D. R. Silver, M.D.
Dr. Silver was born near Wooster, Ohio, April 1, 1844, and was reared on a farm. When eighteen years of age he entered upon an academic course at Vermillion Institute, Haysville, Ohio. At the completion of this course he entered upon the study of medicine with Drs. Robinson and Weaver of Wooster, and was finally graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in March, 1868. Returning to Wayne County, O., he practised medicine three years at Apple Creek, and then removed to Sidney, Ohio. During the war he enlisted in Captain Robinson’s company 102d O V. I., but was rejected on account of disabilities. About the close of the war he taught school two terms in Wayne Co. On the 7th of June, 1872, he married Miss Jennie E. Fry, of Sidney. They have two children, Bertha, aged ten, and Arthur, aged three years. Dr. Silver is a member of the Shelby County Medical Society, and also of the Ohio State Medical Society. In 1873 he was elected elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Sidney, and is at present a member of the school board and board of health of the city.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883