Daniel Plumer Cilley (1806 - 1888)

Born 31 May 1806 in Epsom, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley — married 13 Jan 1836 in Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Died 14 Nov 1888 at age 82 in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire

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Biography

Daniel was born in around 1806, the son of Daniel (Sr.) and Hannah (Plumer) Cilley, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, where he was most likely raised.

At some point Daniel studied and became a clergyman.

On January 13, 1836, Daniel married Adelaide Ayers Haines, the daughter of Abner and Eliza Pepperell (Ayers) Haines, in Loudon, Merrimack County. They would initially settle in Manchester, New Hampshire and then move on to Boston, Massachusetts, while they had their five children as follows:

Colonel Clinton Albert Cilley (1837–1900)

Adelaide Haines (Cilley) Parker/Waldron (1843–1909)

Emma Stark Cilley (1851–1852)

Daniel Plumer Cilley (1854–1930)

Joseph Bradbury Cilley (1856–1886)

The Reverend was 55 years old when the Civil War broke out and he volunteered to become a Chaplain in the Union Army. He served in Companies F and S of the 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry from 1861 until November of 1865. The 8th shipped out from New England, landed on Ship Island, Mississippi, and operated in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi losing 357 men either killed in action of died of disease.

After the war Daniel, along with Adelaide and son Joseph, took a clergyman job for a few years in North Carolina. After seeing the war first hand he must have felt a need to help the people of the South recover.

At some point before 1880 Daniel and Adelaide moved back to New Hampshire, settling in Farmington. He lived to be 82 years old, passing away in 1888. Adelaide lived on until 1896 when she passed at 83 years of age. Their bodies are buried together in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Sources

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2R-ZRD : Thu Jul 20 22:17:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel P Cilley and Daniel Cilley, 31 May 1806.

• "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXS-95S : 1 August 2022), Daniel P. Cilley and Adelaide A. Haines, 1836.

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZF-QGV : Mon Jul 17 22:48:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel P Cilley and Adelaide Cilley, 1850.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWN-XKX : 9 March 2018), Daniel P Cilley, Ward 01, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,958.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WT-1VS : Mon Jul 17 21:24:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel P Cilley and Adelaide Cilley, 1860.

• "New Hampshire, Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM8-DSSX : 16 March 2018), Daniel P Cilley, 04 Nov 1861; citing Manchester, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, New Hampshire Secretary of State, Division of Records Management & Archive; FHL microfilm 2,318,007.

• Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65, Page 415 [1]

• United States Park Service Civil War Database Soldier Details on Daniel P. Cilley [2]

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8H-JWX : 29 May 2021), Daniel P Cilley, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRR-6T5 : 14 January 2022), Daniel P. Cilley, Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district ED 249, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSKJ-W2P : 22 February 2021), Daniel P Cilley, 14 Nov 1888; citing Farmington, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,067.

• Find a Grave Memorial for Rev Daniel Plumer Cilley [3]

See Also:

• Biography on Clinton A. Cilley, Daniel's son - [4]