Silcott, Robert F.

SILCOTT

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 21:00:36

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.689

SILCOTT, ROBERT F., farmer, East Washington Township, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola; born in Indiana in 1838; he came with parents to this county in the spring of 1853, and since that time has made it his home, except three years that he was in the late war of the rebellion; he enlisted in Co. G, 3d Iowa Inf., in May, 1861, and was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, in June, 1864. While in the service, among other battles he participated in, was Pittsburg Landing, Siege of Corinth, Vicksburg, at Jackson, Miss., and with Gen. Banks up Red River. After his return from the war he married in this county, to Miss Mary P. Stover, in 1867, a native of this State; they have five children: George, Eddie, Robert, Homer, and Clarence. He owns a farm of 205 acres.