Louis Vernon SILLIMAN

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• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Pleasantville, Venango Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1880, Living with father and step-mother in Karns City,Butler Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1900, Living in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1900; Laborer - paper mill
• Census: 1910, Living in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1920, Living in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Fact: 1920, Lists as being widowed
• Census: 1930, Living in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Louis married Emma M. SCHAFFER on 5 Apr 1888. Emma was born on 11 Apr 1866 in Ohio; died on 31 Apr 1919 in Tarentum, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lawrence B. SILLIMAN was born on 25 Feb 1891 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Mar 1965.
2. John SILLIMAN was born on 13 Mar 1910 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Nov 1969 in Pennsylvania, USA.
3. Marie SILLIMAN was born about 1906 in Pennsylvania, USA.
4. Margaret O. SILLIMAN was born in Jun 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA.
5. George F. SILLIMAN was born on 09 Mar 1896 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jan 1964.
6. Myrtle I. SILLIMAN was born in Feb 1889 in Pennsylvania, USA.
7. Clifford V. SILLIMAN was born in Aug 1893 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1930.
8. Kenneth E. SILLIMAN was born about 1901 in Pennsylvania, USA.

Family/Spouse: Amelia GRINDER. Amelia was born on 2 Apr 1857 in Clarion Co., Pennsylvania; died on 12 Mar 1960 in Tarentum, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Forks Church Cemetery, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Pvt Co L 57th Inf - Civil War
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living in Pleasantville, Venango Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1870, Oil Miner
• Census: 1880, Living in Karns City, Butler County, Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1880, Laborer
• Census: 1900, Living with son Louis V, in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Notes:

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WAR VETERAN IS DEAD HERE AT AGE OF 89

Elijah B. Silliman, 89, veteran of the Civil War and for 20 years ago resident of Tarentum, died this morning at 8 o'clock in the home of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Gray, 205 West Seventh avenue, following a lingering illness.
Funeral plans have not been made. Friends are asked to kindly omit flowers.
A descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims, Mr. Silliman came from a family of Warriors. His great grandfathers Benjamin Silliman and J. Jacques were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather Elijah Silliman was in the War of 1812. His son George Silliman was with the colors in the Spanish American War while a grandson, Elijah Silliman, is a veteran of the World War.
Mr. Silliman had numerous relatives in the Civil War. He had seven brothers-in-law in the conflict. Two, John and Herman Kilgore, brothers of his second wife, died in the service.
Elijah Silliman was born May 22, 1840, the son of Hiram and Olive Brainard Silliman, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He enlisted for three years, at the age of 21, in October, 1861, after the call for volunteers came at Sandy Lake, Mercer county. He entered the service as a private in Co. I, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, in Kearner's Division, Hinselman's Corps. He participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill.
In May, 1862, he was sent to the regimental hospital at Fair Oaks, with an illness of Typhoid fever. He was honorably discharged in July, 1862, with a certificate of disability.
Mr. Silliman married June 21, 1863, to Alice L. Freeman, of Allegheny Twp., Venango county. Four children were born to this union - Effie, George, Lewis and Alfred. His first wife died Jan. 21, 1871.
On Sept. 21, 1874, Mr. Silliman married Mary Kilgore, of Hays Corners, Butler county. One child, Jennie O., now Mrs. Gray, was born to this union. The second Mrs. Silliman died May 11, 1891.
Lewis Silliman, who lives in East Seventh avenue, Tarentum and Mrs. Gray are the only surviving children. There are 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren among Elijah Silliman's descendants.
Mr. Silliman was a member of the U.P. Church.

Valley Daily News, Tarentum, PA

Elijah married Alice L. FREEMAN on 21 Jun 1863. Alice was born about 1844 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Jan 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania