census Place: Hartland, Somerset, Maine; Roll: M593_558; Page: 195B; Image: 47470; Family History Library Film: 552057 [s189] Bureau of the Census, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1880; Census Place: Hartland, Somerset, Maine; Roll: 487; Family History Film: 1254487; Page: 372A; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 0746 [s137] Bureau of the Census, 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Year: 1900; Census Place: Hartland, Somerset, Maine; Roll: 600; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1240600