James H. Silvers
James H. Silvers, of Delhi, wholesale leaf tobacco dealer, 49 and 51 Front street, Cincinnati, was born at North Bend, 1833. His paternal grandfather, Judge James Silvers, of Pennsylvania, was an early settler of the county, having come here with Judge Symmes, and was an associate judge of the court three consecutive terms of seven years each. He died near the expiration of the third term. Thomas J. Silvers, his son, and father of James H., in 1831, married Miss Sarah A. Moore, the daughter of Samuel and Adelia Moore, nee West, of Pennsylvania, and old pioneers of Anderson Ferry. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch on his mother's side was in the War of 1812. He lived to be sixty-six years of age. The mother of James H. Silvers still lives. She was born in 1814. Her mother was born in Paris, Kentucky, and lived to be sixty years of age.
Mr. James H. Silvers came to Delhi in 1873; February 13, 1878 was married in Nashville, Tennessee, to Miss Jennie Hillis, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the well known tobacco dealer on Front street, Cincinnati. His residence is in a beautiful situation, near Delhi, commanding a most delightful view of the Ohio river and the surrounding scenery.
The family of Thomas J. and Sarah A. Silvers consisted of James H. Silvers, Mrs. Anna A. Dodd, and Mrs. Ophelia Massy.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881