RENSSELAER SILVERS
Rensselaer Silvers came to this township in the spring of 1855, and located on section 1, at the place where John Dill now lives. On his arrival he immediately set about building a cabin and improving a farm. He was a native of North Carolina, and had grown to manhood in the south. He was living in the county when the war broke out, and in October, 1864, was drafted and served with the Fourth Iowa through the balance of the war, as did also his brother Isaac. At the close of the war, Rensselaer returned to the county, but after a stay of about three years, removed to Missouri, where he now resides.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 637.
