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Silas Edward Aery

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Silas Edward Aery

Birth
Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Death
24 Sep 1959 (aged 71)
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Vidor, Orange County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Silas Edward AERY
•Sex: M
•Birth: 27 DEC 1887 in Carroll Co., Arkansas
•Death: 24 SEP 1959 in Vidor, Orange Co., Texas of Emphysema
•Burial: Restlawn Cemetery, Vidor, Orange Co., Texas

•Note:
Source: Jesse Macon Lawrence Jr. [email protected]

BURIED REST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, VIDOR, ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS.
REPORTED ALSO TO US ARE TWINS WHO DIED EARLY, AND ANOTHER CHILD WHO DIED AT BIRTH.

SEARCH AT ORANGE COUNTY COURT HOUSE REVEALED RELEASE OF LIEN OF PROPERTY FOR SILAS: "NORTH (1/2) HALF OF LOT (5) FIVE IN BLOCK OF THE AMENDED SHELDON SURVEY AND BEING IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF THE BUNN ADDITION WHICH IS FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED $240.00 AT 8% INTEREST DUE 4 YEARS AFTER DAT E 24 FEB 1922, 8 PAYMENTS OF $30.00. PAID 27 AUG 1926 (S.E . AERY, AMLA BUNN JACWAY & HUSBAND, DEED BOOK # 43, PAG3E 2 80.)

3/6/95: EVELYN SUMRALL, SILAS DAUGHTER TOLD US THAT HE WENT TO LIVE WITH ZANE BECAUSE HER FIRST HUSBAND, CHARLELS MCGUIRE, ABUSED HER AND HER BOYS (TED AND FRED). APPARENTLY SHE LEFT CHARLES, AND SILAS MOVED IN WITH HER TO HELP HER WITH THE BOYS AND HELP SUPPORT HER.

EVELYN: SILAS WENT TO CROWLEY, LOUSIANA WHERE HE MET AND MARRIEED LEORA MC FARLAND. FROM THERE, THEY MOVED TO ORANGE , TEXAS WHERE HE WAS IN BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER PERSON; THAT PERSON WAS VERY DISHONEST, AND SILAS QUIT THE BUSINESS AND MOVED TO VIDOR TO WORK WITH MAGNOLIA OIL. HE SOLD HIS HO USE (9TH AND SHOALERS) TO HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER, WHO BURNED IT FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

BRAD TOLD US THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD ALL HIS LIFE THAT SILAS WAS A MEMBER OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS . VIDOR IS STILL KNOWN TO BE A RACIALLY DIVIDED TOWN, WITH "ALMOST NO BLACKS LIVING IN VIDOR; JUST A FEW FAMILIES" ( EVELYN).

SILAS'S LAST HOUSE, IN GOOD REPAIR AND OCCUPIED, IS ON THE LOT NEXT TO EVELYN'S HOUSE ON "AERY ROAD", VIDOR, TEXAS.

EVELYN ALSO TOLD US THAT SHORTLY BEFORE SILAS DIED, FRED
AND TED MC GUIRE (SsO HIS SISTER, ZANE) CAME TO VIDOR TO VISI T WITH HIM AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS. SHE SAID THEY TALKED AN D TALKED AND THAT HER FATHER WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE VISIT.

Father: Loveless Pinkney AERY b: 4 JUN 1850 in Pleasant Site, Franklin Co., Alabama
Mother: Mary Elizabeth MERRITT b: ABT 1854 in Galena, Stone Co., Missouri

Marriage: 1 Leora Bell MCFARLAND b: 16 JAN 1892 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Lousiana
•Married: 17 AUG 1916 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Lousiana

Children:
1. Thelma Lucille AERY b: 15 JUL 1917 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
2. James Edward AERY b: 20 AUG 1918 in Orange Co., Texas
3. Evelyn Louise AERY b: ABT 1920
4. William Mack AERY b: ABT 1922
5. Betty Adelaide AERY b: ABT 1924
Silas Edward AERY
•Sex: M
•Birth: 27 DEC 1887 in Carroll Co., Arkansas
•Death: 24 SEP 1959 in Vidor, Orange Co., Texas of Emphysema
•Burial: Restlawn Cemetery, Vidor, Orange Co., Texas

•Note:
Source: Jesse Macon Lawrence Jr. [email protected]

BURIED REST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, VIDOR, ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS.
REPORTED ALSO TO US ARE TWINS WHO DIED EARLY, AND ANOTHER CHILD WHO DIED AT BIRTH.

SEARCH AT ORANGE COUNTY COURT HOUSE REVEALED RELEASE OF LIEN OF PROPERTY FOR SILAS: "NORTH (1/2) HALF OF LOT (5) FIVE IN BLOCK OF THE AMENDED SHELDON SURVEY AND BEING IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF THE BUNN ADDITION WHICH IS FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED $240.00 AT 8% INTEREST DUE 4 YEARS AFTER DAT E 24 FEB 1922, 8 PAYMENTS OF $30.00. PAID 27 AUG 1926 (S.E . AERY, AMLA BUNN JACWAY & HUSBAND, DEED BOOK # 43, PAG3E 2 80.)

3/6/95: EVELYN SUMRALL, SILAS DAUGHTER TOLD US THAT HE WENT TO LIVE WITH ZANE BECAUSE HER FIRST HUSBAND, CHARLELS MCGUIRE, ABUSED HER AND HER BOYS (TED AND FRED). APPARENTLY SHE LEFT CHARLES, AND SILAS MOVED IN WITH HER TO HELP HER WITH THE BOYS AND HELP SUPPORT HER.

EVELYN: SILAS WENT TO CROWLEY, LOUSIANA WHERE HE MET AND MARRIEED LEORA MC FARLAND. FROM THERE, THEY MOVED TO ORANGE , TEXAS WHERE HE WAS IN BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER PERSON; THAT PERSON WAS VERY DISHONEST, AND SILAS QUIT THE BUSINESS AND MOVED TO VIDOR TO WORK WITH MAGNOLIA OIL. HE SOLD HIS HO USE (9TH AND SHOALERS) TO HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER, WHO BURNED IT FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

BRAD TOLD US THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD ALL HIS LIFE THAT SILAS WAS A MEMBER OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS . VIDOR IS STILL KNOWN TO BE A RACIALLY DIVIDED TOWN, WITH "ALMOST NO BLACKS LIVING IN VIDOR; JUST A FEW FAMILIES" ( EVELYN).

SILAS'S LAST HOUSE, IN GOOD REPAIR AND OCCUPIED, IS ON THE LOT NEXT TO EVELYN'S HOUSE ON "AERY ROAD", VIDOR, TEXAS.

EVELYN ALSO TOLD US THAT SHORTLY BEFORE SILAS DIED, FRED
AND TED MC GUIRE (SsO HIS SISTER, ZANE) CAME TO VIDOR TO VISI T WITH HIM AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS. SHE SAID THEY TALKED AN D TALKED AND THAT HER FATHER WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE VISIT.

Father: Loveless Pinkney AERY b: 4 JUN 1850 in Pleasant Site, Franklin Co., Alabama
Mother: Mary Elizabeth MERRITT b: ABT 1854 in Galena, Stone Co., Missouri

Marriage: 1 Leora Bell MCFARLAND b: 16 JAN 1892 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Lousiana
•Married: 17 AUG 1916 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Lousiana

Children:
1. Thelma Lucille AERY b: 15 JUL 1917 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
2. James Edward AERY b: 20 AUG 1918 in Orange Co., Texas
3. Evelyn Louise AERY b: ABT 1920
4. William Mack AERY b: ABT 1922
5. Betty Adelaide AERY b: ABT 1924

Bio by: Bobby and Carol Babin Estes

Gravesite Details

Texas Deaths 1890-1976 Cert#51133



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