Person:Eber Sias (2)

BIOGRAPHY: The following is taken from "The Argus," Hillsboro, Oregon. The experience of a Civil War veteran who was a member of General Grant's forces that moved against General Lee through Virginia in the last days of that great struggle over the question slavery, are described in this interview. E. Frank Sias as he signs his name, was a member of Co. B, 186 New York Infantry. Although not a pioneer, Sias reached Wisconsin and Iowa early enough to taste the rear guard of the Great American frontier life. "I was born at Henderson, New York, on August 28, 1843," he said. "with the exception of the time our family was in Wisconsin, 1854-1860, and the time I was in the service of the Union Army, all of the time until after the close of war was spent in Jefferson County in the state in which I was born. In 1879 I came west with own family to Manchester, Iowa, where I went onto a farm." "At the age of 21 I enlisted, in August, 1864. Right after enlistment I was sent into training at City Point. We went to building breastworks, this training lasting perhaps a month. The regiment was then transferred to Petersburg. One dark night orders came to go into action for a raid. Finally an order came to load up. Half of the men had never loaded a gun before in their lives. Well, we marched a long time but we never did see the enemy. "When the news of Lee's surrender came, fighting ceased. The news of Lincoln's death followed. On May 22, 1865, I took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C. I returned to New York." Sias married Nellie Holmes from Kean, New Hampshire, November 16, 1867. They moved to Manchester, Iowa, in 1879, to South Dakota, near the city of Aberdeen in 1902, returned to Iowa, but finally, in 1907 made their final jump to Washington County, Oregon. In April 1908 the family made it's final move to Hillsboro. Mr Sias served as a member of the city council. On November 16, 1925 Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank Sias celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary.

BIOGRAPHY: [taken from Worldconnect site of Garey Marshall]

1. ↑ Diana Gale Matthiesen. Genealogy of New England SIAS Descendants of John SIAS & Sarah Ann PITMAN. (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/0/NE-Sias/NE-SiasHome.htm).
2. ↑ Ancetsry.com. Oregon Death Index 1903 - 1998. (Provo UT 2000)
   Cert. # 84.
3. ↑ Diana Gale Matthiesen. Genealogy of New England SIAS Descendants of John SIAS & Sarah Ann PITMAN. (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/0/NE-Sias/NE-SiasHome.htm)
   Census Pg 323B.
4. ↑ Church of Latter Day Saints. 1880 US Census Transcriptions. (http://familysearch.org)
   T9-0336 Pg 468C.
5. ↑ 1910 US Census
   T624 Roll 1291 Pg 227.

   from Heritage Quest search Feb 2005