Jeremiah Silver

  General Notes:

1860 US Census, Pokagon, Cass, MI, p. 49, 388/394,
SILVER, Josiah 66 NH,
Polly 60 NH,
Jeremiah 70 NH.(he is living in HH of his brother Josiah and his wife Polly)

"History of Cass Co. Michigan 1825 to 1875" by Howard S. Rogers (Cassopolis, MI, 1875)
Jeremiah, the third son, was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1790. He served three years in the war of 1812, but never applied for a pension until 1866, when he received twelve dollars per month until his death................... Upon the conclusion of hostilities, he exchanged the sword for the trowel and plowshare, and soon after married Sarah Hastings, by whom he had six children, four of whom survived him. He removed to Cass County in 1836, and in company with Benjamin F. purchased a farm of two hundred acres in Ontwa. During the pioneer days he was noted as a hunter and trapper, and is said to have destroyed more wolves than any man in Southwestern Michigan. He took the contract and built the first Cass County Poor House. He died April 19th, 1876. . ."