When George Madison Siler was born on 21 May 1843, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jesse Parsons Siler, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Pauly-Moad, was 27. He married Elizabeth Hicks on 21 April 1860, in Taney, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in District 971, Baker, Georgia, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 17 April 1878, in Beaver Township, Taney, Missouri, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Beaver Township, Taney, Missouri, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Americanized form of German Seiler .
Czech and Croatian (Šiler): from German Schiller or Schüler (see Schuler ). Compare Shiller and Siller .
Slovenian (Šiler): variant of Šilar, an occupational name for a maker of awls, derived from šilo ‘awl, pricker’. Alternatively, a surname of German origin (see 2 above). Compare Shiller .
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