William Nicholas Silance ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Believed to have died before 1860 because neither he nor his wife are found in the 1860 census records and the children were living amongst different relatives.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 19 October 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 490B, Roll 658, Dwelling 225, Family 228
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Nicholas Silence..45..PA..Laborer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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William married Anna Catherine Elizabeth Fast, daughter of William Fast and Anna Catherine Elizabeth Fast, about 1839.¹ (Anna Catherine Elizabeth Fast was born in March 1819 in Ohio ^{1 2} and died between 1855 and 1860.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 19 October 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 490B, Roll 658, Dwelling 225, Family 228
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Nicholas Silence..45..PA..Laborer
Anna C. E. Silence..31..OH
Anna C. E. Silence..10..OH
William F. Silence..6..OH
Susannah Silence..3..OH
Francis Silence..1..OH
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