Sylvania Sumner 
Sylvania was born in June 1822 in OH. She had a brother named Joseph. She was the younger of the two children. She died at the age of 81 on May 10th, 1904 in Tipton Co., IN.General Notes
"The story is told that Sylvania Sumner`s father Absalom took her and two of her sisters to IN in a prairie schooner wagon equipped with a three legged stool for them to use to get in and out of the wagon. After presenting them with separate tracts of pioneer land, it is said that he told them to `scratch or die.`" Antedote credited to C. Pentecost, pentecostfamilyweb@@yahoo.com. Sources 4, 47.
‌Sylvania and William were married in a religious ceremony on January 4th, 1844.