Lieutenant Edwin Calvin Silliman

1840 - 1930  (90 years)

• Name	Edwin Calvin Silliman
  Title	Lieutenant
  Birth	18 Nov 1840	Peoria County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	6 Aug 1862	Illinois
  	American Civil War (North) 86th Illinois Infantry, Co.C Sergeant and Promoted to 2nd Lt During this time, Edwin was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, Jonesboro, Georgia, Averasborough, North Carolina and Bentonville, North Carolina and marched with General Sherman to the Sea.
  Death	11 Dec 1930	Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois
  Burial	Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois
  Notes	Edwin Calvin Silliman was born on November 18, 1840 in Hallock Township in northern Peoria County, Illinois, the son of Marshall Bennett Silliman and Clarissa (Hyde) Silliman, Marshall was born on May 12, 1812 in Delaware County, New York, the second son of the Rev. Gershom Silliman and Polly (Colman) Silliman, who were both natives of Connecticut. Rev. Silliman was a Lieutenant in the War of 1812. In 1814, Rev. Silliman moved with his family to Jackson County, Ohio, remaining there 14 years. In 1828, he again moved with his family to Illinois, where they settled about four miles west of Chillicothe, Illinois in Peoria County, arriving in September of 1828. There they built a log cabin. Edwin was born in his parents log cabin, which according to his obituary "was one of the first built on the 'high prairie,' or the open land beyond the high bluffs." Rev. Silliman was the first Baptist Minister to permanently locate in Peoria County. Marshall was married on Nov. 16, 1837 to Miss Clarissa Hyde, a sister of Norman Hyde, one of the first settlers in Peoria and it's 1st Probate Judge. Clarissa died Nov. 5, 1842, leaving Marshall with two young sons, Edwin C. Silliman and Norman H. Silliman. Marshall B. Silliman was married 2nd on Feb. 6, 1844, to Nancy Y. Hawley, a daughter of Truman Hawley, who came to Peoria County in 1834, and who settled near Mt. Hawley. Truman kept the Post Office there for many years. Nancy died on June 4, 1885, at the the homestead in Hallock Township, while Marshall died on March 11, 1888, at Toulon.
  Person ID	I19972	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	13 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah Marie Haynes,   b. 20 Aug 1840, Marshall County, Illinois d. Mar 1922, McLean County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1866	Illinois
  Family ID	F5546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Nov 1840 - Peoria County, Illinois Military Service - American Civil War (North) 86th Illinois Infantry, Co.C Sergeant and Promoted to 2nd Lt During this time, Edwin was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, Jonesboro, Georgia, Averasborough, North Carolina and Bentonville, North Carolina and marched with General Sherman to the Sea. - 6 Aug 1862 - Illinois Marriage - 25 Dec 1866 - Illinois Death - 11 Dec 1930 - Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois Burial - - Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth
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