Individual Details

David Silver Jr.

(Abt 1788 - 6 Apr 1875)



1850 Census: Groton, Caledonia Co VT
David Silver age 62, Labourer, b. NH. Betsey age 59, b. NH. John age 30, Jesse age 30, Richard 23, Joseph 19, Cyntha 25, James 21, Frank 17, Francis 17 [male], James 5 & Osmon 2. All except David & Betsey born in Vermont. There appears to be two sets of male twins - John & Jesse and Frank & Francis. One of the young men is married - and there are two young children.

1860 Census: also Groton.
David Silver age 72, b. NH. Betsey age 68 b. NH. Jesse age 40 b. Vermont as are the rest. Frank age 26, Cynthia Melvin age 35 with her children Anne 8 and Joseph age 6.

In 1870, David was living with son Frank, in Littleten, Grafton Co NH. David was then age 80. Frank F. Silver was 36, his wife Lydia, 24. Children were George, 5, Nellie H., age 3, and Frank, age 4 months.

Events

BirthAbt 1788Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Marriage26 Dec 1811Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont - Betsy Peterson
Death6 Apr 1875Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont

Families

SpouseBetsy Peterson (1791 - 1861)
ChildMatilda Silver (1812 - 1873)
Child[Daughter] Silver (1815 - 1815)
Child[Son] Silver (1815 - 1815)
ChildEliza Ann Silver (1818 - 1849)
ChildJesse Silver (1820 - 1874)
ChildJohn M. Silver (1820 - 1905)
ChildRufus E. Silver (1822 - )
ChildCynthia Silver (1825 - )
ChildRichard B. Silver (1827 - 1909)
ChildJames Silver (1829 - )
ChildJoseph Silver (1831 - )
ChildFrancis Franklin Silver (1833 - )
FatherDavid Silver (1763 - 1814)
MotherSarah Simpson (1763 - )
SiblingAlexander Simpson Silver (1790 - 1859)
SiblingIsaiah Silver (1792 - )
SiblingGeorge Washington Silver (1794 - )
SiblingWalter Silver (1796 - )
SiblingSarah Silver (1798 - )
SiblingJesse Silver (1800 - 1842)
SiblingSusannah Silver (1803 - )
SiblingBetsey Silver (1805 - )
SiblingJohn Silver (1808 - )
SiblingAdaline Silver (1811 - )

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