page 598-599 History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties Washington their People, Their Commerce and Their Recources with an outline of the early history of the State of Washington - endorsed as authentic by local committees of pioneers Published Interstate Publishing Company 1906 Reprinted by the Stillaguamish and Skagit Valley Genealogical Societies.. SILAS W. MARIHUGH, for many years a resident of Washington, and now engaged in diversified farming four miles west of Mount Vernon, was born in Lawrence County, New York, in 1845. His father, Russell Marihugh, born in Vermont, was residing in Ohio at the time of his death in 1880. Elizabeth (Lennox) Marihugh, his mother, was born in New York city, and died in 1863. Remaining at home till he reached the age of twenty-one, Silas Marihugh then answered the call of his country for volunteers, enlisting in the One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio infantry, under Captain Roemer. Camping at Toledo for a time, the regiment was then ordered to Columbus; thence to Louisville, Lexington and Nashville. Having helped to build Fort Butler, it was about to be pressed into active warfare at that point when relieved by a colored regiment comprising fifteen hundred men, of whom only five hundred remained after the engagement. Having received an honorable discharge in September, 1865, he returned to Ohio, and located at Defiance, working on a farm until 1869. He then went to Michigan, rented a farm and remained there for three years. The following fourteen years he did teaming in Union City, Michigan, after which he again rented land for six years. Deciding then to find a home in Washington, he sold his possessions, and came to Bayview, here purchasing two lots. Thirteen months later he went to Cypress Island, still later making Bayview his home again. In 1891 he bought twenty acres of unbroken forest, beginning at once the task of clearing it preparatory to building a home. During his residence of twelve years in Bayview he purchased forty acres more of timber land, hold at the present time sixty acres, of which about twelve are cleared. He rented his present home in January, 1904, and is now giving especial attention to dairying and grain raising. His farm is well stocked, having on it six horses of excellent blood, and fifty-one head of cattle, mostly Durham. <yep this is the first paragraph> Darilee ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Montgomery <MEMSPC@prodigy.net> To: <WASKAGIT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 8:22 PM Subject: Re: History of Skagit and Snohomish... look ups > Hello Darilee, > How nice! Does the surname MARIHUGH appear in the Skagit book? > Silas Marihugh settled ca 1870 and lived in Mount Vernon. Thank you for > offering. > Elizabeth memspc@prodigy.net >