Horace A. Silverwood
Horace A. Silverwood, whose fine farm of 87 acres is situated in Troy Township, is a well-known agriculturist of this section and is a survivor of the great Civil War. He was born October 13, 1845, in Wayne County, Michigan, and is a son of James F. and Elizabeth (McPherson) Silverwood.
Both parents of Mr. Silverwood were born in Pennsylvania, but the ancestry on the paternal side was English and on the maternal Scotch. John McPherson, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Silverwood, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and from the same family came the brave and beloved General McPherson, who fell in front of Atlanta. In 1859, James F. Silverwood moved from Wayne County, Michigan, to Delaware County, Ohio, settling in Troy Township, where he resided until his death at the age of 75 years. His widow, who survived him, attained the advanced age of ninety-three.
Since he was about 12 years of age. Horace A. Silverwood has lived in Troy Township. He attended the public schools and the High School at Delaware, and, for six months, the Ohio Wesleyan University. On May 10, 1864, he enlisted in answer to the call for 100-day men, entering Company C, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., which was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and until his honorable discharge, in the following September, he was stationed mainly at Arlington Heights, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Silverwood married Mary E. Spaulding. who is a daughter of Ellis Spaulding, of Berkshire Township, Delaware County, and they have two children—Olney James and Jay Gordon. The former is a graduate ol the Ohio Wesleyan University, class of 1900, and is now principal of the High School at Newton, Kansas. The second son resides at home, assisting his father. He is a student in the Delaware High School, class of 1908.
In politics, Mr. Silverwood is a stanch Republican. He has served three years as township assessor and in 1890, was census enumerator of Troy Township. He is a leading member and liberal supporter of Troy Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, a steward and a trustee in the same. Mr. Silverwood is largely a self-made man. having made his own way in the world after being equipped with a good education.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908