Prof. James Sillaman and Esther Louise Tarr

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Husband Prof. James Sillaman ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Prof. James Silliman 3
           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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           Died: 2 Dec 1904 - Tarrs Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Tarrs Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Mother: Phebe Ann Taylor (      -      ) 2

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Wife Esther Louise Tarr ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Sep 1834 - Tarrs Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Balser Tarr (1799-      ) 1 4
         Mother: Esther Harriett Reagan (      -Abt 1872) 1 2 4

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Children

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1 F Luella Sillaman ²

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         Spouse: Milton P. Stone (      -      ) 2

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2 F Esther Harriett Sillaman ²

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           Born: 31 May 1862 - Alverton, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Lyman H. Hillis (1853-1911) 5 6
           Marr: 2 May 1889 2

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3 M John Benton Sillaman ²

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4 F Mary Catherine Sillaman ²

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5 M G. P. Clark Sillaman ²

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6 M Dr. James W. Sillaman ²

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         Spouse: Goldie Jenkins (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Prof. James Sillaman

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He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Westmoreland County, locating with them on a farm at Alverton. He was one of those men who naturally pick up knowledge wherever it is to be found and who learn readily in the school of experience. He read widely and devoted much of his leisure time to the study of
various branches of human knowledge and so fitted himself for a long career as a teacher. He was also a civil engineer and surveyor of great prominence. He also followed the occupation of farming, and made his home at the village known as Tarrs Station.

He was an instructor and teacher for more than thirty-three years and county superintendent of public schools for three years.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 305.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 719.

3 Compiler's Speculation.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 687.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 671.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 718, 907.