320. John Benjamin "Ben" Sallas 1, 2, 3 (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 4, 5, 6 about 1845 in Georgia. He died 7 in 1910/1920 in Walton Co., Florida. John was counted in a census in 1880 in Rose Hill, Covington Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 8 in 1910 in Ealum, Walton Co., Florida.
When the 1880 census was taken in Covington Co., Ala., he was a farmer living at Rose Hill. He homesteaded 159.64 acres of land in Covington County, northwest of the town of Gantt. His post office at the time he filed the papers was Oaky Streak, Ala. In his testimony he stated that he had first moved onto the property in May 1884 and built a house. He had later built a smoke house, corn crib, and a stable. The buildings were valued at $200. The land was described as "ordinary pine agricultural lands" of which 5-20 acres were in cultivation. When asked "of whom does your family consist?" he answered "myself, my wife and three children." The three elder children had apparently died before he filed these papers. The patent was issued on 23 Nov 1891.
An article in the "Holmes County Advertiser," a newspaper published at Bonifay, Fla., on 26 Feb 1910 says: "KILLS SON-IN-LAW: Ben Sallas, a respectable white citizen of Walton County residing near Ealum, shot and killed his son-in-law, W.F. Mixon, last Monday night. Sallas heard a noise under his house and upon investigation found a man hiding there. After calling to him several times to come out and make himself known, which was unheeded and instead began crawling away, Sallas fired at the retreating [ ] and the entire load took effect, killing the supposed burglar instantly. Upon investigation Sallas found he had killed his son-in-law. For what purpose the man was under the house remains a mystery. Sallas gave himself up to the sheriff immediately." He was ordered held for the Grand Jury.
It is possible that Ben's daughter, Urilla, and Wesley Mixon were separated and she was already living back home with her parents. She and her children were living there when the census was taken later that year.
John married 1 Mary Jane about 1867. Mary was born 2 in 1847 in Alabama. She died after 1930 in . She was buried in . Mary was counted in a census 3 in 1930 in Westover, Covington Co., Alabama.
She was living with her son John F. when the 1920 census was taken. In 1930 she was living with her daughter Carrie in Westover in Covington Co., Ala.
They had the following children:
1043 F i Mollie Sallas was born 1 in 1870 in Alabama. 1044 F ii Ida Sallas was born 1 in 1872 in Alabama. 1045 F iii Villa Sallas was born 1 in 1873 in Alabama. + 1046 F iv Carrie Elizabeth Sallas + 1047 F v Urilla or Eurilla Sallas + 1048 M vi Dock Lafayette Silas 1049 F vii Beatrice Sallas was born 1 in Dec 1889 in Covington Co., Alabama. + 1050 F viii Lessie Sallas 1051 F ix Willie E. Sallas was born 1 in Jul 1894 in Walton Co., Florida. + 1052 M x John Felder Sallas
321. William Thomas "Tom" Silas 1 (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 2 in Feb 1846 in Georgia. He died on 28 Jan 1922 in Talladega Co., Alabama. William was counted in a census 3 in 1880 in Talladega Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 4 in 1900 in Eastaboga, Talladega Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 5 in 1920 in Talladega Co., Alabama.
He was living at Estaboga in Talladega Co., Ala. when the 1900 census was taken. Eastaboga was at one time called "McFall."
William married Mary Ann Kiland about 1876. Mary was born 1 in Jan 1860 in Alabama. She died 2 in Feb 1924 in Talledaga Co., Alabama.
They had the following children:
1053 F i Louisa I. Silas was born 1 about 1875 in Talladega Co., Alabama. She died about 1895 in . + 1054 M ii John Henry I. Silas + 1055 M iii William Silas + 1056 F iv Iduma "Duma" Silas + 1057 M v Cleveland "Cleve" Silas 1058 F vi Almeda "Medie" Silas was born 1, 2 in Aug 1888 in Talladega Co., Alabama. Almeda married John B. Dulaney about 1926 in Talledaga Co., Alabama. John was born 1, 2 on 11 Sep 1876 in Alabama. He died 3 on 25 Feb 1956 in Talladega Co., Alabama. John was counted in a census 4 in 1930 in Eastaboga, Talladega Co., Alabama.
According to the 1910 census of Eastaboga, Talladega Co., Ala., he was the son of Dan and Mary Dulaney+ 1059 F vii Para Lee Silas + 1060 F viii Molly Silas + 1061 F ix Emmagene "Emma" Silas
322. Celia Sallas (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 1, 2, 3 in Apr 1846 in Georgia. She died in 1900/1910 in Coffee Co., Alabama.
In 1870, Celia and her son Solomon were living in Crenshaw Co., Ala. with the C.J. Maloy family. The reason she was living there is not known but she was living only a few miles from her brother, Benjamin. Celia never married and the father of her son is unknown to the current generation. Some of the older ones say he was known to her older grandchildren. Mae is the only one of them still alive and can't remember his name when asked. She did say he was a school teacher but that hasn't been confirmed. She is probably buried in the Memphis Baptist Church cemetery at Dothan.
Celia married She did not marry.
They had the following children:
+ 1062 M i Solomon Herbert Sallas
323. Mary A. "Milly" Sallas (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 1, 2 about 1848 in Georgia.
The 1880 Talladega Co. census emumerated her in her own house with a six year old daughter, "Parson." In 1900 she was enumerated as a servant in the household of Ed Walker in Talladega Co., Ala. They were in Precinct 2 at Eastaboga.
She had the following children:
+ 1063 F i Parsan? (Anna) Silas
Mary married 1 (2) R.J. Linn on 18 May 1911 in Talladega Co., Alabama. R.J. was born about 1851.
324. Eugene Etheldred "Dred' Sallas 1, 2, 3, 4 (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 5, 6 in Jul 1851 in Georgia. He died after 1910. Eugene was counted in a census in 1900 in Coffee Co., Alabama.
(Etheldred Eugene?) He was listed on the 1900 census in Coffee Co., Ala. On an earlier census his occupation was listed as a farrier..
Eugene married Mary Louisa Morrow about 1879. Mary was born 1 on 25 Dec 1857 in Georgia. She died 2, 3 on 28 May 1917 in Coffee Co., Alabama. She was buried 4, 5 in Pine Level Cemetery, Coffee Co., Alabama.
They had the following children:
1064 F i Missouri Sallas was born 1 in Oct 1881. She died on 26 Jul 1954 in Covington Co., Alabama.
She did not marry.+ 1065 F ii Minnie O. Sallas + 1066 M iii James Theodore Silas + 1067 F iv Obadiah 'Obie' Lee Sallas + 1068 F v Lottie Lee Sallas
325. James M. (Jim) Sallas 1, 2 (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born 3, 4 in Mar 1853. He died 5 on 6 Jul 1917 in Covington Co., Alabama. James was counted in a census in 1880 in Talladega Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 6 in 1900 in Westover, Covington Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 7 in 1910 in Westover, Covington Co., Alabama.
When the 1880 census was taken he was shown as a "farm laborer" on the farm of William C. Pope in Talladega County. On 10 Nov 1895, he filed a homestead petition on 40 acres of land in Section 10 of Township 6 of Range 15 in Covington Co., Ala. The 1900 census showed him living at Westover in Covington Co., Ala.
James married Mary E. "Mollie" Johnson daughter of James Johnson and Mary C. about 1890 in Alabama. Mary was born 1 on 8 Jan 1854 in Pike Co., Alabama. She died on 15 Jan 1941 in Red Level, Covington Co., Alabama.
The 1910 census said she had only borne 2 children, both of them still living. They lived at Rt. 1 in Red Level. There appears to be no record of Mary or her son Thomas after the 1910 census until her death in 1941.
According to the Foreman Funeral Home records a Mary E. Sallas, born 5 Jan 1854, died 15 Jan 1941 at Red Level in Covington County. Her father was James Johnson and her mother was Mary Stringfellow. She died from chest congestion and chronic gall baldder trouble. She was buried at Fairmount Church but there does not appear to be a marker on her grave.
They had the following children:
1069 M i Thomas Sallas was born 1 in Mar 1891 in Alabama. + 1070 F ii Mary Almita Sallas
331. Robert Lee Silas 1, 2 (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born on 20 Mar 1872 in Alabama. He died 3 on 11 Sep 1929 in Covington Co., Alabama. He was buried 4 in Earlytown Church of Christ Cemetery Geneva Co., Alabama. Robert was counted in a census 5 in 1900 in Carpenter's, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was counted in a census 6 in 1910 in Lowery, Geneva Co., Alabama.
There are conflicting dates for his death. "Tracking Your Roots" website for Geneva Co. has his date of death as 11 Sept 1929, however, the Alabama Death Index (on Ancestry.com) gives the year as 1952. The Death Index also registered his place of death as Covington Co., Ala. His name on the tombstone is "R.L. Silas." So far I have not found him listed on the 1930 census so the 1929 date is probably the correct one.
Robert married 1 Louise Jane "Lucy"J. Collinsworth on 7 Jun 1892 in Coffee Co., Alabama. Louise was born on 8 Aug 1869 in Florida. She died on 24 Dec 1925. She was buried 2 in Earlytown Church of Christ Cemetery Geneva Co., Alabama.
They had the following children:
+ 1071 F i Ada Violet Silas 1072 F ii Ida Maggie Martha Ann Silas was born 1 on 26 Mar 1894 in Alabama. She died before 1910 in Alabama. 1073 M iii John Jefferson Lee Sallas 1 was born 2 on 1 Feb 1896 in Elba, Coffee Co., Alabama. He died 3 on 2 Mar 1957 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida.
His WW I draft registration has his birth date as 7 Feb.John married (1) Essie Ray Jackson. John married (2) Agnes Silas daughter of Dock Lafayette Silas and Mollie Bell. + 1074 F iv Elzie Elafire Silas 1075 M v Dewey Henry Jesse Silas was born 1 on 9 May 1900 in Alabama. He died on 12 Oct 1903 in Elba, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was buried 2, 3 in Pine Level Cemetery on Hwy. 141, Nw of Elba. + 1076 M vi George Merdick Silas + 1077 F vii Jennie Belle Silas + 1078 M viii Columbus Franklin Silas + 1079 M ix Jennings Braxton Silas
335. Dora Sallas (John A. , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born about 1870 in Alabama. She died 1, 2 in Dec 1926 in Opp, Covington Co., Alabama. She was buried in Bullock, Alabama.
Dora married James Rainey Morrow on 3 Jun 1891 in Coffee Co., Alabama. James was born 1 in 1859 in Coffee Co., Alabama. He died before 1926 in Alabama.
They had the following children:
+ 1080 M i Jack A. Morrow + 1081 F ii Lila Morrow
339. Mary Armitte Sallas 1 (Etheldred Sallas , Etheldred 'Dred' , John , John ) was born on 16 Apr 1858 in Russell Co., Alabama. She died on 17 Mar 1939 in Ft. Mitchell, Russell Co., Alabama.
Mary married John Wiley Stratford 1 son of John E. Stratford and Sarah A. Stringer on 6 Jan 1876 in Russell Co., Alabama. John was born on 14 Oct 1855 in Russell Co., Alabama. He died in 1935. John was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in Oswichee, Russell Co., Alabama.
The Stratfords came from South Carolina to Russell Co., Ala. John's father, John E. Stratford, served in the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg. He was killed at the "Battle of Chickamauga" on 19 Sept 1861. John Wiley Stratford and his family lived between Pittsview and Loflin, near Hog Island in Russell County. He was a farmer. She was called "Babe" or "Mollie."
They had the following children:
1082 F i Sallie Emma Stratford was born on 31 Jan 1877 in Russell Co., Alabama.
She was "Sarah V." on the 1880 census.Sallie married ? Davis. + 1083 F ii Louella Stratford 1084 M iii John E. Stratford was born on 13 Aug 1881 in Russell Co., Alabama. 1085 F iv Mary Herdie Stratford was born on 10 May 1884 in Russell Co., Alabama. Mary married ? Caldwell. 1086 F v Hettie Monroe Stratford was born on 13 Mar 1886 in Russell Co., Alabama. Hettie married John Henry Hunt. 1087 M vi George E. Stratford was born on 22 Feb 1889 in Russell Co., Alabama. + 1088 F vii Bessie Lee Stratford 1089 F viii Annie Maude Stratford was born on 11 Nov 1894 in Russell Co., Alabama. 1090 M ix George Wiley Stratford George married Noma Sterling. 1091 M x Peter Eugene Stratford Peter married Lola Bebefield.
342. Albert R. Matthews (Anderson Crumby Matthews , Jane Sallis , John , John ) was born in 1849 in Georgia. He died in 1920/1930 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. Albert was counted in a census 1 in 1880 in Manchester, Dallas Co., Arkansas. He was counted in a census 2 in 1900 in Smith Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas. He was counted in a census 3 in 1910 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. He was counted in a census 4 in 1920 in Willow Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas.
Albert married 1 (1) Laura A. Brown on 10 Dec 1873 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. Laura was born 2 about 1854 in . She died about 1887 in Dallas Co., Arkansas.
They had the following children:
1092 M i Jesse M. Matthews was born 1 in 1870 in Arkansas. 1093 F ii Pearl Matthews was born 1 about 1874 in Arkansas. 1094 F iii Maggie Matthews was born 1 about 1877 in Manchester, Dallas Co., Arkansas. 1095 M iv Albert Matthews Jr. was born 1 about 1878 in Manchester, Dallas Co., Arkansas. 1096 M v Edward Matthews was born 1 in Dec 1879 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. 1097 F vi Anne Matthews was born 1 in Feb 1883 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. 1098 F vii Cinia Matthews was born 1 in Mar 1886 in Dallas Co., Arkansas.
Albert married (2) Nancy A. Nix on 27 Dec 1888 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. Nancy was born in Dec 1851 in Arkansas. She died in Dallas Co., Arkansas.
She md. first __ Rice and had several children. The 1900 census also said they had been married 27 years, that she had had 3 children but only 2 of them were living.
343. Ada Matthews 1 (Anderson Crumby Matthews , Jane Sallis , John , John ) was born in 1853 in Georgia. She died in Dallas Co., Arkansas.
Ada married 1 William S. Jacobs on 11 Dec 1873 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. William was born 2 in 1850 in Arkansas. William was counted in a census 3 in 1880 in Smith Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas.
A William S. Jacobs married again in 1887.
They had the following children:
1099 F i Loula Jacobs was born 1 in 1877 in Dallas Co., Arkansas. 1100 M ii John Jacobs was born 1 in 1879 in Smith Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas. + 1101 M iii Jesse P. Jacobs + 1102 M iv George Hugh Jacobs 1103 F v Olive "Ollie" Jacobs was born 1 in Apr 1892 in Dallas Co., Arkansas.
346. Joseph Leonidas Hill (Faithy Matthews , Jane Sallis , John , John ) was born 1 about 1835 in Stewart Co., Georgia. He died 2 on 16 Oct 1907 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida. Joseph was counted in a census in 1870 in Brooks Co., Georgia. He was counted in a census 3 in 1880 in Providence, Bradford Co., Florida. He was counted in a census 4 in 1900 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida.
He enlisted for service in the Confederate Army on 4 March 1862 at Quitman, Georgia.He served in the 50th Georgia Volunteers. He was wounded in the groin at South Mountain. He never recovered from the wound. They moved to Bradford Co., Fla. in 1865. He applied for a pension in 1905 based on a disability stated as "paralysis." He was granted a pension on 27 March 1906. He was granted $96.00 per year pension. A letter in his pension file indicates that he was a corporal and later sergeant of Company K, 50th Georgia Infantry. Union prisoner of war records show he was captured at Antietam and imprisoned at Fort McHenry, Maryland. He was sent to Fort Monroe, Virginia on 17 October 1862 for exchange. He was received at Aiken's Landing on 10 November 1862. The company muster roll from 31 Oct to 31 Dec 1862 shows him to be furloughed from the hospital to Brooks Co., Georgia.
A letter in his pension file from the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Bradford County shows that J.L. Hill had been a member of the State Legislature.
He owned 5 acres in the town of Lake Butler. His widow applied for a pension on 29 Oct 1907 stating that she owned real estate valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $75.
Joseph married 1 Elizabeth Eli Yates on 15 Jul 1859 in Brooks Co., Georgia. Elizabeth was born 2, 3 on 27 Jul 1844 in Brooks Co., Georgia. She died in 1910/1920 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida. Elizabeth was counted in a census 4 in 1910 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida.
They had the following children:
+ 1104 F i Onie E. Hill 1105 F ii Opal G. Van Hill was born 1 about 1869 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida. She died 2 in 1915 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida.
She was teaching music in 1910.Opal married Mark Anthony about 1897 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida. Mark was born 1 in Dec 1868 in Georgia. He died in . Mark was counted in a census 2 in 1900 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida.
He was a physician in 1900.+ 1106 F iii Hill 1107 iv Hill was born in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida. Hill died before 1900 in Lake Butler, Bradford Co., Florida.