The Valley Falls New Era Jefferson County Thursday May 5, 1910 Death of Silas Cory. Silas CORY after a lingering illness died on the Cory homestead at Woodville, may 3, 1910, aged 60 years, 4 months and 17 days. He was born in Union county, Ind., Jan. 16, 1850, and came to Kansas with his father, S.S. Cory, locating near Valley Falls, Christmas day 1882. Silas Cory was never married. He wa a mason. His half-brother, William nursed him through his last illness. The funeral was held from the Cory home Wednesday afternoon, Rev. DRAKE officiating and the body laid to rest in the Farrar Cemetery.