Silas Simon PARMETER

1835 - 1913  (77 years)

• Name	Silas Simon PARMETER
  Birth	12 May 1835	Williamson, Wayne County, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	farmer, cooper, hotel owner, police officer, Union soldier
  Residence	New York, Minnesota and Washington
  Death	1 Apr 1913	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA   [2]
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Burial	3 Apr 1913	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA   [2]
  	Plot 8-60NWP-21
  Notes	Silas learned the cooper's trade and resided with his parents until the age of 21, when he moved with his wife and first-born child to Minnesota. He worked as a cooper for one year in Dakota county, then moved to Wright county. Here, in April of 1859, he was involved in a lynching. He is listed in the 1860 Minnesota census (age 25) with Mary A. (age 27), Frank (age 4), Alida J. (age 3) and Carlton M. (age 1). In the fall of 1861, he enlisted at Fort Snelling in Company A of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry as a sharpshooter. He participated in the fighting at Fredericksburg in April 1862 and was discharged the following August for disability. He then returned with his family to Mexico, New York, where he re-enlisted in Company C of the 40th New York Infantry. He was in the battle of Petersburg in April and was mustered out the following July. He then returned to Minnesota with his family. It appears that he was also accompanied by his brother's family and his father Bliss. Until 1876 he was engaged in a variety of occupations that included farming and hotel keeping. In the 1885 Minnesota State Census, taken 1 May (page 408, lines 2-10), Silas (age 50) was living in Langola, Benton County, with the following persons: Eliza Parmeter (age 49), Frank Parmeter (age 30), Carson Parmeter (age 27), John Parmeter (age 12), ---- Parmeter (age 10), Blanche Parmeter (age 9), Hattie Parmeter (age 7) and Melvin Parmeter (age 4). Silas and Frank are listed as having been born in New York, Eliza in Canada, and all the others in Minnesota. In 1890, in his third marriage, they moved to Spokane, Washington, where he received an appointment as special policeman, than was placed on the regular police force. He continued working as a policeman until 1899 when he became the proprietor of a feed store at 803 Monroe Steet and also maintained a hotel. He died of pneumonia. He is listed in the "History of Spokane County" as being "one of the substantial and respected citizens of Spokane." He is buried in Spokane next to his third wife, Mary Ann Ashwell. Obituary for his grandson, Silas S. Parmeter: A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel for Silas S. Parmeter, who died April 10 at age 88. (The Oregonian obituary archives.) Verified against S.S. death records. His S.S. # was 531-30-4825. Born 2 May 1915. [3] (Medical):asthma and weak heart
  Person ID	I36	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F1322

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  Silas Simon Parmeter

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone of Silas S. Parmeter (1836-1913) Plot: 8-60NWP-21

  
  

• Sources

  [S166] Personal Correspondence, Debra Lafontaine (Reliability: 3). [S168] Death Certificate, Washington State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Record Number 328 File Number 32643 (Reliability: 3). [S464] Reverend Jonathan Edwards, An Illustrated History of Spokane County, (San Francisco, W.H. Lever, 1900.), p. 712 (Reliability: 3).