Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 15 June 2004

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SILAS HURIN (deceased) was born in Morris Co., N. J., July 22, 1774; he was the ninth child of his father, Seth Hurin, and his wife Mary, formerly Mary Hazen; both Seth Hurin and his wife were natives of New England, but after their marriage removed to Morris Co., N. J., where all their children were born. After the birth of their children, he removed to Ulster Co., N. Y., and from thence to Hamilton Co., Ohio. He was born Nov. 22, 1729, and died in October, 1815; his wife was born May 22, 1735, and died June 30, 1794; they had ten children. Silas Hurin came with his father and family to Ohio perhaps about 1795, and settled near Cincinnati. On the 15th of September, 1799, when he was 25 years old, he was married to Agnes, a daughter of John Ludlow, who had removed to Ohio about 1790, and lived near White’s Station on Mill Creek, in Hamilton Co., Ohio. By this marriage, Mr. Hurin had the following children, viz., Catharine C., Maria, Susan T., Sarah H., Amanda, James K., Agnes L. and four others who died before reaching their majority. Sarah H. was born Dec. 25, 1806, and was married to James M. Fisher Aug. 30, 1832; they had the following children, who lived to majority, viz., Samuel, who married Sue McCullugh and now lives at Denver, Colo.; Evalina, widow of Dr. James Findley, deceased, and Baker, deceased; Amanda, the widow of Rev. R. T. Drake, deceased; Mary, who died unmarried, and Henry, who enlisted in the war of the rebellion and died in the service. Silas Hurin removed to where Lebanon now stands in 1799; he was one of the original proprietors; he first occupied a cabin on Cherry street, south of Main; he afterward erected a brick residence near the same place; he was a tanner by trade, his tanyard being situated near his residence; he was an early Justice of the Peace, President of the town of Lebanon and the first Treasurer of Warren County; he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Lebanon from about the time of its organization until his death, he died Jan. 19, 1862, in his 88th year; his wife died Nov. 6, 1831, in her 57th year.