Simon Henry and Emma Madeline Silvernell
Simon Henry Silvernell was born about 1842 in Germershiem, Germany, the son of Isaac Silvernell and Sarah Frank. Isaac Silvernell was born 1 Aug 1812 in Germershiem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and died 1872 in Cincinnati. Sarah Frank was born 1814 in Germany and died in 1873 in Cincinnati.
Children of Isaac Silvernell and Sarah Frank
1. Eliza Silvernell b-1841 in Bavaria
2. Simon Henry Silvernell b-1842 in Germershiem, Germany
3. Samuel Silvernell b-11 Feb 1844 in Niederlustadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany;
d-1908
4. Theresa Silvernell b-1846 in Bavaria
5. Amelia Silvernell b-16 Aug 1848 in Bellheim, Germershiem, Germany
6. Meyer Silvernell b-1850 in Cincinnati
7. Abraham Silvernell b-1852 in Cincinnati
8. Benjamin Franklin Silvernell b-16 Mar 1854 in Cincinnati; d-30 Mar 1919 in
Cincinnati
9. Jenny Silvernell b-1858 in Cincinnati
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During the Civil War, Simon Henry Silvernell joined the Union Company B of the 12th Kentucky Infantry which was organized near Waitsboro, Kentucky, from December 1861 through January 1862 and mustered at Clio, Kentucky, in January 1862 for a three-year enlistment. He fought at the following, Battle of Mill Springs, Siege of Corinth, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stone River, Knoxville Campaign, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, battle of Jonesboro, Battle of Lovejoy's Station, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville and the Carolinas Campaign.
After the end of the war, Simon married Emma Madeline Goldvogel in Cincinnati in 1867.
Children of Simon Henry Silvernell and Emma Madeline Goldvogel
1. Hannah Silvernell b-6 Oct 1868 in
Cincinnati; d-28 Feb 1914 in Covington; br-Evergreen Cemetery; m-Spears
2. David Irwin Lionel Silvernell b-Nov 1878 in New York; d-16 Feb 1903 in
Covington; br-Linden Grove Cemetery; m-Nellie Rosaline Warden, d/o James C
Warden & Mary Elizabeth Dones
3. Victor Albert Silvernell b-15 June 1882 in Philadelphia; d-22 Sep 1944 in
Southgate Ky. br-Evergreen; m-Sadie Petty 18 Apr 1900 in Newport; m-Bessie in
1908 in Newport
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Child of Victor Albert Silvernell and Bessie (1890-1913)
Earl Silvernell b-10 Dec 1910 in Newport; d-1 May 1969 in Mt Healthy Oh; br-Arlington Memorial Gardens
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Child of David Irwin Lionel Silvernell and Nellie Rosaline Warden
Emma Madeline Silvernell b-2 Sep 1901 in Covington; d-29 Sep 1901 in Covington; br-Linden Grove Cemetery
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Simon was listed on the 1890 Veterans census in Newport. Emma was born in 1845 in Bavaria, the daughter of Moses and Bertha Goldvogel and the family arrived 11 Aug 1854 in New York City. They settled in Cincinnati and Emma died 29 July 1899 in Newport.