Jacob Silvis and Lydia Reeger

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Husband Jacob Silvis ¹

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           Born: Abt 1800-1801 - eastern Pennsylvania
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           Died: Abt 1892-1893 - ? Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Isaac Silvis (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Lydia Reeger ³

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            AKA: Lydia Reegar,4 Lidy Reeger 5
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Children

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1 F Mary "Polly" Silvis ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1918
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         Spouse: George Decker (      -Bef 1918) 6

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2 M Isaac Silvis ^{6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1918 - Jeannette, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Christina Shuey (      -      ) 7

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3 M Samuel Silvis ⁶

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           Born: 12 Dec 1833 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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           Died: 5 Dec 1904 3
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         Spouse: Ellen Steel (1842-Aft 1918) 3
           Marr: 1861 3

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4 M Levi Silvis ^{8 9}

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           Born: 12 Nov 1835 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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           Died: 6 Jul 1921 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Elisa Smail (1837-1906) 9
           Marr: 12 Jan 1859 or 1869 4 9

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5 F Elizabeth Silvis ⁸

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Spouse: Levi Bush (      -      ) 8

         Spouse: [Unk] Huffman (      -Bef 1918) 3

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6 M Joseph Silvis ⁶

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           Born: Abt 1840
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           Died: Winter, 1916 5
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7 M John Silvis ^{7 10 11}

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           Born: 20 Mar 1843 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 10
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Spouse: Lusannah Long (1853-1885) 12
           Marr: 1880 12

         Spouse: Susan Shuey (      -      ) 7
           Marr: Abt 1899

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Silvis

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He was born east of the Allegheny mountains, and was brought across them by his parents when he was just three years of age. They settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

To his agricultural work he added that of the gunsmith and blacksmith, in both of which lines he was an expert. He had an unusual inventive ability, and it was he was who built the first tumbling shaft threshing machine in that part of the country, and he was constantly in demand by his neighbors to repair all kinds of farming utensils and other iron and metal work.
He was the owner of excellent farming property in the region of Washington township. Mr. Silvis was a loyal Democrat in politics, and a member of the Lutheran church.

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General Notes: Wife - Lydia Reeger

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from Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

She died at the age of seventy-one years.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 400, 497, 673.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 400.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 401.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 673.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 497.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 401, 497.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 695.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 401, 497, 673.

9 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 420.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 633.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 497, 673.

12 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 498.