Name: Silas COE Given name: Silas Surname: Coe ( EBENEZER15, SILAS14, EBENEZER13, BENJAMIN12, JOSEPH11, BENJAMIN10, ROBERT9, HENRY8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, SIR JOHN1) Sex: M Birth: 1 Dec 1814 in Washington Co., PA. Death: 30 Oct. 1864 Nashville TN.

Resided Albany OH-Belmont Co. Marriages Book 5, 1838-1844 page 46

Silas Coe m Emily Porterfield 21 Feb 1839 by probate judge G D Kinnear, Hugh Parks v.d.m.

Father Ebenezer COE b: Abt. 1790 in Washington Co. PA

Mother: Mary STEWART

Marriage: 1 Emily PORTERFIELD b: 11 Jan 1819 in Belmont Co. Ohio

Married: 21 Feb 1839 in Belmont Co. Ohio

1. Margaret Jane COE b: 1840 in Haneytown, Ohio Co., WV d. 1938
2. John Porterfield COE b: 5 Oct. 1842 in Haneytown, Ohio Co., WV d: 24 Dec 1934
3. Mary Martha COE b: 1844 in Haneytown, Ohio Co., WV d: 1925
4. William M. COE b. 25 July 1850
5. Sarah Elizabeth COE b: 27 Sept 1852
6. Joseph A. COE b: 17 Nov. 1854
7. Susannah C. COE b: 2 Aug. 1857
8. Travis W. COE b: 21 Sept. 1859 d: 31 March 1844
9. Unknown poss. Samuel COE
10. Unknown poss. David COE

Notes: Silas enlisted in the Union Army on the 12^th of October, 1864, at the age of 50, in Co. K., 125^th Regt., Ohio Vols. While on his way to join his regiment he contracted acute pneumonia. He left the troop train at Nashville TN. On Oct 23, 1864 and was admitted to Gen. Hospt. No. 8 Nashville, TN, and died of that disease on Oct. 30^th, 1864. Silas is buried at Nashville and has a headstone at Alexander Cemetery in Hebbardsville, Ohio. Nothing is known of the reason for his enlistment at 50 years of age, with the war already, all but over.