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Olive BRAINERD

Female 1811 - 1906  (94 years)


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  1. 1.  Olive BRAINERD was born on 22 Jun 1811 in Canfield, Mahoning County,Ohio; died in 1906.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Solomon Brainerd and Charity Jaqua
    • Census: 1850, Living with husband in Worth, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with husband in Worth, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1870, Living with husband in Stoneboro, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1880, Living with husband in Stoneboro, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania

    Olive married Hiram SILLIMAN on 26 Jan 1837. Hiram (son of Elijah SILLIMAN and Deborah AKELEY) was born on 11 Sep 1811 in Genesee County, New York, USA; died on 09 Nov 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ruth SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1848 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. Elijah B. SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1840 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; died on 7 Aug 1929 in Tarentum, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania.
    3. 4. Matilda SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 5. William Worth SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Feb 1850 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Dec 1935 in Newell, Hancock Co., West Virginia.
    5. 6. Mary SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1843 in Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ruth SILLIMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Olive1) was born about 1848 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania


  2. 3.  Elijah B. SILLIMANElijah B. SILLIMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Olive1) was born on 22 May 1840 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; died on 7 Aug 1929 in Tarentum, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania.

    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:

    Name:
    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]

    Children:
    1. 7. Effie SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1864 in Pennsylvania, USA; died between 1870 and 1880.
    2. 8. Louis Vernon SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1865 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Jul 1934 in Harrison, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania .
    3. 9. George SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1869 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 10. Alfred B. SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1875 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Elijah married Mary KILGORE on 21 Sep 1874. Mary was born about 1837; died on 11 May 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Jennie Olive SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jul 1876 in Clarion City, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jul 1938 in Tarentum, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania .

  3. 4.  Matilda SILLIMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Olive1) was born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania


  4. 5.  William Worth SILLIMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Olive1) was born on 20 Feb 1850 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 20 Dec 1935 in Newell, Hancock Co., West Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1870, Living with parents in Stoneboro, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1880, Living with parents in Stoneboro, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania

    Family/Spouse: Sarah Margaret JEWELL. Sarah was born on 17 Apr 1869 in Hancock Co., West Virginia; died on 27 Sep 1947 in West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Clyde Worth SILLIMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1894 in Wayne Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio; died on 12 May 1970 in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

  5. 6.  Mary SILLIMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Olive1) was born about 1843 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Worth, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  

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