90th BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE - CAROLINE KATHERINE FISHER-SILVEUS observed her 90th Birthday, 28 Mar. 1953 - She has 193 descendants. Mrs. Caroline Silveus who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Ray Sailsbery, 1105 N. Summit Ave., Decatur, Ill., is celebrating her 90th birthday today. She has nine children, 54 grandchildren, 120 great grandchildren and ten great, great grandchildren. Her children are Charles of Auburn, Mrs. Bert Hays, Wichita, Kan., Elmer. Dundee, Ohio, John, Alton, Ill., Harvey, Decatur, Mrs. Harry Stivers, Moweaqua, Ill., Mrs. Andrew Mitchell, Uhrickville, Ohio, Mrs. Roy Sailsbery, Richland, Wisc., and Mrs. Ray Sailsbery, Decatur. Mrs. Silveus was born 28 March, 1863, in Holmes County, Ohio. She and her husband, Nicholas, came to Decatur from Taylorville in 1915. They left Ohio in 1879. Mr. Silveus died in 1936. Rosey, born 17 Feb. 1903, died the same day she was born.spouse: Silveus, Nicholas Johnson (1859 - 1936)OBITUARY - MRS. SILVEUS, 91, Dies at Decatur, 17 Feb., 1955. Mrs. Caroline Katherine Silveus, Decatur, former Christian County resident, died Thursday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. She had been ill two months. Mrs. Silveus was the widow of NICHOLAS SILVEUS, whom she married 2 Feb. 1879. They resided in Taylorville for several years, moving to Decatur in 1915, where Mr. Silveus died in 1936. Surviving are four sons., Charles, Auburn; Elmer, Black Rock, Ark., John, Alton; Harvey, Decatur; four daughters, Mrs. Harry Stivers, Moweaqua; Mrs. Andrew Mitchell, Port Washington, Ohio; Mrs. Roy Sailsbery, Richland Center, Wisc., Mrs. Ray Sailsbery, Decatur; one brother, Thedore Fisher, Sugar Creek, Ohio; 54 grandchildren, 120 great grandchildren and ten great, great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Moran and Sons Chapel, Decatur. Burial, Owaneco, Ill., Cemetery. - Taylorville, Illinois, Breeze
1. Silveus. 1980 Hays-Trapp, Irene. [Larned, Kan. : E.H. Sooby, 1980?] LC: CS71.S5848 1980 Dewey: 929/.2/0973
FISHER HISTORY CAROLINE KATHERINE FISHER, b. 28 Mar. 1863 in Holmes Co., Ohio, daughter of JOHN FISHER, whose first wife and baby died on ship, were buried at sea. m. (2) MAGDALINE (MATTIE) BURKE Their children were CAROLINE KATHERINE, SARAH, EMMA, MARY, TENA, JOHN AND THEODORE (died in Sugar Creek, Ohio), but it is not known in what order the children were born. Theodore was living when CAROLINE KATHERINE died in 1955. She died in Decatur, 17 Feb. 1955. Buried in Owaneco Cemetery.spouse:
John Henry Folk was a nephew of The Reverend Daniel Folk and the son of Henry Folk, II, brother of Daniel Folk. Rev. Folk preached at Mound Chapel in the 1890's. John Henry Folk was a veterinarian.spouse: Silveus, Mima Katherine (1870 - 1932)OBITUARY - JOHN H. FOLK was born in Lasalle county, Ill., Oct. 20, 1866, and passed away at his home at the age of 85 years, 5 months and 12 days. He was united in marriage to Mima Silveus Jan. 20, 1889. To this union three children were born, Mrs. Clessa Shelgren of Tampa, Florida, and Lee Folk of Long Beach, Calif., who survive, and Elmer, who preceded him in death in 1925. Mrs. Folk passed away in July, 1932. Mr. Folk was united in marriage to Mrs. Emilia Christianson, Jan. 12, 1933. To this union one daughter, Dolores, was born. He leaves to mourn, his wife, two daughters, Dolores and Clessa Shelgren. one son, Lee; one brother, Marvin Folk of Des Moines; a sister, Mrs. Ella Fredrickson of Rolfe; six grandchildren, and 10 great, grandchildren. At the time of his death, he was a member of the First Baptist church of Gilmore City, of which he was an active member. A host of friends feel a loss sustained by his death. Last rites were held Saturday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist church with Rev. C. W. Peters and Rev. M. L. Christenson of Goldfield officiating. Carroll Jensen and Howard Hanson furnished the music with Ernest Freeman, accompanist. The songs were "No Disappointment in Heaven, "The Strife is O'er" and "Be Still My Soul." Pallbearers were William Durbin, A.H. Christenson, R.N. Day, J. J. Johnson, Stanley Anderson and R.H. Van Sickle. Burial was in Marble Valley cemetery. - The Humboldt Republican
1. Silveus. 1980 Hays-Trapp, Irene. [Larned, Kan. : E.H. Sooby, 1980?] LC: CS71.S5848 1980 Dewey: 929/.2/0973