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Weimer Siler

Birth	:	28 Feb 1755
Death	:	4 Feb 1831
Burial	:	Franklin Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin, Macon County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.1822690, -83.3843530
Description	:	Weimer married Margaret Rafferty, her parents were born and married in Ireland, and coning to this country on a ship in which there were no other women, her mother disguised herself as a young man, and passed for her husband's younger brother. Landing at Philadelphia, she took off her disguise and her husband engaged board for her in a private family until he could succeed in obtaining a home. From here they soon moved to Virginia where Margaret was born. Weimer Siler enlisted at fifteen as drummer boy in the Indian War, and was promoted for his courage. during the Revolution... Read More	Weimer married Margaret Rafferty, her parents were born and married in Ireland, and coning to this country on a ship in which there were no other women, her mother disguised herself as a young man, and passed for her husband's younger brother. Landing at Philadelphia, she took off her disguise and her husband engaged board for her in a private family until he could succeed in obtaining a home. From here they soon moved to Virginia where Margaret was born. Weimer Siler enlisted at fifteen as drummer boy in the Indian War, and was promoted for his courage. during the Revolution he served under Francis Marion and Sevier. Among the places at which he fought were Sumter, Kings Mountain and Cowpens. He married Margaret Rafferty about the year 1783. They moved to Pendleton, South Carolina about 1787, and from there to Turkey Creek, in Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the spring of 1805, and them to Macon County in 1827, where he died February 4, 1831. He was of quite disposition, very genial in his manners, a great lover of little children and very industrious. Above all, he was a deeply pious man, showing in his daily life a constant desire to live as a Christian. The day before his death he was seemingly as well as usual, and engaged all day in making his family more comfortable, but died in his bed during the night, His wife out lived him by eight years, passed away on the 15th of January, 1839. As he was truly German, she was truly Irish in hers-warm hearted, inplusive and very energetic.

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Weimer Siler's memorial is located at: Franklin Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin, Macon County, USA.
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Weimer Siler death on 4 Feb 1831 in
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Latitude: 35.1822690
Longitude: -83.3843530

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Margaret Rafferty Siler

(1767 - 1839)

Siblings

Children

Capt William Siler

(1790 - 1868)

Jesse Richardson Siler

(1793 - 1870)

Margaret Siler Gash

(1802 - 1850)

John Siler

(1805 - 1872)

Mary Gleaves Siler Henley

(1810 - 1837)

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