When Somers Sylvester Silkett was born on 5 October 1851, in Bridgeport, Monroe, Iowa, United States, his father, Joel Churchill Silkett, was 28 and his mother, Matilda Pickerell, was 16. He had at least 1 son and 6 daughters with Martha Elisa Monteith. He lived in Monroe, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Pine, Baker, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 27 July 1921, in Blue Lake, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Arcata, Humboldt, California, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1858: Bourbon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English (East Anglia):
from Silet, a diminutive of the Middle English personal name Sil (see Sill ).
nickname from Middle English seli ‘fortunate, blessed’ (Old English sǣlig) + hed, heved ‘head, person’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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