When Sylvester Gilboe was born on 24 November 1854, in Michigan, United States, his father, John Gilboe, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Hopgood, was 21. He married Julia Ames on 21 March 1911, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States for about 20 years and Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died on 29 November 1937, in Burlington Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83.
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