Sykes

Sykes

President Sykes Residence 1920s

http://www.stlawu.edu/150/buildingnames.htm

Men's Dorm - Sykes

http://www.stlawu.edu/150/buildingnames.htm

Richard Eddy Sykes Rootsweb Link:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:563615&id=I24

Heber Sykes arrived in Canton in 1803 - Rootsweb Links:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:563615&id=I06

and

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2448544&id=I520363800

1810 Canton Census - Titus Sikes (Sykes) (note, he is also on the list of members who attended the first town meeting at the house of Stillman Foote in 1806. He is also listed on the first town assessment from 1805.

From St. Lawrence Plaindealer 1931 - "102 years ago" (1829)

1850 Canton Census BA Sykes. 32 b NY, Lydia 31, Heber 7, Luther 4, Candase(?) 1

Heber Sykes 62 Farmer from Vt, Candace 56, Mary Robinson 19, Henry Robinson, Charles ###

Both of these men are on the SLC Pension list for the War of 1812:

Sykes, Ashbel, WC-11942, served in Capt. Samuel Armstrong’s co. of NY mil. Wife Elizabeth

Sykes, Heber, WO-7719, served in Capt. Samuel Armstrong’s co. of NY mil. Wife Candice

Heber Sykes' Will:

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/stlawrence/wills/v11/sykes-heber.txt

Mentions: my four children Lorette H. Aldrich, Edwin J. Sykes, Clarissa Maria Packard,

Bingham A., and wife Candace Sykes

Olin Cemetery - Canton NY: (grave info from Anne Cady's site)

Sykes
Sykes Monument
Clarissa, wife of E.J. Sykes, d. Oct 30, 1849 Aged 26 yrs (#80) (b 1823) (first wife of Edwin Jones Sykes)
Edwin, d. Nov 8, 1849 AE 16 dys; Second Marker (#80)
Ella, d. Nov 14, 1849 AE 22 dys; Second Marker (#80)
Harland Sykes, d. March 16, 1868, AE 21 yrs (#98) (b 1847) (murdered, see articles below)
An Infant
Ada Taylor, son of EJ & Louisa Sykes, d. Jan 8, 1868 AE 8 mos (#101)

Ashbel Sykes' Will: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/stlawrence/wills/v9/sykes-ashbel.txt

Mentions wife Elizabeth and sons Dorsen (Dorsan, Dorcas) E. Sykes of Meadow Lake Calif. and son John I Sykes of Grass Valley Calif.

Ogdensburg Cemetery:

Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes, born in Morristown, N.J. Dec 7, 1786; died October 1, 1882 (Section 42)
In Memory of Ashbel Sykes, who died Aug 27, 1868 Aged 90 yrs (Section 43) (b. 1778)
In Memory of Ruth Sykes, wife of Ashbel Sykes, March 1, 1838 Aged 54 yrs (Section 43) 9B 1784)
Albert, son of Ashbel & Ruth Sykes, d. March 5, 1829 Aged 24 yrs (Section 43)
Unreadable, aged 14 yrs (Section 43)

The Murder of Harlan D. Sykes:

Utica Daily Observer, March 28, 1868: