Silas A. Lee

SILAS A. LEE

Was born in Decatur County, this State, on the 17th of March, 1832, from whence he came to Boone County in the spring of 1854, locating near Clarkstown, where he taught a school, after which he entered the store of Messrs. Dougherty and Nicholas, at Zionsville, as clerk, where he remained until 1856, when he formed a partnership with W. W. Atchison, carrying on a general store and grain trade until 1860. On the 3d day of December, 1856, he was married to Amanda M. Rose, of Zionsville. Having taken quite an interest in politics, in 1860 he was nominated and elected by the Republican party Clerk of the Boone Circuit Court. In 1864, he was nominated and again elected to the same office, which he resigned in December, 1868, having served over eight years. On retiring from office he first engaged in the practice of law, in partnership with Hon. C. S. Wesner, which he gave up in 1870, to enter as a partner in the Lebanon Bank, where he continued until the latter part of 1872, then disposing of his interest in the bank, removing to the city of Indianapolis, where he is still engaged in the lumber trade.

Source Citation: Boone County Biographies [database online] Boone County INGenWeb. 2007. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data: Harden & Spahr. "Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana." Lebanon, Indiana. May, 1887, p. 452.

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - July 7, 2007