Eleanor Root Silliman1

ID #6211, (1856-1930)
Eleanor Root Silliman|b. 26 Aug 1856\nd. 11 Jul 1930|p6211.htm|Benjamin Silliman|b. 4 Dec 1816\nd. 14 Jan 1885|p5213.htm|Susan Huldah Forbes|b. 6 Mar 1819\nd. 26 Mar 1878|p728.htm|||||||William J. Forbes|b. 14 Dec 1794\nd. 20 Dec 1839|p626.htm|Charlotte A. Root|b. 9 Feb 1798\nd. 5 May 1888|p627.htm|
FatherBenjamin Silliman1 b. 4 Dec 1816, d. 14 Jan 1885
MotherSusan Huldah Forbes1 b. 6 Mar 1819, d. 26 Mar 1878
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Linda Sargent.
     Eleanor Root Silliman was born on 26 August 1856, in New Haven, CT.1 In 1880 Eleanor attended Yale Art School in New Haven, CT.2 She married William Arthur Rogers in 1884.2 Eleanor and William had three children.2 Between 1913 and 1921 Eleanor was a Trustee of Buffalo General Hospital. She was Director of the 20th Century Club, a Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Women Managers for the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo in 1901 and a Charter Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The First Presbyterian Church on Symphony Circle houses a plaque honoring both William & Eleanor Rogers for their support.2 Eleanor Root Silliman died on 11 July 1930 in Buffalo, NY, at age 73.2

Census

1860New Haven, CTEleanor Root Silliman appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census of New Haven, CT, in the household of her parents Benjamin and Susan Huldah Forbes.3
1870New Haven, CTEleanor Root Silliman appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, in the household of her parents Benjamin and Susan Huldah Forbes.4
1880New Haven, CTEleanor Root Silliman appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, in the household of Arthur Williams Wright and Susan Forbes Silliman, sister-in-law.5

Sources of Information

  1. Ray W Justus, family tree titled "Justus Painter Families", RootsWeb World Connect, www.rootsweb.com, from database named rwjustus, viewed on Jul 2007.
  2. William Rogers Memorial in Cemetery in Buffalo NY, Web Site, http://www.buffaloah.com/a/forestL/rogers/index.html, viewed on July 2007.
  3. Benjamin Silliman, HOH, viewed on Ancestry.com Jul 2007 household, 1860 US Census, New Haven, New Haven, CT.
  4. Year: 1870; Census Place: New Haven Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: M593_109; Page: 19; Image: 39. household, 1870 US Census, New Haven, New Haven, CT, ancestry.com Jul 2007.
  5. Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T9_106; Family History Film: 1254106; Page: 232.1000; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 0419. household, 1880 US Census, New Haven, New Haven, CT, Ancestry.com July 2007.

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