Zachary Taylor Silvis and Frances Viola Snyder

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Husband Zachary Taylor Silvis ¹

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           Born: 6 Aug 1867 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Silvis (1833-1904) 3
         Mother: Ellen Steel (1842-Aft 1918) 2

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       Marriage: 18 Sep 1902 4

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Wife Frances Viola Snyder ⁴

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         Father: Henry B. Snyder (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary Knight (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Richard Snyder Silvis ⁴

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2 M Gerald Steel Silvis ⁴

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3 F Frances Isabel Silvis ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Zachary Taylor Silvis

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He was born in Washington township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools and Greensburg Seminary, besides taking courses in various other educational. institutions. For a time he followed the profession of teaching in the public schools of Hempfield township, and in the region surrounding, and after several years was appointed principal of the public schools of Ludwick, a post which he filled for three years. During this time he had made up his mind, however, to take up the law as his profession, and for this purpose entered the law office of Beacom & Newill, of Greensburg. After studying for some time, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Westmoreland County, November 15, 1897. Later he was admitted to practice in all the courts of the state, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Circuit Federal courts.
A man of fine legal acumen, a close observer and student of human nature, his practice, which was a general one, was large and remunerative, and he was regarded as one of the leaders of his profssion in Western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Westmoreland County Bar Association. Mr. Silvis was a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party. He was a wide reader, and possessed not only a fine general library, but was constantly adding to his large law library. Mr. Silvis served for several years as a member of the School Board of Hempfield township, and later occupied a similar position in the Greensburg public schools continuously filling this post for over eleven years. The election of Mr. Silvis to the Greensburg board was practically unanimous, as he was endorsed by all the other parties in the field. Besides his extensive law practice, Mr. Silvis was engaged in the coal operations.
Mr. Silvis' office was situated in the Bank and Trust Building in the city. He was a member of a number of fraternal organizations\emdash Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Americans, Loyal Order of Moose, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and others. He was also a member of the State Firemen's Association of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Greensburg Fire Department, having at one time been president of the organization. He and his family were members of the Lutheran church.

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

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

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

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 403.