Individual Details

Silas W. Wishard

(1827 - 29 Oct 1875)



Born in Kentucky; went to Indiana in the 1830's; Jasper County IL about 1850.

1850 Census. Island Grove, Jasper, Co, IL, Hh 289
Beacham Wishard, 42, b. KY
Mary 43, b. KY
Delilah 20. Wm. 17. John 15. Catherine 11. All b. Indiana
Silas 23, b. KY [younger brother]

1860 Census. Union, Jasper, Illinois. Hh 74, living near his older brother Beacham.
Silas Wishart, 34, b. KY
Minerva, 30, b. IN
Walker, 9. William 8. Nancy C. 6. Mary Ann E. 3. Joseph 1. All born Illinois.

Events

Birth1827Kentucky
Marriage2 Feb 1851Grove Township, Jasper County, Illinois - Minerva Yates
Death29 Oct 1875Jewett, Cumberland County, Illinois

Families

SpouseMinerva Yates (1830 - 1921)
ChildWalker Wishard (1851 - 1919)
ChildWilliam Wishard (1852 - )
ChildNancy Catherine Wishard (1854 - 1948)
ChildMary Ann E. Wishard (1858 - 1943)
ChildJoseph Wishard (1859 - )
ChildEliza Jane Wishard (1861 - )
ChildCharles Wishard (1864 - 1950)
ChildAlice Wishard (1864 - 1944)
ChildLaura Wishard (1866 - 1926)
ChildVirgil "Burt" Wishard (1868 - 1945)
ChildVivian Wishard (1869 - )
FatherWilliam Wishard (1772 - 1830)
MotherElizabeth "Betsy" Rhodes (1784 - 1868)
SiblingSusanna Wishard (1803 - 1876)
SiblingElizabeth Wishard (1805 - 1815)
SiblingSarah Wishard (1805 - 1837)
SiblingBeacham R. Wishard (1808 - 1870)
SiblingHenry Wishard (1812 - 1849)
SiblingPhoebe Wishard (1814 - 1888)
SiblingJoseph Ellis Wishard (1818 - 1904)
SiblingWilliam Harley Wishard (1821 - )
SiblingJohn Walker Wishard (1823 - )

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