SIXTH GENERATION

410. Sylvanus F. Coutant was born on 10 Jun 1849. Sylvanus was a carpenter and an apple farmer. He and Solomon P. Thorn worked together to build homes in Clintondale.

He also played the violin. He used to go to the store down the street to pick up something he needed, but sometimes brought back goodies, keeping them in his pocket. His granddaughters knew he had them but he always told them they had to dance a jig to get them. So out came the violin and the girls danced!

There was a cherry tree adjacent to the house by the kitchen window. Sylvanus thought one of the limbs we too close to the house but Artimissa enjoyed the shade it provided. Well, as the man of the house, Sylvanus decided to take matters in his own hand and one day, while Artimissa was attending Quarterly Meeting, he cut the limb off, swearing H. Marie and Gloria to secrecy ("Grandma's going to be mad. Don't you dare tell her."). The next few days it was rainy and the loss of the limb went unnoticed. However, the first day of sunshine cause the children to be sent upstairs as the air in the kitchen would become "blue".

Sylvanus F. Coutant and Artemisia Elliot had the following children:

568 i. Jessie A. Coutant was born on 5 Apr 1895. She died on 5 Apr 1895.
569 ii. Bessie B. Coutant was born on 5 Apr 1895. She died on 5 Apr 1895.
+570 iii. Tracy Sylvanus Coutant.