Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

566 BIOGGAPKY AND RT4MTNfSCENCES.
(Coleman) Silliinan, born. August 16, 1787, were natives of Connecticut.
Ninott Sillilnan's father served in the War of 1512 to its close.
He settled in Ohio ill 1815, and continued to reside there until September
1, 1828, i~llen he lnovecl to Peoria county wit11 his f:~~nily.
There he died Dece~nber 2, 1556. His wife, Polly, tlietl Decenlber 24,
1864. C$ershorn mas one of the pioneer Baptists of Peoria cou~ntg,
and the same Elder Silliman who assistecl or accoml~ai~ied Esses to
his first location in this county. Minott moved to Toulon in 1834,
and settled there until lS36, when he opened a farm, afterwards known
as the C~~lbertson farm. In 1837 he irloved to Goshen toi1~11~11ip and
opened the lands which he entered in 1835-ti, builcling a cabin nmr
the creek on section 24, moved to section 33, in 1840. In August,
1839 he nTas elected the first treasurer of the county and served until
1854. In 1850 he \\.as elected coroner. I3e served as justice of the
peace for some years. In 18 TO he ~ ~ Unite(! n s States Marsl~a~l for
census. Mr. Silli~na~n voted the Democratic ticket uy to 1856, \rllen
he voted for the Republican candiclates. He has bee11 :z Rel)d~licau
since that time. In 1861 he ancl Oliver Whitaker uTere chosen to ti~lie
charge of the sustenance fund until the Toulon colnyan y was muste~aetl
in with the One-hnnclrecl-and-twelfth. E-Iis son Levi entered the Onehundred-ancl-twelfth
Regiment, where he was wounclecl, but served
out his term. Mr. Sillirnan was inarriecl in Essex township in IS33 to
Miss Rhoda, claugl~ter of Ben j. Smith, one of the first settlers. This
lady clied Nav 9, 1841. Ire married Miss Henrietta Eethen for second
wife, who cliecl November 6, 1846. He married his present wife,
Lntitin Oziah, daughter of Anthony Oziah and Anne (Li~yne) Ozi;~h,
November 4, 1847. Elis children now living are Clarissa, now Mrs.
Wilcox of Blair, Neb.; Levi, born 8eptelnber 17, 1843, noiv a resident
of Toulon ; Sarah, resicling at home, and Mary, born 3Iarch 32, 1553,
now Mrs. A. I. Stickney, of Toulon. He owns 110 acres of his entry
in 1836, ancl thirty of his entry of 1S35. IIis present residence nT:.as
erected in 1864-5.
6'. 3: Spillman, born January 31, 1800, in Ck~mpbell county, Ii y.,
moved to Znclisna with his mother in his youtll, inarriecl ~atllerihe
i\iIcCa.nce in 1829, and in 1855 came with his fanlily to Stt~rk county.
In 1864 this lady clietl, when he ancl the children ~novetl to Franlclin
countv, Ill.
Vi~imn S'ny(Zer, cleceasecl, born in Berkeley county, Va., in 1802,
settled in this township in 1540. In his youth he crdssed the mountains
to Cireene county, Pa., where he resicletl ten years; thence to
Richland county, 0 , in 1829, and next to this county in 1840, where
he rented land and resided until his removal to Knox county, where he
died in IS81 in his eightieth year. I-le was married in Penns~lvl~nia
to Miss Mary, a (laughter of Davicl Weiss, in 1831. They ~Gerc the
parents of ten children, namely : Lucinda, John, Alfrecl M., Sarah J.,
Eliei~betll (deceased), Mary, Delila, Minerva, Maria an tl David. Mrs.
Snyder was born at Greensburg, Pa., in 1802, ancl her four eldest
chilclren were born in that state. This lady, now over eighty years,
is mentally and physically well preserved, and ranks among the oldest
Methodist members in the county.