(The "Webb's" store to the right is Silas's General Merchandise store in Eagle Butte. In the doorway is his daughter, Uella. and on the boardwalk is his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans (less than 1 years old - probably fall of 1913)
(To the right is the wedding picture of Silas Owen Webb and Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886 in Vermillion. Below is Silas and his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans in 1913 (he is 62 years in this picture).
Silas was the son of Sylvester Tanner Webb of New York (the Webb Genealogy traces back to a Webb in Scotland who's son, Henry Webb was born in Stratford, England in 1350. Many descendants and hundreds of years - and some of the Webb's were Knights......Christopher Webb Sr (born 1599 in England) came to America to Massachusetts in 1628.)
Silas's mother was Ann Eliza Harrington of New York.
At the age of 8, Silas is found in the 1860 US Federal Census living with his father Sylvester and Eliza in Grove, Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, WI. By the 1880 US Federal Census, Silas is single, a laborer and working for the Lathrop family in Vermillion, SD.
More about Silas:
Silas Owen Webb was of Scottish and English descent. Silas had a Maxwell car with carbide lights -- he would light them with a match.
Silas was a schoolteacher for 3 years in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In Vermillion, SD, he studied civil engineering and became a surveyor and a carpenter. He married Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886.
He was the surveyor for 9 years, while his children were young, and would take them along on some of his surveys. He would tie a rag around a wagon wheel and the kids would count the revolutions as they drove across the prairie. That was how he measured the land in South Dakota (when they had the Webb store). Silas surveyed for about 9 years in the Eagle Butte area and all along the Missouri River -- he took covered wagons, supplies, tents and would go out to the Indian Reservation to survey the land and set corners -- to survey 160 acre plots of land to sell to the Indians, and later to the white settlers.
Silas was 60 when his daughter Ava was married at the age of 18. Less than a year later, on April 13, 1913 Ava gave birth to her first child, son Wesley Webb Evans, and Silas was a grandpa at the age of 61. During Silas' lifetime, he experienced the joys of being the parent of 4-children, and the grandparent of 20+-grandchildren. Silas and Laura Mae were the grandparents of a total of 30-grandchildren, however some were born after his death.
After Silas quit surveying, he and wife Laura Mae farmed in South Dakota. Laura and Silas' house was 10 miles from the town of Eagle Butte. They owned an organ and the children of Ava and Billy Evans would visit their grandparents and play with it...pulling its knobs outs. They also enjoyed picking strawberries on the hill during their visits.
After Silas died at the age of 78 (in Eagle Butte), his wife Laura Mae moved into son Harry's house in town. George and Ella took over the farm. Their children burned it down and 2- or 3-died in the fire.
Silas died on the farm from diabetes. Daughter, Ava would go out to the farm to help care for him. Sometimes he would slip out at night while everyone was asleep. When he was finally found he would be covered with scratches. His grandson Bob says (1999), "Looking back I think that Grandpa Silas was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, because there were times when he didn't know who or where he was, or recognize his family."
(To the right is the wedding picture of Silas Owen Webb and Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886 in Vermillion. Below is Silas and his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans in 1913 (he is 62 years in this picture).
Silas was the son of Sylvester Tanner Webb of New York (the Webb Genealogy traces back to a Webb in Scotland who's son, Henry Webb was born in Stratford, England in 1350. Many descendants and hundreds of years - and some of the Webb's were Knights......Christopher Webb Sr (born 1599 in England) came to America to Massachusetts in 1628.)
Silas's mother was Ann Eliza Harrington of New York.
At the age of 8, Silas is found in the 1860 US Federal Census living with his father Sylvester and Eliza in Grove, Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, WI. By the 1880 US Federal Census, Silas is single, a laborer and working for the Lathrop family in Vermillion, SD.
More about Silas:
Silas Owen Webb was of Scottish and English descent. Silas had a Maxwell car with carbide lights -- he would light them with a match.
Silas was a schoolteacher for 3 years in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In Vermillion, SD, he studied civil engineering and became a surveyor and a carpenter. He married Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886.
He was the surveyor for 9 years, while his children were young, and would take them along on some of his surveys. He would tie a rag around a wagon wheel and the kids would count the revolutions as they drove across the prairie. That was how he measured the land in South Dakota (when they had the Webb store). Silas surveyed for about 9 years in the Eagle Butte area and all along the Missouri River -- he took covered wagons, supplies, tents and would go out to the Indian Reservation to survey the land and set corners -- to survey 160 acre plots of land to sell to the Indians, and later to the white settlers.
Silas was 60 when his daughter Ava was married at the age of 18. Less than a year later, on April 13, 1913 Ava gave birth to her first child, son Wesley Webb Evans, and Silas was a grandpa at the age of 61. During Silas' lifetime, he experienced the joys of being the parent of 4-children, and the grandparent of 20+-grandchildren. Silas and Laura Mae were the grandparents of a total of 30-grandchildren, however some were born after his death.
After Silas quit surveying, he and wife Laura Mae farmed in South Dakota. Laura and Silas' house was 10 miles from the town of Eagle Butte. They owned an organ and the children of Ava and Billy Evans would visit their grandparents and play with it...pulling its knobs outs. They also enjoyed picking strawberries on the hill during their visits.
After Silas died at the age of 78 (in Eagle Butte), his wife Laura Mae moved into son Harry's house in town. George and Ella took over the farm. Their children burned it down and 2- or 3-died in the fire.
Silas died on the farm from diabetes. Daughter, Ava would go out to the farm to help care for him. Sometimes he would slip out at night while everyone was asleep. When he was finally found he would be covered with scratches. His grandson Bob says (1999), "Looking back I think that Grandpa Silas was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, because there were times when he didn't know who or where he was, or recognize his family."
(The "Webb's" store to the right is Silas's General Merchandise store in Eagle Butte. In the doorway is his daughter, Uella. and on the boardwalk is his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans (less than 1 years old - probably fall of 1913)
(To the right is the wedding picture of Silas Owen Webb and Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886 in Vermillion. Below is Silas and his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans in 1913 (he is 62 years in this picture).
Silas was the son of Sylvester Tanner Webb of New York (the Webb Genealogy traces back to a Webb in Scotland who's son, Henry Webb was born in Stratford, England in 1350. Many descendants and hundreds of years - and some of the Webb's were Knights......Christopher Webb Sr (born 1599 in England) came to America to Massachusetts in 1628.)
Silas's mother was Ann Eliza Harrington of New York.
At the age of 8, Silas is found in the 1860 US Federal Census living with his father Sylvester and Eliza in Grove, Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, WI. By the 1880 US Federal Census, Silas is single, a laborer and working for the Lathrop family in Vermillion, SD.
More about Silas:
Silas Owen Webb was of Scottish and English descent. Silas had a Maxwell car with carbide lights -- he would light them with a match.
Silas was a schoolteacher for 3 years in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In Vermillion, SD, he studied civil engineering and became a surveyor and a carpenter. He married Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886.
He was the surveyor for 9 years, while his children were young, and would take them along on some of his surveys. He would tie a rag around a wagon wheel and the kids would count the revolutions as they drove across the prairie. That was how he measured the land in South Dakota (when they had the Webb store). Silas surveyed for about 9 years in the Eagle Butte area and all along the Missouri River -- he took covered wagons, supplies, tents and would go out to the Indian Reservation to survey the land and set corners -- to survey 160 acre plots of land to sell to the Indians, and later to the white settlers.
Silas was 60 when his daughter Ava was married at the age of 18. Less than a year later, on April 13, 1913 Ava gave birth to her first child, son Wesley Webb Evans, and Silas was a grandpa at the age of 61. During Silas' lifetime, he experienced the joys of being the parent of 4-children, and the grandparent of 20+-grandchildren. Silas and Laura Mae were the grandparents of a total of 30-grandchildren, however some were born after his death.
After Silas quit surveying, he and wife Laura Mae farmed in South Dakota. Laura and Silas' house was 10 miles from the town of Eagle Butte. They owned an organ and the children of Ava and Billy Evans would visit their grandparents and play with it...pulling its knobs outs. They also enjoyed picking strawberries on the hill during their visits.
After Silas died at the age of 78 (in Eagle Butte), his wife Laura Mae moved into son Harry's house in town. George and Ella took over the farm. Their children burned it down and 2- or 3-died in the fire.
Silas died on the farm from diabetes. Daughter, Ava would go out to the farm to help care for him. Sometimes he would slip out at night while everyone was asleep. When he was finally found he would be covered with scratches. His grandson Bob says (1999), "Looking back I think that Grandpa Silas was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, because there were times when he didn't know who or where he was, or recognize his family."
(To the right is the wedding picture of Silas Owen Webb and Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886 in Vermillion. Below is Silas and his grandson, Wesley Webb Evans in 1913 (he is 62 years in this picture).
Silas was the son of Sylvester Tanner Webb of New York (the Webb Genealogy traces back to a Webb in Scotland who's son, Henry Webb was born in Stratford, England in 1350. Many descendants and hundreds of years - and some of the Webb's were Knights......Christopher Webb Sr (born 1599 in England) came to America to Massachusetts in 1628.)
Silas's mother was Ann Eliza Harrington of New York.
At the age of 8, Silas is found in the 1860 US Federal Census living with his father Sylvester and Eliza in Grove, Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, WI. By the 1880 US Federal Census, Silas is single, a laborer and working for the Lathrop family in Vermillion, SD.
More about Silas:
Silas Owen Webb was of Scottish and English descent. Silas had a Maxwell car with carbide lights -- he would light them with a match.
Silas was a schoolteacher for 3 years in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In Vermillion, SD, he studied civil engineering and became a surveyor and a carpenter. He married Laura Mae Pratt on March 8, 1886.
He was the surveyor for 9 years, while his children were young, and would take them along on some of his surveys. He would tie a rag around a wagon wheel and the kids would count the revolutions as they drove across the prairie. That was how he measured the land in South Dakota (when they had the Webb store). Silas surveyed for about 9 years in the Eagle Butte area and all along the Missouri River -- he took covered wagons, supplies, tents and would go out to the Indian Reservation to survey the land and set corners -- to survey 160 acre plots of land to sell to the Indians, and later to the white settlers.
Silas was 60 when his daughter Ava was married at the age of 18. Less than a year later, on April 13, 1913 Ava gave birth to her first child, son Wesley Webb Evans, and Silas was a grandpa at the age of 61. During Silas' lifetime, he experienced the joys of being the parent of 4-children, and the grandparent of 20+-grandchildren. Silas and Laura Mae were the grandparents of a total of 30-grandchildren, however some were born after his death.
After Silas quit surveying, he and wife Laura Mae farmed in South Dakota. Laura and Silas' house was 10 miles from the town of Eagle Butte. They owned an organ and the children of Ava and Billy Evans would visit their grandparents and play with it...pulling its knobs outs. They also enjoyed picking strawberries on the hill during their visits.
After Silas died at the age of 78 (in Eagle Butte), his wife Laura Mae moved into son Harry's house in town. George and Ella took over the farm. Their children burned it down and 2- or 3-died in the fire.
Silas died on the farm from diabetes. Daughter, Ava would go out to the farm to help care for him. Sometimes he would slip out at night while everyone was asleep. When he was finally found he would be covered with scratches. His grandson Bob says (1999), "Looking back I think that Grandpa Silas was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's, because there were times when he didn't know who or where he was, or recognize his family."
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