of Appanoose County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Benjamin Franklin Silknitter b. 1845
Benjamin Franklin Silknitter⚭ Sallie Bell (m. Sept 1877
childrenJennie Silknitter · George F. Silknitter · Robert M. Silknitter · Roscoe C. Silknitter · Richard Silknitter
Their story
What the record says
Brought to Iowa at age 5, reared on home farm in Appanoose County.
Sheriff of Appanoose County (elected 1876, three terms.
Again 1894).
Coal mine operator at Brazil and Mystic.
Later live-stock business.
Owned 410-acre farm west of Centerville.
Chief of police of Centerville and town council member.
Presbyterian, Democrat, Mason.
Enlisted 5 May 1864 (age 19) in Company B, 47th Iowa Infantry, 100-day service.
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