Person:Silas Thorpe (1)

1900 U.S. Census shows Silas A. Thorpe living in Haviland, Kiowa Co., KS. Household includes second wife, Mary (Mollie), sons George, age 20, Silas J., age 15, Roy A., age 10, Gomer S., age 3, and Jessie R., age 3 mos. Occupation listed as farmer. Said to have lived in Vineland (maybe Fruitland), TX, near Denton. Also referenced as having lived in Eastland Co., TX. Also lived in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in mid-1880's. Died of heart failure at age 61. (Kiowa Co. Signal, Dec. 4, 1908) In the Probate Court of Kiowa County, In the State of Kansas, In the Matter of the Estate of S.A. Thorpe, deceased. It is hereby agreed by and between Mary M. Thorpe, personally and as administratrix of the estate of S. A. Thorpe, deceased party of the first part and Wesley Thorpe and Walter Thorpe and Gerald Thorpe, three of the heirs at law of S. A. Thorpe, deceased, that said Mary M. Thorpe, shall pay to the said Wesley Thorpe and Walter Thorpe and Gerald Thorpe, each the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), in full settlement of their claims in full for all of their distributive shares of their father's, the said S. A. Thorpe, deceased, estate, both real and personal. and that said sum of $250 to each of them is hereby received and accepted in full settlement of all of their claims as an heir of the said S. A. Thorpe, deceased, and they do hereby release the said Mary M. Thorpe, in her personal capacity and also as administratrix of said estate from any and all liability to them on account of them being an heir of said S. A. Thorpe, deceased, and also release her heirs and assigns from such liability and all claims to any part of said estate. The receipt of said money is hereby acknowledged, this the 16th day of January, A.D., 1909. s/ Mary M. Thorpe s/Wesley Thorpe s/Walter Thorpe s/Gerald S. Thorpe Mary M. Thorpe, Wesley Thorpe, Gerald Thorpe and Walter Thorpe, all personally known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument of writing, did on the 16th day of January, 1909, in my presence each sign the foregoing instrument of writing, and did in my presence each duly acknowledge the due execution thereof to be their free act and deed, in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this the dayand year last above written, and set my official seal. s/Edgar B. Cone Notary Public, Kiowa Co., Kansas Picture of Silas is in file.

1. ↑ Silas Thorpe Family Bible.
2. ↑ Gravestone, Haviland Cem., Haviland, Kiowa Co., KS.