Silas Henry Grayson (1880 - 1974)

Born 25 Sep 1880 in Tipton County, Indiana, USA

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Died 16 Sep 1974 at age 93 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Silas was born in 1880. Silas Grayson was the son of William Elija Grayson and Lodoska (Swing) Grayson. ^[1] On December 1, 1903 he married Grace Lett in Tipton, Indiana. ^[2] She passed away in 1909. On the 1910 Census he is listed as widowed in the household of his mother with a four year old son (Charles W Grayson). ^[3]

He was remarried in Sharpsville, Indiana on April 4, 1911 to Lovey (Lowey) E. Lindsay (the daughter of John F. Lindsay and Ida B (Baxter) Lindsay). ^[4] The couple is listed together on the following census reports:

• 1920 Census (with his son from his first marriage) ^[5]
• 1930 Census (with a son from his current marriage: Ted L Grayson) ^[6]
• 1940 Census (with Ted) ^[7]

He passed away at the age of 94 in 1974.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7DWR-B2T2 : 18 October 2019), Silas Henry Grayson, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27VM-67S : 10 December 2017), Silas H Grayson and Grace Lett, 01 Dec 1903; citing Tipton, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005330909.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK51-3BF : accessed 8 November 2020), Silas H Grayson in household of Lodoska Grayson, Liberty, Tipton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 8A, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 382; FHL microfilm 1,374,395.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27VM-2JN : 10 December 2017), Silas H Grayson and Lowery E Lindsay, 04 Apr 1911; citing Tipton, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005330910.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4G-MX4 : accessed 8 November 2020), S H Grayson, Liberty, Tipton, Indiana, United States; citing ED 200, sheet 1B, line 91, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 466; FHL microfilm 1,820,466.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4B5-Z47 : accessed 8 November 2020), Silas H Grayson, Liberty, Tipton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 7A, line 19, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 631; FHL microfilm 2,340,366.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1B4-5VC : 16 November 2019), Silas H Grayson, Liberty Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-11, sheet 9B, line 79, family 208, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1100.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRJP-DT5 : 21 August 2020), Silas Grayson, Sep 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5JK-N3G : 14 March 2020), Silas Henry Grayson, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35989340/silas-henry-grayson
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27V7-NQ8 : 8 December 2017), S H Grayson in entry for Charles Grayson and Elsie Broyles, 17 Mar 1928; citing Tipton, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005359685.