Bio of Hazlett, Rev. Silas (b.1824) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Hazlett, Rev. Silas. Lake City has an early religious history, the
minister having preceded the city surveyor. Rev. Silas Hazlett, from
Oxford, Ohio, an ordained clergyman of the Presbyterian church, having
landed on the ground from the steamer Galena, on its way to St. Paul, on
April 18, 1856, remained over Sabbath, which was on the 20th, and preached
to a congregation of some twelve persons, taking in about the entire
population of the place at that time. The subject of the sermon was,
"Christ offers salvation to all men on the ground of appropriating faith,"
John v, 40. Rev. Silas Hazlett was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania,
on May 12, 1824. He was the son of William and Ann Hazlett, who had eleven
children. He was of Irish descent on the father's and Scotch on the
mother's side, the grandparents on both sides emigrating, the one from the
north of Ireland, the other, or the Wilsons, from Scotland. Both families
settled in the Kishacoquiblaz valley, near the Juniata river, in Mifflin
county, then a dense forest, where they devoted their lives to farming.
The parents on the mother's side had educated two of their sons for the
work of the gospel ministry, one of whom is still living here, Samuel
Wilson, D.D., and it was the desire of the mother of S. Hazlett to
continue the line of the covenant in her own branch of the family, and so
gave two of her sons to the same work. John, the eldest of four sons, and
Silas, the youngest, were sent to Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Pittsburgh, from which institutions
they were both graduated. Silas was licensed to preach by the presbytery
of Oxford and synod of Cincinnati in the year 1850, in the month of
October, and was joined in marriage to Eliza Jane Patton by Rev. N. L.
Rice, D.D., at Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 14, 1851, she being a member
of said Rice's church. Shortly after his marriage Silas was called to
supply the churches of Harmony and College Corner upon the resignation of
John Scot. D.D., called to the presidency of the female college at Oxford.
Over these churches he continued to preside until March 1, 1856. He had
one child, who was born in Cincinnati, and is now the wife of J. B.
McLean, of Lake City, son of Gen. McLean, of Frontenac. Mrs. Hazlett was a
faithful helper to her husband, engaging heartily in all the work of the
church; but her health was long feeble, and on March 3, 1865, she was
called from a peaceful deathbed to join the home of the redeemed. Silas
Hazlett also taught the first school in Lake City, in the winter of 1856,
in a frame building now standing on Main street, between Marrian and
Center streets, at present occupied as a private dwelling. The school was
held in the second story of the building, entered from the outside, the
first floor being used as a carpenter-shop, the noise of the hammer often
interfering sadly with the recitations above. This same room was also used
for church service on the Sabbath during the winter of 1856, the preaching
alternating between Rev. Mr. Sterry of the Congregational church and the
above. The first couple joined in marriage was Gustave W. Hathaway to Miss
Abbie J. Langley, November 14, 1857, by the Rev. Silas Hazlett, of Lake
City. Silas Hazlett was again joined in marriage to Mrs. Sarah Jane Greer
on May 4, 1869. Mrs. Greer was the widow of James Greer. Mrs. Greer had
three children, Allen J., now of the law firm of Martin & Greer, of this
city; Charles W., bookkeeper, of the firm of Knapp, Stout & Co., residing
at and in charge of the company's books at Cedar Falls, Wisconsin; and
Mollie C., at home and teacher in the public school of Lake City.
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm
There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some 
of the bios on her pages.

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