Silas W. BARNARD

Abt 1843 -

• Name	Silas W. BARNARD
  Birth	Abt 1843	NY
  	ca. 1843
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2324	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family ID

  F907

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cora L. LAWS
  Marriage	Abt 1883
  	ca. 1883
  Children	+ 1. Junius Lorraine BARNARD,   b. Jan 1885, KS
  Family ID	F908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Silas Barnard (ca. 1843 NY - ) (listed with father in household of Mary Till), 7 years, male, occ: (blank), born NY 1850 federal census, Rochester 5th Ward, Monroe, NY, 9 Aug. 1850, stamped page 190: Dwelling No. 130, Family No. 140 Mary Till, 49 years (appears to be running a boarding house) Alanson Barnard, 50 years, male, occ: none, born NY Isabel Barnard, 13 years, female, occ: (blank), born NY Lucy Barnard, 8 years, female, occ: (blank), born NY Silas Barnard, 7 years, male, occ: (blank), born NY Lorane Barnard, 5 years, male, occ: (blank), born NY (plus 12 other non-Barnards) 1860 federal census Rochester 9th Ward, Monroe, NY, 30 June 1860, orig. page 104 Dwelling No. 783, Family No. 820 [Note: This is a "House Refuge" supervised by Samuel Wood] Silas W. Barnard, 17 years, male, born NY, convict (Others, with Wood family) 1870 federal census, Henrietta, Monroe, NY, 13 July 1870, stamped page 249: (Residing in family of Alexander Williams) Silas Bernard, 24 years, male, white, Painter, born NY (Note: The "Bernard" and age of 24 years appear to be estimates by someone in household other than Silas; there is no Silas Bernard born NY in the 1840s enumerated in either the 1850 or1860 censuses---WMB) 1880 federal census, Gardner, Johnson, KS, 28 June 1880, stamped page 25 C: Family 211 Todd, John B. (and family) SilasW. Barnard, white, male, 35 years, Boarder, single, Laborer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY Silas married Cora L. (Unknown), ca. 1883, per 1900 federal census, Bernardo, San Diego, CA, 9 June 1900, stamped page (229) B, Dwelling No. 124, Family No. 125, which lists Cora as: Cora L. Barnard, wife (listed with Silas W. Barnard), white, female, Nov. 1861, 38 years, married, married 17 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born KS, father born KY,mother born KY, occ: (blank) 95. Cora Ellen(5) Laws (Ovid Shadrack(4), Jeremiah(3), Jeremiah(2), Elijah(1)) was born 21 Nov 1861 in Johnson Co., KS,and died 13 Feb 1944 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA. She married (2) George R. Vedder. He died 13 Feb 1944 in Pasadena, CA. She married (1) John Barnard. George R. Vedder: Had no children of us own. Children of Cora Laws and John Barnard are: 159 i. Junius Barnard(6) Vedder. 160 ii. Lorraine Barnard Vedder. --per Linda Tremble Schwartz, Descendants of Elijah Laws, posted at , downloaded 19 Aug. 2008 [Note: Cora married Silas W., not John, Barnard, and her children Junius and Lorraine were a single son, Junius Lorraine; she was the mother of only one child in the 1900 and 1910 censuses---WMB] Cora Ellen Laws (21 Nov. 1861 Johnson Co., KS -- 1944), daughter of Dr. Ovid Shadrack Laws (1827-1917) and Susan Webb Jones (1832 -- 1903), married (1) Silas W. Barnard (ca. 1846 NY - ), and (2) George R. Vedder (18 Oct. 1851 WI -- 14 Dec.1945 Santa Clara, CA), per Susan Lynnette Wallace, posted at 1910 federal census, Pasadena 2nd Ward, Los Angeles, CA, (date not given), stamped page 163A: 277 Winona Ave., DwellingNo. 296, Family No. 329 Barnard, Cora L., head, female, white, 48 years, divorced, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born KS, father born KY, mother born KY, Dress maker, Working out 1900 federal census, Bernardo, San Diego, CA, 9 June 1900, stamped page (229) B: Dwelling No. 124, Family No. 125 Barnard, Silas W., head, white, male, Apr. 1846, 54 years, married, married 17 years, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY, Janitor, High School --- Cora L., wife, white, female, Nov. 1861, 38 years, married, married 17 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born KS, father born KY, mother born KY, occ: (blank) --- Junius L., son, white, male, Jan. 1885, 15years, single, born KS, father born NY, mother born KS, At school [Note: Silas appears to have shed a couple of years, probably to lessen age difference between himself and much younger wife---WMB]