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A Geneology Collection by Debbie Mills
Silas Abers
Born: 7/29/1836, Canada
Married: Inez C. Webb 7/14/1866 in Sheboygan Co, WI
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth Abers
Children: Roy
Died 8/31/1935, Sheboygan, WI; age 99
Buried: MT. Pleasant Cemetery, Sheboygan, WI
Additional information:
Silas served inthe civil war, and is on the list on pensioners and received $18 month pension for loss of all toes on both feet. His mother received $8 month (on list for 1883).
In Co. E, 36th infantry. Enlisted Feb. 18, 1864.
Wisconsin 1895 Census Enumerations; Soldiers & Sailors of the late wars as reported as residing in the state as of June 20, 1895: Abers, S. M. Pvt. F 6 Illinois
Pioneer Days In Cascade (article from Sheboygan paper)
“Whiskey And The Indians - Lincoln’s Visit And Overnight Stay - These And Other Historical Highlights” - Silas Abers, 91. One Of Pioneers Sill Surviving
Shilling-a-gallon whiskey, Indian Pow-wows and Abe Lincoln’s visit to Cascade may not mean anything to the memories of most of us, but to Silas ABERS, Dave McINTYRE and William HULEE and other pioneers of Cascade and vicinity such things are mere incidents in recollections of the “good old days.”
Silas ABERS, 91 year old veteran of the Civil War, was big enough to swing an axe when the military road from Madison to Fort Howard (now Green Bay) was cut through the woods. And it was on this road in the year 1846 that Huntington LYMAN built a lodging and boarding place for the men he had at work building a dam and mill on the upper branch of the Milwaukee River. This little building still stands and is now the front section of the Fred FELBEL home in Cascade. Mr. LYMAN, with James PRESTON the “pettifog” lawyer, plotted 40 acres at about that time which is the site of the present village. The mill he built was a saw mill which later was changed into a grist and flour establishment and became known as the FOREST mills.
Census:
1870 Census, Sheboygan Co, Mitchell twnshp:
Silas Abers, age 33 farmer,
Eunice age 31 keeping house, born NY
Living next to mother Elizabeth Abers age 62; Heracek age 27, Samantha age 21 and Permelia age 17
1880 Census, Sheboygan Co, Mitchell Twnshp:
S.M. Abers, age 43 farmer born Canada
Minis (sp?) age 41place of birth not legible, both parents born NY
Roz, daughter age 5 or 9(?) born WI (ROY)
1890 Town of Mitchell Tax roll
S.M. Abers #24
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