• Born: 14 Jan 1834, Plymouth MA
• Died: 19 Jun 1885, Middleboro MA

  General notes:

Merchant

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1850-1880 as a fancy goods merchant in Middleboro MA
  Originally a barber and hair dresser, he established an ecclectic fancy goods shop at 19 Center Street, where he sold gold and silver goods, pictures, frames and brackets. He was also a noted taxidermist and wrote a popular manual on the subject that went through three editions. On April 6, 1867, the Middleboro Gazette reported that “Mr. S. H. Sylvester has just stuffed a gorilla for the menagerie at Boston. The owners valued it when alive at $1000”.

• Tradecard, c 1870
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1870
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1870
  Private Collection