Brief Life History of Silas T
When Silas T Church was born on 4 May 1845, in Center Township, Lake, Indiana, United States, his father, John Church, was 26 and his mother, Lydia Ann Cogswell, was 20. He married Anna Judith Peterson on 18 November 1866, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1894 and Solon Township, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 17 September 1935, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (61)
- Silas Church, "United States Census, 1870"
- Silas T. Church, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Silas T Church, "Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Cemetery Index, 1799-1999"
Spouse and Children
1845–1935 Male
1844–1934 Female
Children (10)
1868–1960 Female
1870–1952 Female
1873–1946 Female
1875–1962 Male
1877–1923 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1818–1879 Male
1824–1876 Female
Siblings (9)
1845–1935 Male
1846–1885 Female
1850–1850 Female
1852–1905 Male
1855–1945 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 1
1847 · Moving the State Capital
Age 2
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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