Sylvanus was born on 24 March 1860. He was the son of
Peter Franklin Dellinger and
Fannie Smith. He married
Mary Jane Morrison. Sylvanus was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at
Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina. Sylvanus was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at
Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina.[C=F, 0, 0]Sylvanus Dellinger and
Mary Jane Morrison were New Tag In the 1930 census for Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina the following family is found at dwelling 210 and family 238:
Dellinger, Sylvanus, head, owns land, lives on farm, male, white, age 70, married at age 25, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, farmer;
----, Mary, wife, female, white, age 64, married at age 18, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Durham, son, male, white, age 37, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Madeline, daughter, female, white, age 24, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, teacher at public school;
----, Tew, son, male, white, age 22, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Dorothy, daughter, female, white, age 20, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English.
On 26 April 1930 at
Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina,[C=F, 0, 0]Sylvanus Dellinger and
Mary Jane Morrison were New Tag In the 1930 census for Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina the following family is found at dwelling 210 and family 238:
Dellinger, Sylvanus, head, owns land, lives on farm, male, white, age 70, married at age 25, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, farmer;
----, Mary, wife, female, white, age 64, married at age 18, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Durham, son, male, white, age 37, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Madeline, daughter, female, white, age 24, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, teacher at public school;
----, Tew, son, male, white, age 22, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Dorothy, daughter, female, white, age 20, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English.
On 26 April 1930 at
Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina,[C=F, 0, 0]Sylvanus Dellinger and
Mary Jane Morrison were New Tag In the 1930 census for Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina the following family is found at dwelling 210 and family 238:
Dellinger, Sylvanus, head, owns land, lives on farm, male, white, age 70, married at age 25, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, farmer;
----, Mary, wife, female, white, age 64, married at age 18, cannot read or write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Durham, son, male, white, age 37, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Madeline, daughter, female, white, age 24, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English, teacher at public school;
----, Tew, son, male, white, age 22, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English;
----, Dorothy, daughter, female, white, age 20, single, can read and write, born in North Carolina, parents born in North Carolina, speaks English.
On 26 April 1930 at
Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., North Carolina. Sylvanus died on 8 November 1933 at
Lincolnton, Lincoln Co., North Carolina, at age 73. His body was interred in November 1933 at
Cherryville, Gaston Co., North Carolina, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.