Samuel Silver
Samuel Silver is a native of Wayne County, Ind., and was born February 7, 1832. In 1855 his parents moved to Sidney, where he worked with his father on a farm, and finally found employment in a brick-yard at $4 per month for the first season, $6 for the second, and $8 for the third. He then worked along at his trade and boating until 1862, when he entered the employment of the Government as wagon-master, at which he served about eighteen months and returned home. He then took the captaincy of a boat again until 1864, when he enlisted in the 99th Ohio Regiment under Colonel Bope, and served until the close of the war as wagon master of division. Again he resumed boating, but soon went to Michigan, where he was engaged in lumbering about seven years, four of which he was foreman of the lumber camps. Returning to Sidney he entered the grocery business, which he followed about five years, when he was elected city marshal, in which ofiice he is now serving his sixth year. He has also been engaged in the city ice trade since his return to this place, his son chiefly attending to the business. He was married Nov. 8, 1871, and has four children, Harry, Mary, Webster, and Maudie.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883