Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Lattimer, Silas 1821 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Silas Lattimer, farmer, P. O. Wilmington. The subject of this sketch is a 
native of Athens County, Ohio, born April 17, 1821; son of Isaac and Jane 
Lattimer. Raised and educated principally in Mercer County, Ohio. In 1845, he 
with his mother removed to Marion County, Ind., his father having died in 
Ohio. Subject was married, in Indiana, April 30, 1846, to Miss Mary Schroyer, 
daughter of Joseph and Eliza Schroyer. She is a native of Wayne County, Ind., 
born October 3, 1826. They remained in Indiana until 1854, engaged in farming. 
At this time, he removed to Illinois and settled in Felix Township, near where 
he now lives. He here owns a farm of 280 acres in Sections 15 and 22 of Felix 
Township, residence nine miles southeast from Morris. Value of land, $30 per 
acre. They have ten children - Eliza J. Lattimer, born in Indiana April 28, 
1847, married to C. C. Massey in December, 1866; Clarissa C. Lattimer, born in 
Indiana November 22, 1848, married to Silas W. Gibson, of Mazon Township; 
Malinda F. Lattimer, born in Indiana December 17, 1850, married June 11, 1874, 
to James SHORT, died July 1, 1876; Charity C. Lattimer, born November 6, 1853, 
and died November 5, 1855; James N. Lattimer, born in Grundy County, Ill., 
March 31, 1856, married Miss Caroline Rodee April 23, 1879; Laura A. Lattimer, 
born in this county February 7, 1858, married to Horace Severns December 22, 
1880; Johnson W. Lattimer, born in Grundy County November 23, 1860; Tedee 
Lattimer, born in Grundy County January 12, 1863, died at the home in Felix 
Township December 17, 1866; Sarah E. Lattimer, born in Grundy February 21, 
1865; Ida May Lattimer, born in Grundy County March 19, 1869. Mr. Lattimer is 
a Democrat politically, and has been a Justice of the Peace and Township 
official for many years. Engaged in stock raising and general farming.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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