History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 888, Union Township
Sylvester S. Clayberg, physician and surgeon, Avon; was born in
Cuba, this county, Jan. 4, 1838, and is the son of George and Elizabeth
(Baughman) Clayberg, of Cuba, who came to Fulton Co. in 1837. The
Doctor attended the common schools of Cuba, and entered the medical
department of the University of Michigan, where he spent two terms. He
subsequently graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, and returned
to Cuba in 1860 and began the practice of his chosen profession. From
Cuba he went to Fairview, and to this place in 1873, where he has won a
large practice. He was married May 25, 1864, to S. Belle Bowen, who
bore him 3 children. She died Oct 29, 1870. Mr. C. obtained another
helpmeet June 22, 1875, in the person of N. Abigail Mings, also a
native of Fulton Co. The result of this union is 1 child.
