William Edward Silket (1840 - 1907)

Born 16 Sep 1840 in Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah E. (Peck) Silcott — married 27 Sep 1863 in Meigs County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1907 at age 66 in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Birth

Birth of William E. Silket

Date: 16 SEP 1840

Place: Jackson County, WV, USA

Marriage

Marriage between William E Sylket and Sarah E. Peck^[1]

Date: September 24, 1863

Place: Meigs County, Ohio

Military

1890 Surviving Soldiers and Widows Census^[2]

Name of Surviving Soldier: William E. Silket

Place: Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio

Rank: Private

Company: F

Regiment: 10th West Virginia Infantry

Date of Enlistment: April 23, 1863

Date of Discharge: August 9, 1865

Length of Service: 2y 3m 14d

Diability Incurred: Wound in back - Cataracts. Defective sight by measels.

Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Transcription^[3]

Name: William E Silket

Year: 1861-65

Side: Union

Regiment: 10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry

Company: F

Rank In: Private

Rank Out: Private

Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Transcription^[4]

Name: William E Silket

Year: 1861-65

Side: Union

Regiment: 11th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry

Company: KI

Rank In: Private

Rank Out: Private

Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - West Virginia^[5]

Name: Silket, William E

Military Regiment: Tenth Infantry, Private

Age: 25

Year: 1865

Estimated birth: 1839-1840

Branch: Union Army

Served for: USA

Muster-out date: August 9, 1865, Richmond, Va

Last paid: Dec. 31, 1864 ($27.85)

Bounty paid $25, Clothing account settled Dec 31/64

Detachment muster Roll: May & June, 1865, Richmond, Va. (Detatchment in supply train)

Census Data

1850 U.S. Census - Kanawha County, Virginia (became part of West Virginia in 1863)^[6]

Charles Droddy (Male) - 57 (1793) b: Virginia

Sarah Droddy (Female) - 43 (1807) b: Virginia

Malinda Droddy (Female) - 22 (1828) b: Virginia

Christopher C Droddy (Male) - 20 (1830) b: Virginia

William Droddy (Male) - 17 (1833) b: Virginia

Charles A Droddy (Male) - 13 (1837) b: Virginia

Malysia Droddy (Female) - 12 (838) b: Virginia

George Droddy (Male) - 10 (1840) b: Virginia

Calvin M Droddy (Male) - 8 (1842) b: Virginia

William Silkette (Male) - 14 (1836) b: Virginia

1860 U.S. Census - Jackson County, Virginia^[7]

Mary A Silcot - 55 (1805) b. Pennsylvania

Wm Silcot - 23 (1837) b.Virginia; o. farm laborer

Sarah Silcot - 20 (1840) b.Virginia

Martha J Silcot - 17 (1843) b.Virginia

Marthew Silcot - 17 (1843) b.Virginia

1870 U.S. Census^[8] - Hartford, Mason, West Virginia

William Silket - 30 (1840) Virginia, Laborer

Sarah E Silket - 27 (1843) Ohio

George E Silket - 6 (1864) West Virginia

John D Silket - 4 (1866) West Virginia

Ralph R Silket - 2 (1868) West Virginia

1880 U.S. Census - No record found for the Silket/Silcott family. All enumerations checked for the the towns of Hartford, WV, and Nelsonville, OH, have come up empty.

A directory lookup for Nelsonville/Athens county may reveal the time of their arrival

1900 U.S. Census^[9] - Ohio, Athens, York, District 23

William Silket - 57 (Sept 1842) West Virginia; Head; Father born: CT, Mother born: Ohio; Farmer; Married 36y

Sarah E Silket - 54 (Oct 1845) Ohio; Wife; Father born: WV, Mother born: Penn.; Married 36y

Robert F Silket - 22 (Aug. 1877) West Virginia; Son; Father born: WV, Mother born: Ohio; Railway Brakeman

Leona M Silket - 7 (Jan. 1893) Ohio; Grand-daughter; Father born: WV, Mother born: Ohio

• Leona was the daughter of Ralph and Hattie Silket

Death

Death of William E. Silket^{[10][11] [12]}

Date: 27 February 1907

Place: Nelsonville, OH, USA

Cause: Syphilis

Age: 66y 5m 26d (1841)

Birthplace: West Virginia

Occupation: Laborer

Burial

Greenlawn Cemetery, Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio

Sarah E Silcott (1845-1938) Find A Grave: Memorial #127881273

William E Silcott (1840-1907) Find A Grave: Memorial #127881260

Newspaper Clipping

Expenditures of the county - C. W. Silcott, burial of W. E. Silcott, $50. (Source: Athens Messenger, February 13, 1908)

Notes

William E. Silket (Sylcott/Silkett on his war records, but Silcott on his monument) was inducted in the Third Infantry Company, Union Army in 1863, at Parkersburg, West Virginia serving under General George Clark. He was inducted into the infantry, Co I, 11 Regiment, WV Volunteers, 23 day of April, 1863. He was wounded on October 13, 1864 at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia by the explosion of a shell which hit a nearby fence. He was struck in the small of his back by a piece of wood. William recovered at the 11th West Virginia Regimental Hospital for about six weeks and returned to his regiment and was discharged on August 9, 1865, after which time he went back to his home in Mason City WV. He was described in his war records as being six feet tall, had blue eyes, fair complexion and his occupation was listed as farming.

By November 27, 1887, William and Sarah settled briefly in W̶e̶l̶s̶t̶o̶m̶ Wellston, Ohio before arriving in Nelsonville, Ohio July 24, 1888. The 1900 Census locates William's family living in a rather larger, white, two story house at the corner of High Street and Harper, in Nelsonville, Ohio, Location

Although the family owned their own farm, the sons, George, Joeb, Ralph, Charles, and Frank were also involved in railroading and coal mining.^[13]

William Silcott, horse thief?

And this follow up.

There's a William Silket listed as being part of Company K, 11th Infantry Regiment West Virginia^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD5C-PL6 : accessed 14 April 2012), William E Sylket and Sarah E. Peck (1863). Ref#262
2. ↑ "United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K83P-2LM : accessed 28 Nov 2012), William E Silket, , Athens, Ohio, United States. Film#338232, image 122 of 978
3. ↑ United States Service Records, Military Service & Conflict (See also 11 W. Va. Inf.) Film Number: M507 roll 11; FindMyPast.com
4. ↑ United States Service Records, Military Service & Conflict (See also 10 W. Va. Inf.) Film Number: M507 roll 11; FindMyPast.com
5. ↑ The National Archives: Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - West Virginia (Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia); Publication Number: M508
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DBB7-W3R?cc=1401638&wc=95RQ-6TG%3A1031351901%2C1032510201%2C1032516501 : 9 April 2016), Virginia > Kanawha > Kanawha county, part of > image 174 of 272; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSF-9ZYC?cc=1473181&wc=7QY4-SNR%3A1589436503%2C1589422215%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), Virginia > Jackson > Not Stated > image 139 of 197; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ 1870; Census Place: Hartford, Mason, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1692; Page: 97B; Image: 206; Family History Library Film: 553191
9. ↑ 1900; Census Place: York, Athens, Ohio; Roll: 1239; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 24; FHL microfilm: 1241239.
10. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6DG-P2T : accessed 17 Oct 2014), William E. Silcott, 27 Feb 1907; citing Death, Athens, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 230, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 912391.
11. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVNS-X9MQ : accessed 17 Oct 2014), William E. Selcot, 27 Feb 1907; citing Death, Nelsonville, York Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, source ID p 149 no 190759, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 311616.
12. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36734-5429-33?cc=2128172 : 30 September 2014), Athens > Soldiers burial records, 1898-1912 > image 134 of 212; county courthouses, Ohio.
13. ↑ Source: Silcott Family History, compiled by Fritzie Mann Silcott.
14. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. (ancestry.com)

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