Person:Francis Silver (2)

The Silver Family
This family came to the Valley early in the 19th Century, and settled in Berkeley County. This was Francis Silver and family. He had one son Zephenia, who was born in Berkeley County. He married a daughter of Hiram Henshaw, of English origin. Mr. Silver purchased a fine property on Applepie Ridge and spent the remainder of his life in Frederick; died in 1875, at the age of 74. He had several sons who served in the Confederate Army, Capt. Frank Silver being one. His son Gray is now State senator in the West Va. Legislature.
The only one of the name in Frederick today is John M. Silver, son of Zepheniah. He has been twice married; first wife Miss Parkins; she left one son Byard. The second wife was a daughter of Dr. Daniel Janney, and a sister of Drs. J.E. And Mac Janney. She is the mother of several children. Mr. Silver lives at the Daniel Janney homestead (Welltown). John M. Silver has been mentioned elsewhere as one of the county supervisors and member of the House of Delegates from Frederick County.
The Silver family of the Valley came from Silver Spring, Penna. They might be considered as English-Scotch-Irish origin, as the name has been identified with these countries. The Henshaw family, with whom Zepheniah Silver intermarried, is one of great antiquity, found in england when two men of the name took shipping from that coast in the 17th Century, and landed in Massachusetts. From those two borthers, came the Henshaws of America, so far as known, - certainly those found in Penna., Maryland and Virginia.
This name must not be confounded with the splendid German family Hancher, so well represented by James, Thomas and others on Applepie Ridge.
Col. Frank Silver married Mary, a daughter of James W. Gray, Esq. Their children are Martha (named for her grandmother Martha Henshaw), familiarly known as Miss Georgie, the trained nurse. Her sister Odelia is the wife of J.W.S. Boyd the scout – one child John E. Jr.; another sister, Anna Beall, married Lester C. Hoffman; another Mary Llewellyn Silver. Their brother, Senator Gray Silver married Miss Kate Bishop recently.

Francis Silver II (1775-1852)
Planter. realtor,surveyer, Free Mason, Federalist, Episcopalian, he was born 14 February 1775 at Spring homestead, Silver Spring Twp., Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Francis Silver, I, and Lucy Semple and the grandson of Capt. John Silver, colonist and pioneer of Silver Spring. His mother died when he was two years old and his father married Mary Hackett in 1778.
Francis Silver II grew to manhood in a loving, Christian family. His patriotism was shown when, in 1798, he enlisted in Lt John Alexander's Company, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia.
Francis Silver II came to Berkeley County with his father's family in 1798. He achieved early financial success and acquired land. On September 21, 1802 he married Anne Beall, daughter of Capt Zephaniah Beall and Anne (Cartrell) Beall, of Maryland. Anne Beall was also a descendant of Col. Henry Ridgely, a member of the provincial government of Maryland.
Francis Silver, II, established a home at Bunker Hill in a large stone house on the banks of Mill Creek that was formerly owned by Major James Stephenson. As a businessman he ranked with the leaders of the day. He was a loyal member of the Christ Episcopal Church of Bunker Hill. The births of his only son Zephaniah and his two daughters are listed in the records of the Christ Episcopal Church, ( Morgan'sChapel).
In 1832 he was commissioned a justice in Berkeley County. His wife died in 1845 and he died in 1852 on a large farm he owned at Whitehall. They are buried in Morgan's Chapel cemetery, Bunker Hill. He left over 1,800 acres and many slaves to his three children.

he original owner of this Bible was a resident of Berkeley County as is present owner Mrs. L.G. Hoffman of Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The Bible was printed in 1805 by Matthew Cerey of Philadelphia.
Marriages
Francis Silver and Anna Beall married September 21st 1802
Warner McKown and Ann Amelie Silver married Jun
Zephaniah Silver and Martha Jene Henshaw married April 17th 1834
Francis Silver 3rd and Mary Ann Gray married November 1867
Lester Chenowith Hoffman married Anne Beall Silver December 30th 1908
O. Davis Shreve married Emily Gray Hoffman
Leonard Dalvert Hoffman married Hana Elizabeth Smallwood
Births
Francis Silver was born on February 14th 1775
Anna Silver born March 6th 1787
Their children:
Zephaniah Silver born May 24th 1805
Jean Sarah Ann Silver born June 10th 1807
Mary Ann Sample Silver born November 9th 1809
Ann Amelia Silver born October 16th 1811
Lucy Eleanor Sample Silver born April 16th 1814
Children born to Zephaniah and Martha Jane Silver:
Mary Amelia Silver born 1835
Francis Silver 3rd born May 9th 1836
Hiram Henshaw Sidwell Silver born
Henry Clay Silver born
John Moore Silver born
Ruth Eleanor Silver born
William Earnest Silver born
Children born to Colonel Francis Silver 3rd and his wife Mary Ann Gray Silver:
Martha Jane Silver born August 23rd 1868
Gray Silver Sr. born February 17th 1870
Otelie MacLean Silver born October 1st 1871
Ann Beall Silver born March 15th 1877
Mary Lleywellyn Silver born December 8th 1878
Francis Silver 4th born September 1873, Died young
DEATHS
Jean Sarah Ann Silver departed this life September 1807, age 3 months and 24 days
Mary Ann Sample Silver departed this life 4th July 1810, age 7 months and 14 days
Ann Silver, wife of Francis Silver, departed this life the 22nd of February 1845, age 57 years, 11 mos. and [16] days
Francis Silver departed this life October 7th 1852, age 77 years 7 months and 22 days
Ann A. McKown, wife of Warner McKown, died January 23, 1854, age 42 years 3 months and 7 days
Lucy Ealine Jefferson, wife of Benjamin Jefferson, died June 17th 1864, age 49 years 1 mo and 20 days
Benjamin Jefferson departed this life August 26th 1857
Col. Francis Silver departed this life April 1884
His wife, Mary Ann Gray Silver died July 19, 1930
Martha Jane Silver died July 7, 1941
Gray Silver died July 1938

Notes by Mrs. E.L. Hoffman, a descendant, now living in Bunker Hill.
"There were five Silver brothers to come to America from Scotland. They came first to Penna. and Francis Silver came to Berkeley County, then Virginia, from Silver Spring, Penna. Francis Silver is buried in Bunker Hill, W.Va.
John Moore lived in Winchester, Virginia.
Ruth Eleanor Silver lived in Clearbrook, Va.
William Ernest Silver went to Illinois. He was unmarried and was killed by a horse kicking him when still a young man.
Zephania Jr. went to Illinois, was unmarried and when he died his body was returned to Bunker Hill, W.Va for burial.
Ann Beall married a first cousin, William Hamilton Henshaw. Lived and is buried in Berkeley Co., W.Va.
Henry Clay Silver went to California, married a Miss McCune and had two daughters, Ruth and Rose who reside in Calif.
Hiram Henshaw Silver married Eleanor McKown. Went to live in Kansas where he is buried. Had two daughters.
Francis Silver 3rd had one son and four daughters, he is buried in Berkeley Co.
Otelia McLean Silver lives in Texas, married Stewart Boyd and has one son.
Mary Amelia married Morgan Morgan 5th and has five children, 1 son and 4 daughters. Is buried in Berkeley County.
Ann Amelia and Warner McKown lived in Frederick Co., Virginia."