Brief Life History of Silas Monroe
When Silas Monroe Nellis was born on 2 February 1863, in Campbell, Campbell, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Warner Nellis, was 39 and his mother, Margaret, was 38. He married Lois May Carnahan about 1888, in Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Campbell, Steuben, New York, United States for about 5 years and South Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 22 February 1901, in Elko, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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- Silas Nellis in household of Nathan Nogar, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Legacy NFS Source: Silas Monroe Nellis - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Silas Nellis
- Silas Monroe Nellis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Flemish and German: variant of Nelis .
Irish (Ulster): shortened form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis , Nelis .
English (North Yorkshire): of uncertain origin. A derivation from Middle English Nellis, an unrecorded rhyming pet form of Ellis, is not impossible. Alternatively, it might be variant of Neels , though this name is rarely recorded in northern England. The earliest spellings of the name have final -t (Nellist), generally assumed to be excrescent, and not original to the name, but the ubiquity of this feature suggests it may be intrinsic to the true etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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