3rd wife Betsey Diana Baldwin ( Bates) from Guilford, Connecticut

The old cotton factory, erected in Manlius in 1813, was burned in later years, and about 1830 a paper mill was built in which a part of the foundation of the cotton factory was utilized.

In 1834 prominent citizens adopted measures for the establishment of an academy.  The project crystallized in the appointment of a temporary board of trustees, consisting of Azariah Smith, Nicholas P. Randall and Dr. Taylor.  An act of Legislature was procured under date of April 13, 1835, incorporating the Manlius Academy with the following trustees:  The three above named and Silas Williams, Peter R. Reed, Algernon S. Hollister, Carlos Smith, David Bellamy and R. Houghton; the last four were clergymen.  A sum of money was raised by subscription, and the grounds were purchased and the "stone house" transformed, to some extent, to adapt it to its new purpose.  Azariah Smith was the foremost beneficiary of the institution, paying off indebtedness and enabling it to come under jurisdiction of the Board of Regents.  Instruction began in May, 1835, with fifty male and sixty female students.  The academy was very prosperous for a number of years,


Property transactions in Manlius:
Williams, Ruby to S. Williams 1826 (GG,403) lot ___
Williams, Silas to S. Messenger 1828 (MM,362) lot 86
Williams, Silas et al. to A. Smith 1834 (54,368) lot 98 agmt.
Williams, Persis A., Silas et al. to R. Gilmore 1837 (68,9) lot 97_
Williams, Elizabeth, Silas & ano. to Exrs. of N. P. Randall 1838 (Book 70,Page 265) lot 86
Williams, Elizabeth B., Silas & ano. to A. Smith 1838 (Book 71, Page 5) lot 97+
Williams, Silas & ano. to A. Smith 1839 (74,422) lot 97+ agmt.
Williams, Silas, Elizabeth B. to E. Rhoades 1840 (Book 75, Page 278) lot 86

Possible Father:
Capt. Joseph Williams came to Manlius in 1795, from Connecticut.  He cut, cleared and fenced, five acres of land the first summer entirely alone.  He bought his land at twenty shillings per acre.  The next year he removed his family on a sled, with a yoke of oxen, and was eight days coming from Galway, Saratoga County, one hundred and twenty miles.  He had erected a rude cottage beforehand.  When he arrived, he had but fifty cents cash.  Wheat was worth three dollars and a half per bushel, corn one dollar and a half, and common calico seventy-five cents per yard.  But industry and frugality soon increased the domestic store; the wants of the family were not only supplied, but an abundance was raised to spare to the needy settlers as they arrived, and plenty crowned their board.  Mr. Williams lived long to enjoy the fruits of his labor and toil.

Joseph Williams--Mentioned in Lakin's History of the Manlius Lodge as a captain in the Continental army, and located in Manlius in 1795, where he bought his land at twenty shillings an acre.  He brought his family to the town in the following year with an ox team and sled, and had only fifty cents in cash when he arrived.

1830 Census for the Town of Manlius:
 Williams, Elijah
 Williams, Ezra
 Williams, Job
 Williams, Job 2nd
 Williams, Jonathan W.
 Williams, Joseph
 Williams, Luzerne
 Williams, Nathan
 Williams, Silas
 Williams, William
1800 Census Village of Manlius - Joseph Williams
1810 - Joseph Jr.
Silas does not seem to be in 1840 Census.

Originally from Manlius, NY, moved to Warsaw, Illinois about 1845 with wife and 5 daughters. Moved to Koekuk, Iowa when step-daughter married there and to Burlington from Keokuk, Iowa after death of wife and marriage of daughter, Amelia, to J. S. Schramm.

Silas and daughter Louise moved in with Amelia & J. S. Schramm about 1861.