Sylvester Melvin (29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962) was a verified American supercentenarian. He was born in a farm in Rubicon Township, Greene County, Illinois, to parents Thomas and Elizabeth Melvin. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1880, he married Addie Strickland. The couple had four children in total. One of them, Leon, died in 1920. In 1900, he started working as a secretary of the Greene County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. At age 107, he was still working for the same company. He also had a cattle firm called ”Sylvester Melvin and Sons”.