Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Silliman, George February 8, 1826 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Silliman, George, Norway, was born February 8, 1826. His father was Daniel 
Silliman, a son of Justice Silliman, who lived and died in Connecticut.  The 
wife of Justice Silliman was Ruth Jennings, who bore him ten children.  Daniel 
Silliman was born in Connecticut, in 1795.  His wife was Catherine Sherwook of 
Connecticut, born 1798.  They had eight children.  In 1822 Mr. Silliman came 
to Salisbury.  He died in 1844 and his wife in 1891.  George Silliman was 
educated in the common schools and in Fairfield Seminary.  In 1852 he married 
Sarah E. Wood, of Stratford, born July 18, 1832, a daughter of Daniel and 
Huldah (Jennings) Wood, early settlers of Stratford.  They had six children.  
Mr. Wood died in 1881 and his wife in 1865.  The children of subject and wife 
are:  Charles D., Alice A., Edward G., Mary C., Dwight A., and Hiram D.  When 
a young man, Mr. Silliman resided three years in Wisconsin.  He afterwards 
resided thirteen years in Stratford.  In 1864 he went to Norway and has lived 
there since, on a farm of 227 acres.  Mr. Silliman is a prohibitionist and he 
and his wife are Baptists.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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