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Edward Vernon Silver

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Edward Vernon Silver

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
5 Mar 1930 (aged 69)
New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 24066, Section 142
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Edward Vernon Silver, B.A. 1882.
Born July 24, 1860, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Died March' 5, 1930, in New York City

Father, Charles Alexander Silver (B.A. Norwich University 1841); merchant, real estate operator, and builder; son of Alexander Simpson and Jemima (Peterson) Silver, of Norwich, Vt.

Mother, Helen Lydia (Mann) Silver; daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Mason) Mann, of Orford, N. H.

Yale relatives include: Henry M. Silver, 2d, '26 (nephew); and Herbert B. Wilcox, '98, Herbert B. Wilcox, Jr., '30, and Jarvis G. Wilcox, '32 (cousins).

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, and Phillips-Andover. First colloquy appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Senior year; member Class Glee Club Freshman year and Delta Kappa. Studied physiological chemistry in Sheffield Scientific School 1882-83; M.D. Columbia 1885; house surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital, New York, 1885-87; took graduate work in Vienna 1887-88; practiced in New York City 1888-1891; assistant surgeon to Outdoor Department of Roosevelt Hospital and assistant physician to Vanderbilt Clinic 1889— 1891; from 1891 until his retirement in 1927 practiced in Salt Lake City, specializing in dermatology; visiting physician to St. Mark's Hospital 1902-1922 and consulting physician 1922-27; visiting physician to Holy Cross Hospital 18921902; member Salt Lake City Board of Health 1894-96; examiner for New York Life Insurance Company 1901-1927 (chief examiner from 1905), Home Life Insurance Company 1893-1927, and Equitable Life Insurance Company 1902March, 1930; elder in First Presbyterian Church 1902-1926; in 1891-92 aided in organizing Third Presbyterian Sunday School, which later became Third Presbyterian Church (an integral part of Westminster College), of which he was a charter member and an elder 1892-94; president of Utah State Sunday School Association 1893-1901; president of Salt Lake City Y.M.C.A. 1897-1900; helped to organize the Orpheus Club; member Collegiate Church of St Nicholas in New York since 1928; fellow of American Medical Association and American College of Physicians; member Utah State Medical Association, Academy of Medicine, Salt Lake County Medical Association, Intermountain Medical Association, and Sons of the American Revolution.

Married April 3, 1901, in Salt Lake City, Bessie, daughter of Ole and Martha (Olsen) Larsen. Children: Charles Alexander; Kathryn Vernon (B A. Wells 1926); Virginia (B.A. Cornell 1926); Edward Vernon, Jr., '29; and Margaret Elizabeth

Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Survived by wife, two sons, three daughters, and a twin brother, Dr. Lewis M Silver, '82.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf
Edward Vernon Silver, B.A. 1882.
Born July 24, 1860, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Died March' 5, 1930, in New York City

Father, Charles Alexander Silver (B.A. Norwich University 1841); merchant, real estate operator, and builder; son of Alexander Simpson and Jemima (Peterson) Silver, of Norwich, Vt.

Mother, Helen Lydia (Mann) Silver; daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Mason) Mann, of Orford, N. H.

Yale relatives include: Henry M. Silver, 2d, '26 (nephew); and Herbert B. Wilcox, '98, Herbert B. Wilcox, Jr., '30, and Jarvis G. Wilcox, '32 (cousins).

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, and Phillips-Andover. First colloquy appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Senior year; member Class Glee Club Freshman year and Delta Kappa. Studied physiological chemistry in Sheffield Scientific School 1882-83; M.D. Columbia 1885; house surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital, New York, 1885-87; took graduate work in Vienna 1887-88; practiced in New York City 1888-1891; assistant surgeon to Outdoor Department of Roosevelt Hospital and assistant physician to Vanderbilt Clinic 1889— 1891; from 1891 until his retirement in 1927 practiced in Salt Lake City, specializing in dermatology; visiting physician to St. Mark's Hospital 1902-1922 and consulting physician 1922-27; visiting physician to Holy Cross Hospital 18921902; member Salt Lake City Board of Health 1894-96; examiner for New York Life Insurance Company 1901-1927 (chief examiner from 1905), Home Life Insurance Company 1893-1927, and Equitable Life Insurance Company 1902March, 1930; elder in First Presbyterian Church 1902-1926; in 1891-92 aided in organizing Third Presbyterian Sunday School, which later became Third Presbyterian Church (an integral part of Westminster College), of which he was a charter member and an elder 1892-94; president of Utah State Sunday School Association 1893-1901; president of Salt Lake City Y.M.C.A. 1897-1900; helped to organize the Orpheus Club; member Collegiate Church of St Nicholas in New York since 1928; fellow of American Medical Association and American College of Physicians; member Utah State Medical Association, Academy of Medicine, Salt Lake County Medical Association, Intermountain Medical Association, and Sons of the American Revolution.

Married April 3, 1901, in Salt Lake City, Bessie, daughter of Ole and Martha (Olsen) Larsen. Children: Charles Alexander; Kathryn Vernon (B A. Wells 1926); Virginia (B.A. Cornell 1926); Edward Vernon, Jr., '29; and Margaret Elizabeth

Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Survived by wife, two sons, three daughters, and a twin brother, Dr. Lewis M Silver, '82.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1929-30.pdf


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