Date Original
2020
Description
This collection contains records of the Sillin-Monroe-Sprague family, including Bible records of births and deaths, correspondence, and other material related to the history of the family.
Biographical/Historical Note
Syrvetus Sillin is listed in the 1880 Census of Logan Township, Anglaise County, Ohio, close to Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is buried in the Pepper Lake Cemetery in Prairie County, Arkansas. Several members of the Sillin family seem to have been in Pulaski County, Arkansas, as early as 1899. In 1900, Syrvetus and his wife, Harriet, were living in Little Rock, where they ran a "boat house." By 1910, Iza E. Sillon, the owner of the records in this collection. was a dressmaker, and the widow of James W. Null. She lived in Little Rock with her children, Arthur J. and Edward. On October 6, 1917, Iza E. Null (Sillon) married Charles C. Stockton. She died in August of 1975. The family may have come to Arkansas to join a cousin, Dr. Cyrenius W. Sillin, who was a noted physician in Stuttgart, Arkansas, from 1892 until his death in December 1920. Dr. Sillin was a brother of Syrvetus Sillin, having been born in 1856 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Both were the sons of John P. Sillin, born in 1801, and Hannah Patterson, born in 1811. Their mother died in 1864 and their father in 1875.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.176.018
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Sillin-Monroe-Sprague family papers, SMC.176.018
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Sillin-Monroe-Sprague family papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
