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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Daniel Oliver "Dan" PETERSON: Birth: 6 AUG 1878 in Clifton, Washington Co., Kansas, USA. Death: 18 MAR 1963 in Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  2. Emma Zilpha Peterson: Birth: 5 NOV 1880 in Norton, Norton Co., Kansas, USA. Death: 10 JUN 1923

  3. Joseph Edgar "Joe" PETERSON: Birth: 4 NOV 1884 in Norton, Norton Co., Kansas, USA. Death: 25 DEC 1949 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  4. Thomas Arthur "Arthur" PETERSON: Birth: 31 JUL 1886 in Norton, Norton Co., Kansas, USA. Death: 19 SEP 1959 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  5. Albert Fuson PETERSON: Birth: 24 OCT 1888 in Norton, Norton Co., Kansas, USA. Death: 19 SEP 1964 in Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  6. Clarence PETERSON: Birth: 22 OCT 1895 in Ericson, Wheeler Co., Nebraska, USA. Death: 7 NOV 1988 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  7. Mary Rosamond PETERSON: Birth: 11 DEC 1897 in Ord, Antelope, Nebraska, USA. Death: 10 JAN 1970 in Hyattsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Peterson, Goldie (Keyes)
2. Title:   Mary (Peterson) Hathaway notes
3. Title:   LDS Ancestral File (1996)
4. Title:   1905 Lane Co., Ore. Military Census, Vol. I & II
Author:   Myers, Jane & Arlene Smith, edited by
Publication:   Name: Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, 1982;
5. Title:   1910 Lane Co., Ore. Census
6. Title:   Oregon Death Certificate
Page:   Peterson, Silas
7. Title:   1900 Garfield Co., Neb. Census
8. Title:   Obituary
Page:   Peterson, Silas
9. Title:   Tombstone Inscription
Page:   Peterson, Silas
10. Title:   Silas Peterson obit
11. Title:   Silas Peterson tombstone
12. Title:   Silas Peterson & Nancy Fuson marriage cert
13. Title:   Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900

Notes
a. Note:   1880 Norton Co., Kans. Census, Aldine Twp., ED #199, taken 25 June 1880, p 4 [Ancestry.com Image #4]:
  Peterson, Silas - age 25 - farmer - b. Iowa - F born Va. - M born Ohio - Dwelling #43 - Family #50 Peterson, Nancy - age 18 - wife - keeping house - b. Ohio - F born Ohio - M born Ind. Peterson, Daniel - age 1 - son - b. Kans. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio
  Living in Dwelling #44 were Silas Peterson's parents, Daniel and Mary Peterson. Living in Dwelling #40 was Silas Peterson's brother and his wife, John W. and Evaline Peterson. _________________________ 1900 Garfield Co., Neb. Census, Dry Cedar Pct., ED #101, taken 18 June 1900, p 6A [Ancestry.com, All Twps., ED #101, Image #11]:
  Peterson, Silas - Head - b. Oct 1854 - age 45 - b. Iowa - F born WV - M born Ohio - Farmer - Dwelling #110 - Family #110 ----, Nancy S. - Wife - b. Jan 1862 - age 38 - 7 children - 7 living - b. Ohio - F born Ohio - M born Ind. ----, Joseph E. - Son - b. Nov 1884 - age 15 - b. Kansas - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - at school ----, Thomas - Son - b. July 1886 - age 13 - b. Kansas - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - at school ----, Albert - Son - b. Oct 1888 - age 11 - b. Kansas - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - at school ----, Clarence - Son - b. Oct 1895 - age 4 - b. Neb. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio ----, Mary R. - Daughter - b. Dec 1897 - age 2 - b. Neb. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio _______________________________ Myers, Jane & Arlene Smith, edited by, 1905 Military Census of Lane County Oregon Volume I and II, 1982, Cottage Grove Genealogical Society
  Springfield, Sheet #25 & 26, taken 2 & 3 May: PETERSON, Silas - - 50 - - Farmer - - IA - - Nancy S. - - 43 - - IA PETERSON, Joseph E. - - 20 - - Farm Lab. - - KS - - Arthur T. - - 18 - - KS - - Albert F. - - 16 - - KS - - Clarence - - -9 - - NE - - Mary R. - - - 7 - - NE _______________________ 1910 Lane Co., Ore. Census, Thurston Pct., ED #152, taken 16 April 1910, p 1B [Ancestry.com, All Twps., ED #152, Image #2]:
  Peterson, Silas - Head - age 55 - b. Iowa - F born Va. - M born Ohio - farm laborer - home farm - Dwelling #20 - Family #20 ----, Nancy S. - wife - age 48 - b. Ohio - F born Ohio - M born Ind. ----, Joseph E. - Son - age 25 - b. Kansas - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - farm laborer - working out ----, Clarence - son - age 14 - b. Neb. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio ----, Mary R. - daughter - age 12 - b. Neb. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio ______________________ 1920 Linn Co., Ore. Census, Rowland Prct., ED #308, p 2B, taken 10 Jan 1920 [Ancestry.com Image 3]
  Peterson, Silas - age 65 - head - Renter - b. Iowa - F born Virginia - M born Ohio - farmer - Dwelling #41 - Family #41 " , Nancy - age 58 - wife - b. Ohio - F born Ohio - M born Ind. " , Joseph - age 35 - son - b. Kansas - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - farm laborer - working out " , Clarence - age 24 - son - b. Neb. - F born Iowa - M born Ohio - farm laborer - home farm ___________________________________________ The Register Guard, Eugene, Ore., July 29, 1929, p 2: Silas Peterson, 75, Dies in Springfield
  Silas Peterson died at his home in Springfield early Sunday morning. He was almost 75 years of age and was born in Waterloo, Ia. Mr. Peterson has been married 52 years.
  Survivors besides his widow, Mrs. Nancy Peterson, include five sons, Don (sic), Joe, Albert, Arthur and Clarence, and one daughter Mrs. Mary Hathaway of Kansas City, Mo. Ten grandchildren also survive.
  The funeral was held from the Walker-Poole chapel of Springfield at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. C. J. Pike officiated and the interment was in the Mt. Vernon cemetery. ______________________________________________ Mt. Vernon Cem., Springfield, Lane Co., Ore. - inscription:
  - - - - - PETERSON - Nancy S. - - - - Silas 1862 - 1954 - - 1854 - 1929 ___________________________ Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998:
  Name: Peterson, Silas County: Lane Death Date: 28 Jul 1929 Certificate: 298



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