Notes:
Data source is Debbie Ullom. E-mail Debbie.Ullom@iname.com
Lewis county Birth Register 1, page 171, line 21
July 17, 1873 - SILAS E BENNETT - white, male, born on Sycamore Run in Lewis
county to SILAS C C BENNETT (a farmer) and SARAH E BENNETT. Informant:
father
Lewis county Death Register 7, page 50-C
July 18, 1955 - SILAS EDWARD BENNETT - white, male, widowed, died at Valley
Chapel at the age of 82 years of carcinoma of the stomach. Usual residence
was Rt 1 Kincheloe, Lewis Co., WV. He was a farmer. Born:
July 17, 1873 in Lewis county. Parents: SILAS BENNETT and MARY JANE REEDER
(note this mother's name is different from his marriage information).
Physician: R M FISHER of Weston. Funeral director: J WOODFORD PIERCY.
Buried: Law Chapel. Informant: Mrs. IRVIN JACKSON.
It would appear that the informant of Silas' death was confused regarding the name of his mother. The 1870 and 1880 census clearly list his mother as Sarah E.
The 1880 census of