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Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey
CHAUNCEY H. SILLIMAN

Originally published in 1900
Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor


Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003

CHAUNCEY H. SILLIMAN was born in New Bedford, Mass., December 24, 1855, and is the son of Joseph Silliman and Electa J. Miller, a grandson of John Leeds Silliman and Catherine Lockwood, and a great-grandson of Joseph Silliman. Some of his ancestors were conspicuous in the Revolutionary War, among them being Arnold, Wooster, and Silliman, who repulsed Tryon in the Tory raid at the battle of Bennington. The family is an old one in this country, and for generations has been active and influential in local affairs and honored and respected for their sterling qualities, patriotism, and progressive spirit.

Mr. Silliman received a preparatory education in the Betts Military Academy on Strawberry Hill, Stamford, Conn., and subsequently entered Columbia College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1876. He then entered upon a successful business career as assistant freight agent of the Fall River line of steamers; was subsequently associated with Lord Taylor, of New York, for ten years; and in 1895 engaged in the express business, in which he still continues, under the style of the Suburban Parcel Delivery. His field of operation embraces about twenty-five square miles radiating from Arlington, and affords employment to some thirty horses and thirty men. In this business Mr. Silliman has been very successful.

He is a Democrat in politics, having cast his first vote for Samuel J. Tilden. As a member of the Board of Education and Town Council of Arlington he has rendered most efficient service to that borough, and is noted for his public spirit, patriotism, and energy. He is a member of the Masonic order, a Presbyterian by birth, and a liberal contributor to the church of that denomination. He married Lutie Lainhart, by whom he has two children: Florence E. and Chauncey H., Jr.

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