I post this here hoping it is appropriate, if it is not please excuse the inconvenience. Thank You Becca Silvers Jackson County, Missouri Hiram Silvers was among the first pioneers who came to Missouri, as was his wife Tabitha Mc Kinney. They were married on the 14 of September 1826 in what was then Lafayette County, which shortly thereafter became Jackson County at Blue Twp eventually being called what we know today, Jackson County at Independence, Missouri. Hiram being listed as a farmer in the 1850 federal census. I have been unable as of yet to trace parentage of Hiram down. I have narrowed it down to three men. John Silvers of Casey CO. KY, Hugh Silvers of Casey Co. KY. or William Silvers of Casey C. KY. I have found no will as of yet or anything connecting my Hiram Silvers to parentage. He is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census as being born in Kentucky about 1802. He was in the 1830, 1850, 1860, federal census living in Jackson County, Missouri, but I have not found him in the 1840 census. Family lore says he was a 49'er. He and Tabitha were mentioned in the book by author, Pearl Wilcox " The Jackson County Pioneers." As was the Mother of Tabitha Mc Kinney, Elizabeth Matthews Mc Kinney. Tabitha's father died when she and two brothers were quite young and Elizabeth Mathews Mc Kinney remarried to Lewis Jones. I do not know the given name of Tabitha's father. Here's an excerpt from the book, Pages 286, 287, 288: BIOGRAPHY: Louis Jones Hotel The Louis Jones Hotel of the 1830's was considered the finest hostelry west of St Louis. Forty thousand dollars is said to have been the cost. There was a large basment, two principle floors, and a half story under the mansard roof which at that day adorned the structure. The room division walls were constructed two feet thick upon a heavy stone foundation which is still the foundation of the present building on the corner of Maple and Liberty streets. An early newspaper reported: "The Jones Hotel is quite a favorite resort for youth and beauty of both Independence and Kansas City." The marriage of Mr. Jones daughter, Tabitha, and Hirum Silvers was solimnized in the hotel by the brides father, who was then Justice of the Peace. Many persons persons of note in the pages of history stayed at the hotel. Ezra Meeker, one of the blazers of the Oregan Trail, started on his long trek into the Northwest from here. Kit Carson and many of the pathfinders enjoyed its comforts and hospitality. Members of General Alexander Doniphan's army found shelter under its roof. The post office was located in the foyer of the hotel at one time. During the Civil War, Union troops destroyed the post office and the hotel was turned in to a hospital. Lewis Jones was one of the hardy pioneers, an educated farmer, politician, cattleman, and waggonmaker. About 1821 he married Elizabeth Mc Kinney, a widow with two small children, and they reared four from thier marriage. Two streets, Jones and Elizabeth, were named in honor of this family and the streets traversed property they once owned. Jones owned land beginning at the hotel and extending northward to Gilpintown. Two costly homes were built during his lifetime, one later owned by the Scarritt Estate, 1400 North Liberty. During his politacal career he was Comssioner of the County Court and appointed Justice of the Peace, performing numerous recorded marriages. In the national election of November 1826, he served as an election judge certifying the Independence returns. He ran as representative from Boone Township in 1828 and recieved no votes. (A decendent of the pioneer, six generations removed, is Herbert Van Smith of Independence.) During the operation of the hotel Mr. Jones Conceived the idea of having a huge sign painted. With the aid of Sam Shepard ( a negro slave) he sought the tallest, strightest white oak tree that could be found. It was thirty feet tall, perfectly striaght, and without knots. When it was hauled to town Mr. Jones said to Sam "Now I want the log hewed to a six sided post and I dont want the marks of an ax left on it." For this labor Sam was promised a hat and a pair of shoes, and a few drinks from the bar of the hotel while on the job. When it was finished a heavy square frame was mortised on the top and the post set inside the curb. A huge buffalo was painted on one side and a large Indian on the other. The sign swung in the breeze until after the Civil War. Later the hotel passed into other hands, and when Preston Roberts bought the old Ralston Farm, the post was sawed into proper lengths and used as an ordinary gate postfor his farm. The Hotel was purchased in 1906 by J. B. Lowe and after some remodeling was called the Metropolitan Hotel. During a much later remodeling by T.J. Watkins, a newspaper, the Messenger, dated December 8, 1885, was found in the wall. One item of news announced that "those persons or thier hiers, who served in the Revolution of 1836 in Texas, are entitled to about 2,000 acres of land in that state. Those who have served in any of her wars since that time are entitled to 640." Concerning the rebellion in Kansas Territory, a communication from Governor Wilson Shannon from Shawnee Mission stated: * He had reliable information that an armed military force is now in Lawrence and the vicinity in an open rebellion against the laws of the territory. he has information that a group of armed men in Douglas County have taken a prisoner away from the sheriff and have burned several homes and turned families out. The sheriff requested 3,000 men to aid in reducing the abolitionist to submission to the law, and the Governor has ordered this number.* Business firms advertised in the paper were Ruffner & Brothers Steam Saw Mill: J. B. Sargent Dancing Academy; A. E. Smith Dry Goods; E. R. Hickman Dry Goods: William and John McCoy Store; John Bricker's General Store; M. J. Flournoy Grocery; Golden State Missouri Steamboat Company; Crowther and Moss Hardware; Hart and Smallwood Tailor Shop; T. W. Arnold Dry Goods & Grocery; Noland House; J. W. Washburn Attorney; Dr. A. Farrar and Dr. Leo Twyman; W. L Bone, Attorney; Haller, Crook Foundry; John Kelley, Grocery............. I found this quite interesting. Tabitha was born about 1811 in Kentucky. According to the 1850, 1860, 1870, federal census she lived in Jackson County, Missouri. In the 1880 federal census she was listed as a widow living in Lawrence County, Dakota Territory. Hiram and Tabitha (Mc Kinney) Silvers had 5 children that we know of. There names are: Francis Silvers, Male, born about 1827, in Jackson County, Missouri. Elizabeth Silvers, female, born about 1828, in Jackson County, Missouri. John Silvers, male, born about 1831, in Jackson County, Missouri. Redman Dee Silvers, male, born in May 1833. Tabitha Jane Silvers, female, born December 1838. Francis Silvers died in October 1860, as far as we know he had no children and no spouse. Elizabeth Silvers married Davidson Callihan on the 27 of July 1848, in Jackson County, at Independence, Missouri. They had 3 children that we know of, Victoria Silvers, female, born about 1850 in Missouri. Tabitha Jane Callihan, female, born about 1851 in Missouri, and Isaac Callihan, male, born about 1854, Jackson County at Independence, Missouri. I have no further information on this line. John Silvers first married Lavinia Stockstill on 29th of May 1859 at Jackson County, Missouri. Lavinia Stockstill was born in Missouri in about 1833. There were no children from this union that we know of. John Silvers secondley married Mary A. Buck on the 6th of December 1865 at Jackson County, Missouri. Mary A. Buck was born in 1841 in Missouri. John and Mary A. (Buck) Silvers had 4 children that we know of. Thier names are: Frank B . Silvers, male, born in 1852 at Kansas; Charles Silvers, male, born in 1865 at Missouri; Bettie Silvers, female, born in 1867 at Missouri; and Claude Silvers, male, born in 1872 at Missouri. I have no further information on this line. Redman Dee Silvers' name was often mispelled or mistaken for Redmon, Redmond D., or Remand. He married Emily Jane Chandler on 30th of may 1855 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. Emily Jane Chandler was born in 1835 at Missouri. Her parents being, Allen and Nancy Chandler both Born in Virginia. Redman D. and Emily Jane (Chandler) Silvers had 7 children that we know of. Thier names are; Frances Mary Silvers ( Fannie), female, born 1857, at Jackson County, Missouri, death accured on 15th of October 1931 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri; Martha A. Silvers (Mattie) born in April 1861 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri; Nannie Silvers, female, born on 26th of December 1861 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri, death accured on 24th of may 1933 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri; Bertie Silvers, female, born in March 1868 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri; Allie Silvers, male, born in 1871 at Missouri; Charles Hiram Silvers, male, born in November 1871 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. Death accured in Sevier County, Arkansas; Ernest Silvers ( Bun), male, born 5th of May 1876 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. Death accured on the 8th of October 1958 at Jackson County, Missouri at the residence of 515 south pleasant. I have more information on this line. Tabitha Jane Silvers married Joseph Harvey Harris on the 13th of August 1856 in Jackson County, Missouri. Joseph Harvey Harris was born on the 11th of May 1836 in Missouri. His parents are Rueben and Elizabeth (Grey) Harris. Tabitha Jane Silvers and Joseph Harvey Harris had 3 chldren that we know of, thier names are; John Hiram Harris, male, born on the 4th of June 1857 in Missouri; Elizabeth Jane Harris, female, born in 1859 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri; and Davidson L. Harris, male, born in 1864 at Jackson County,Independence, Missouri. More information on the line of Redman Dee Silvers son of Hiram Silvers and Tabitha Mc Kinney. Redman was found in the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 federal census living in Jackson County, Mssouri. For a time he held the office of City Marshal and Collector."The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Wednesday, February 9, 1881 INDEPENDENCE, MO." Of course they had the name wrong once again and called him Redmond J Silvers in the newspaper. His death accured after 1900. Emily Jane(Chandler) Silvers must have died before 1900 because Redman was listed as Widow on the 1900 federal census. I did not find Redman Dee Silvers in the 1910 census or any census there after. Emily Jane Chandler (wife of Redman Dee Silvers) was a member of "The Order of the Eastern Star." More information about Martha A. (Mattie) Silvers daughter of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Mattie Silvers never married, she was found in the 1870, 1880, 1900, federal census. More information on Nannie Silvers daughter of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Nannie Silvers is found in the 1870, 1920, 1930, federal census. She married Charles Van Smith on November 6th 1888. Charles Van Smith was born in Illinois we are unsure of who his parents were. They had only one child that we know of and his name is Herbert O. Van Smith. He was born on the 12th of November 1893 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. Herbert O. Van Smith married Willie M. McClelland in 1920 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. She was born 26th of August 1890 in Missouri.Her parentage is unknown. He was president of the Board of Education, Independence, MO. Jackson Co.. Willie M. McClelland was also a school teacher. Both Herbert and Willie were found living in the boarding house of Fannie (Silvers) Wells in the 1920 federal census before they married, perhaps this is how they met. At this time I have no further information on this line. I am told; however, that the Van Smiths hold a copy of our original liniage traced years ago. More information on Bertie Silvers daughter of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Bertie Silvers married Mr. Erwin given name unknown they had two children we know of. Charles Eperette Erwin not sure of the name because I could not find a legible census to translate the name from. He was born September 1891, in Jackson County, Independence and Josanita E. Erwin born in July 1888 as with her brother I could not find a legible census in which to extract name. Bertie Silvers was found in the 1870, 1900, and the 1920 federal census living in Jackson County at Independence, Missouri. I have no further Information on this line. More Information on Frances Mary Silvers (Fannie) daughter of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Frances Mary Silvers married John T. Wells on the 22nd of February 1876 at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. John T. Wells was born in May of 1851 in Kentucky. His parentage is unknown, his death accured before 1920 I'm assuming in Jackson County, Missouri. Frances Mary Silvers is found in the 1860, 1870, 1900, 1920, 1930 federal census living at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. Her death accured on the 15th of October 1931 at 525 West Maple Ave. As far as we know they never had children. I have no further information on this line. More information about Charles H. Silvers son of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Charles H. Silvers married Margaret J. Popplewell ( Maggie) the 2nd of February 1904 at Jackson County, Missouri. Margaret J. Popplewell was born about 1870 in Missouri. We are unsure of her parentage. Charles H. Silvers is found in the 1900, and the 1920 federal census at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri and the 1930 federal census at Sevier County, De Queen, Arkansas. Charles H. Silvers and Margaret J. Popplewell had one child that we know of, Charles Allen Silvers born about 1905 in Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. I have more information about this line. More Information about Ernest Silvers ( Bun) son of Redman Dee Silvers and Emily Jane Chandler. Ernest Silvers married Blanche Miriam Remington in 1925 at Jackson county, Missouri. He is found in the 1880, 1920, 1930 census at Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. He served in the Spanish-American War. Was an extra in the old western movies. Ernest Silvers and Blanche had one child, Ernest Ralph Silvers born the 1st of August 1925 in Jackson County, Independence, Missouri. I have more information on this line. More Information about John Hiram Harris son of Joseph Harvey Harris and Tabitha Jane Silvers. John Hiram Harris married Reginia Margaret Garr on the 7th of July in Deadwood, South Dakota. Reginia Margaret Garr was born on the 15th of August 1863 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Her parents are Horace Stringfellow and Margaret Elizabeth ( Byrne) Garr. John Hiram Harris and Tabitha Jane Silvers had three children that we know of, Lawrence Bertrand, male, born March 19th, 1881, Deadwood, South Dakota, Harvey Eugene Harris, male, born 8th of September 1882, Deadwood, South Dakota, and Esther Reginia Harris, female, born 8th of March 1885, Deadwood, South Dakota. John Hiram Harris was a Newspaper man working in many fields in this industry. census: 1860 Independence. Jackson Co. MO 1870 1.w Independence, Jackson Co. MO. 1880 Elizabethtown, Lawrence Co, Dakota Territory,pg 287A 1920 U.S. Census • California • Los Angeles • Los Angeles • ED# 200 1930 U.S. Federal Census.California, Los Angeles, Norwalk, District 1195 Land: HARRIS, JOHN H SD Aurora 4/21/1888 Montana State Office 10770 SDMTAA 141050 HARRIS, JOHN H SD Aurora 5/3/1892 Montana State Office 1092 SDMTAA 141199 HARRIS, JOHN H SD Mcpherson 6/14/1890 Montana State Office 1479 SDMTAA 152881 HARRIS, JOHN H SD Fall River 7/27/1891 Montana State Office 2925 SDMTAA 015637 occupation: History Of Idaho 1914 Vol. 2 History Of Idaho Names; See Index of Volume 1 792 More Information about Lawrence Bertrand Harris son of Joseph Harvey Harris and Tabitha Jane Silvers. Lawrence Bertand Harris married Eva M. (surname unknown) She was born 14 of September 1885, in Massachusettes her death occured on 23 of April 1968. her parentage is Unknown at this time. Lawrence and Eva. M had two sons that we are aware of, Bertrand C. Harris, male, Born in 1912 at Idaho, and Robert E. Harris, male, born September 1919 at Idaho. USA. I have no further information on this on this line.