Daniel Robbins Sylvester
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Daniel Robbins Sylvester (December 22, 1825 – May 27, 1909) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Sylvester was born on December 22, 1825, in Avon, Maine.[1] He settled in Castle Rock, Wisconsin in 1852. Earlier that year, Sylvester married Clara Winship. They had nine children. During the American Civil War, Sylvester was a captain with the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army.[2] Conflicts he took part in include the Siege of Vicksburg and the Atlanta campaign. He died in 1909.[3]