Descendants of Silas Daily

Descendants of Silas Daily

Generation No. 2

2. SYLVESTER² DAILEY (SILAS¹ DAILY) was born Abt. 1804 in New York. He married SALLY ANN SILSBY Bef. 1830 in New York. She was born Abt. 1805 in New York, and died October 21, 1876 in Jennings Co., IN.

Notes for SYLVESTER DAILEY:
I have more on Sylvester's desendants that I just haven't entered yet.

More About SYLVESTER DAILEY and SALLY SILSBY:
Marriage: Bef. 1830, New York

Children of SYLVESTER DAILEY and SALLY SILSBY are:

WILLIAM³ DAILEY, b. Abt. 1830, NY.

ii.

SOPHIA DAILEY, b. Abt. 1833, NY.

iii.

SYLVESTER DAILEY, b. Abt. 1835, NY.

iv.

SALLY DAILEY, b. Abt. 1839, Indiana.

JOHN DAILEY, b. Abt. 1845, Indiana.

vi.

ALTON DAILEY, b. Abt. 1849, IN.

3. SILAS² DAILEY (SILAS¹ DAILY) was born Abt. August 1809 in New York, and died April 15, 1892 in Illinois, prob Crawford Co.. He married DEBORAH ???. She was born Abt. January 1813, and died November 08, 1868 in Illinois.

Notes for SILAS DAILEY:
When Silas (JR)'s father Silas (SR) died, his estate refers to his sons Silas (JR) and Sylvester as living in Indiana at the time (April 1841). Although I have yet to witness them for myself, I have been told that Silas (JR) has land purcheases on record in Jennings Co., IN for 1837. This same resercher states that Sylvester had also moved to Jennings Co., Indiana, as is born out by the father's estate records.

I suspect a possibility that Deborah wasn't Silas' only wife. The 15 missing years between Elnora and Fredrick's ages puzzles me, plus Fredrick's wife had a Martha Debord listed as Fredrick's Mom, even though Deborah appears as Silas' wife in the 1850 Census, when Fredrick was only 2 years old. Just a suspicion, but...

More About SILAS DAILEY:
Burial: Palestine City Cemetary, Palestine ILLnear his son-in-law Harris Gannon

Children of SILAS DAILEY and DEBORAH ??? are:

ELLINORE³ DAILEY, b. March 22, 1833, Dutch Co., New York; d. July 23, 1895, Crawford Co. Ill..

ii.

FREDRICK DAILEY, b. Abt. 1849.

iii.

MARIA DAILEY, b. Abt. 1852.

iv.

JAMES DAILEY, b. Abt. 1854.

maybe....

4. SOPHIA² DAILEY (SILAS¹ DAILY) was born Abt. 1809 in Cayuga Co., NY. She married ISAAC BOORAM. He was born Abt. 1802 in New York.

Notes for SOPHIA DAILEY:
I strongly suspect that Silas and Sophia were twins. Her and her husband were living in Stueben Co., NY at the time of her father's death.

Children of SOPHIA DAILEY and ISAAC BOORAM are:

SYLVESTER³ BOORAM, b. Abt. 1840.

ii.

ORVILLE BOORAM, b. Abt. 1843.

5. ERASTUS² DAILEY (SILAS¹ DAILY) was born Abt. 1816. He married LOUISE ???. She was born Abt. 1819.

Notes for ERASTUS DAILEY:
According to his father's Estate administration, Erastus was living in Stueben Co., NY in 1841 when his father died. Erastus is in the 1850 Census of Stueben Co., NY, assuming this is the same Erastus.

Children of ERASTUS DAILEY and LOUISE ??? are:

EMMET³ DAILEY, b. Abt. 1841.

ii.

GEORGE R. DAILEY, b. Abt. 1843.

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