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Silas Higley
Gender:
Male
Born:
1780
Died:
June 21, 1853
Home Town:
Granby, CT
Later Residences:
Granby, CT
Marriage(s):
Melissa Hays Higley (December 30, 1804)
Biographical Notes:
Silas Higley was the fifth child of Ozias and Martha Gillette Higley. In 1802 Silas graduated from Yale College with a Bachelors degree. After completing his studies at Yale he studied law, and was admitted to the bar before the age of thirty. For more than forty years Judge Silas Higley practiced his profession in Hartford County, Connecticut. On December 30, 1804 he married Melissa Hays, also of Granby, and the couple had four children. Silas passed away on June 21, 1853.
Additional Notes:
Silas Higley is buried at Salmon Brook Cemetery.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer; Religious Calling
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Melissa Hays Higley
Wife
LFA (1802)
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