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Silverthorn, William A., Biography
WILLIAM A. SILVERTHORN. Among the capable, intelligent and selfreliant men who materially assist in maintaining the reputation of St. Clair county as a fine agricultural and stock-raising region is William A. Silverthorn, who is properously engaged in his chosen vocation on section three, Brockway township. He was born, May 15, 1867, in Elgin county, Ontario, Canada, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, Eli Silverthorn.
Born April 21, 1843, Eli Silverthorn grew to manhood in Elgin county, Canada, and there began his active career as a farmer. Coming with his family to St. Clair county, Michigan, in the spring of 1882, he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Brockway township, on section two, and was there employed in mixed husbandry until after the death of his good wife, since which time he has lived retired, making his home with his son William. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Grow, was born in Canada, in 1849, and died on the home farm in Brockway township, St. Clair county, May 19, 1898, leaving five children, as follows: William A., with whom this brief sketch is chiefly concerned; Ensley, a resident of Detroit; Bertha, wife of Burt Travers, of St. Clair county; Leslie, of Brown City, Michigan; and Frank, residing in Chicago, Illinois.
Receiving his rudimentary education in the public schools of Canada. William A. Silverthorn, at the age of fourteen years, came with his parents to Brockway township, where he assisted in improving a farm, remaining beneath the parental roof-tree until 1891. Going then to Chicago, he embarked in the dairy business, for eleven months working for a dairyman and afterwards being in the milk business on his own account. Disposing of his dairy interests in the fall of 1903, Mr. Silverthorn returned to St. Clair county and assumed possession of the eighty acres of land which he had purchased while he was living in Chicago.
This land lies in section three, just across the road from his father's estate, and Mr. Silverthorn operates both his own and his father's farm.
He devotes much of his attention to stock raising, having now a fine drove of Chester White hogs, while he is rapidly establishing a herd of thoroughbred cattle.
Mr. Silverthorn married, February 22, 1893, Ellen Carless, who was born in Brockway township, and they have two children, Lloyd and Pirie. In his political relations Mr. Silverthorn is always a Republican, and uniformly supports the principles of that party.
From: St Clair County Michigan, Its History and Its People: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Its Principle Interests
Volume: II, Pages: 595-596 - Author: William Lee Jenks
Publication: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912
Elgin Marriages - Eli Silverthorn, Aged 23, Born Canada, Resides Malahide Township, Father George, Mother Elizabeth, Born About 1843, Sarah Armstrong, Aged 17, Born Canada, Resides Dereham Township, Born About 1849, Father Joseph, Mother Mary, 19 June 1866, Elgin County.
Elgin Births, Malahide - 20th February 1870 - Ensley Silverthorn, Male, Father Eli Silverthorn, Mother Sarah Ann Gray, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Eli Silverthorn Farmer Malahide, Registered 14th March 1870, Accoucheur Dr. Mills, Philip Hodgkinson Malahide Elgin Regisrar
Elgin Births, Malahide - 21st April 1872, Leslie Silverthorn, Male, Father Eli Silverthorn, Mother Sarah Ann Gray, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Eli Silverthorn Farmer Malahide, Registered May 11 1872, Accoucheur Dr. J. B. Mills, Philip Hodgkinson Malahide Elgin Registrar
Elgin Births, Malahide - 6th April, 1875, Bertie Silverthorn, Female, Father Sarah Ann Gray, Occupation of Father Yeoman, Informant Eli Silverthorn, Yeoman, Malahide, Registered 24th April 1875, Accoucheur Dr. Mills, W. F. Ellis Malahide Registrar
Elgin Births, Malahide - 23rd January 1878, Franklin Silverthorn, Male, Father Eli Silverthorn, Mother Sarah Ann Gray, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Eli Silverthorn Farmer Malahide, Accoucheru Dr. J. B. Mills, T. M. Nairn Malahide Registrar
Elgin Births, Malahide - 12th March 1880, Clara Silverthorn, Female, Father Eli Silverthorn, Mother Sarah Ann Gray, Occupation of Father Farmer, Informant Eli Silverthorn, Farmer, Malahide, Registered 10th April 1880, Accoucheur Dr. Mills, T. M. Nairn Malahide Registrar
On the 1881 Census of Malahide, Elgin, Ontario are:
Eli Silverthorn Married Male German 38 born Ontario Farmer C. Methodist
Sarah A. Silverthorn Married Female German 31 born Ontario C. Methodist
William A. Silverthorn Male German 13 born Ontario C. Methodist
Ensley Silverthorn Male German 11 born Ontario C. Methodist
Leslie Silverthorn Male German 9 born Ontario C. Methodist
Beartie Silverthorn Female German 6 born Ontario C. Methodist
Franklin Silverthorn Male German 3 born Ontario C. Methodist
Clara Silverthorn Female German 1 born Ontario C. Methodist
Elizabeth Silverthorn Widow Female German 79 born Ontario C. Methodist
On the 1900 Census of Brockway, St. Clair, Michigan are:
Silverthorn, Leslie, Head, White, Male, Born April 1872, Aged 28, Married, 0 Years, Born Canada, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada, Year of Immigration 1882, Here 18 Years, Farmer
Silverthorn, Iva, Wife, White, Female, Born June 1881, Aged 18, Married 0 Years, 0 Children, 0 Living, Born Michigan, Father Born Canada, Mother Born Canada
Silvethorn, Eli, Father, White, Male, Born April 1845, Aged 55, Born Canada, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born New York, (Year of Immigration 1882, Here 18 Years - Crossed Out)
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