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William Sill

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
unknown
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William Sill was married to Catherine "Caty": Martin sometime before 1836. They are known to have been residing in Claremont County, Ohio in the early to mid 1830's when their son, William Perry Jackson Sill was born. Within the next two years, they moved west to Illinois, where they settled in Peoria County, Illinois. It was there that their son, Issac Marion Sill, was born.

At the time of the 1850 census the Sill family is found in Peoria County;

Sill William 60 M Farming 500 Pa
Sill Cathy 48 F Pa
Sill Jackson 14 M Ohio
Sill Isaac 12 M Ill

Ancestry.com has information about a William Sill passing away in Peoria County, Illinois in 1856. However, little of the information that is tied to him jives with what we believe we know about our William Sill. Her is what is found;
"Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America on 27 November 1789 to Jabez Sill and Hannah Osborn. William Sill married Catherine Simms and had 10 children. He passed away on 16 Nov 1856 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States."

However, Isaac Marion Sill and W. P. J. Sill are not among the children that are listed.
William Sill was married to Catherine "Caty": Martin sometime before 1836. They are known to have been residing in Claremont County, Ohio in the early to mid 1830's when their son, William Perry Jackson Sill was born. Within the next two years, they moved west to Illinois, where they settled in Peoria County, Illinois. It was there that their son, Issac Marion Sill, was born.

At the time of the 1850 census the Sill family is found in Peoria County;

Sill William 60 M Farming 500 Pa
Sill Cathy 48 F Pa
Sill Jackson 14 M Ohio
Sill Isaac 12 M Ill

Ancestry.com has information about a William Sill passing away in Peoria County, Illinois in 1856. However, little of the information that is tied to him jives with what we believe we know about our William Sill. Her is what is found;
"Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America on 27 November 1789 to Jabez Sill and Hannah Osborn. William Sill married Catherine Simms and had 10 children. He passed away on 16 Nov 1856 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States."

However, Isaac Marion Sill and W. P. J. Sill are not among the children that are listed.


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