Sylvester Brown

As printed in 1882

SYLVESTER BROWN, carpenter, Cuba, was born in this township September 8, 1846. He is a son of John Brown (deceased) and Sarah Clevenger. His father enlisted in defense of the Union August, 1862, in Company C, Seventy-ninth Regiment.

On Sunday morning, May 1, 1864, when in a charge in the second day’s fight at Resaca, the fatal ball came, and he was mortally wounded, with the bleeding, half-slain heroes. He died in the field hospital May 15 following, and now sleeps with his patriotic comrades in the National Cemetery, in Chattanooga. Sylvester, the oldest of his father’s three children, was reared to manhood on his father’s farm, and received his training in the common schools. In early life, he learned the blacksmith trade with his father, and followed it for a time. The avocation of farming was his business up to

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GllEEN B. BUSTER, farmer. P. 0. Cuba, a Quartermaster Sergeant in the civil war, was born in Way no County, Ky., May 6, 1838. His father, Garrett Buster, was born in Wayne County in December, 1804, and was a slave under old Gen. Buster for forty-two years. His mother, Sophia Hudson, was born in the same county, January 3, 1809, and served as a slave for thirty-four years. They were married December 25, 1835. In 1846, Mr. Buster, the father of our subject, worked and bought himself, paying $700. He then worked industriously, prompted by the spirit of freedom, and rescued from bondage his wife and three children, paying therefor upward of $4,000. In 1861, Mr. Buster removed with his family to Xenia, Ohio. September 28, 18G4, our subject enlisted in the One Hundred and First Regiment of Colored Troops, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to help defend the “ flag of liberty.” At Nashville, Tcnn., he was chosen Corporal of his Company, and subsequently was elected Quartermaster Sergeant, and served in that capacity with ability till the war closed. He received an honorable discharge September 28, 1865. He then returned to Greene County, Ohio, and resided there till the spring of 1881, when he purchased his present farm. He was married August 10, 1865, to Mildred Johnson, a native of Montgomery County, Tenn.; she was born September 10, 1847, and served under tho yoke of bondage until 1863. They have had ten children, nine are living — William, Garrett, Lizzie, Charles C., Paul, Rufus, Green B., Squire and Sadie; Ivie is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Buster are devout members of the Church of Christ. In politics, Mr. Buster is a strict Republican. He owns a valuable farm of 125 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Buster has by his genial, honest disposition, and upright business principles, won the good-will of the entire community, and well deserves their esteem.

As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.