Silas N. See (1844-1912)

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Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Representative February 2, 1912 (page 1)

DEATH OF SILAS SEE

Silas See, veteran of the Civil War, resident of Story county from his boyhood and citizen much esteemed by his fellows, died very suddenly Tuesday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Waldo, near Buckeye. He and his brother Charles both bachelors of advanced years, had gone up there to visit for a few days and slept there together Monday night. Early in the morning Charles heard Silas breathing naturally but later Charles awoke again, heard no breathing, tried to arouse his brother and found him dead. The body was brought down to Nevada Wednesday morning, and the interment was in the Nevada cemetery in the afternoon with the honors of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. See was a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1844. He came with his family to Story county when he was eleven years old, and he spent the remainder of his sixty-seven years in this county, save the three years that he spent in the service of his country during the war. This service was rendered as a member of Company K of the 32nd Iowa Infantry, with which company he went out in 1862 and served until the end of the war, fighting its last battle at Fort Blakely on the same day that Lee surrendered. In all this service the hottest engagement was at Pleasant Hill during the Red River campaign where the regiment was cut off from the other portions of the Union army and See was the one man of the company who was actually with the captain when they got through the Rebel lines and out of the trap in which they had been surrounded. After the war he returned home, and he has been engaged since in and about Nevada in ditching and other useful occupations. He and his brother Charles have lived together in a small cottage in the second ward, and they kept their live mutually insured for a thousand dollars each for the other's benefit. He was the one survivor of the 32nd Regiment, which is to hold its next reunion there, and it will be a great disappointment to his comrades not to find him when they come. He was industrious and kind and worthy, and his death is much regretted.