Thank you to Patricia Smith Levasseur, Lousiana, for providing this photo of an early Siler Family Meeting. If you know which year this photo was taken, please send us a note.
William James Neville 1827-1899
Thank you to Patricia Smith Levasseur, Louisiana, for providing this photo of William James Neville (1827-1899), father of Georgia Augusta Neville, who married Jesse Siler Sloan in 1885.
The family home of Jesse Siler Sloan and Georgia Neville.
The house in the photo was built in 1918 to replace the house that burned down in 1916 (see the tribute to Jesse written by his daughter Reby Sloan Tessier on the Family History page). The 1918 house was located at 26 Sloan Street, Franklin, NC where it still stands today.
The photo above was taken several years ago when William Steele Smith Jr. (great-grandson of Jesse and Georgia) owned the house. Steele's mother, Georgiana, and her brother Francis (Frank) were in the original house the night of the fire in 1916.
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The Jesse Siler Sloan Family
Photo courtesy of Patricia Smith Levasseur, Louisiana
On the back of the photo, the family is identified as follows:
Standing: Dick, Tim, Mama, Papa, Carter, Neville
Seated: Francis Tessier, Reby Sloan Tessier, Eleanor & Carolyn
Papa is of course Jesse Siler Sloan, and Mama is Georgia Neville Sloan. The photo does not show Jesse and Georgia's fourth son, Harold.
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Family Meeting August 1937 Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Sloan, Franklin, NC (Jesse branch).
Family Meeting August 1937 at Sunnyside Farm, East Franklin. MaryAnn's grandparents, Will and Ann Sloan, lived at Sunnyside, which was originally given to Timoxena Siler and William Sloan on their marriage in 1856 by Timoxena's father, Jesse Richardson Siler.
The African-American gentleman on the left is identified on the back of the photo as Emlis Siler. According to
Macon County historian Barbara McRae, Emlis was the son of Alfred Siler, a former
slave who may have belonged to Jesse Richarson Siler. Emlis Siler reportedly attended Family Meeting
until his death.
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Sunnyside Farm, East Franklin. Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Sloan.
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William Sloan
& Harriet
Timoxena (Tim) Siler. Photo courtesy of MaryAnn
Sloan.
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Pierce Roberts and
Margaret Rafferty Lowry Weaver Roberts. Photo
courtesy of Betty Watson, Eliijay, GA (Esther branch)
Margaret was the daughter
of Esther Siler and James Lowry. After the death of her first husband,
Chrisley Weaver, Margaret married Pierce Roberts 10 Sept. 1846 in
Buncombe County. There is no date on the tintype picture.
Pierce Roberts served as sheriff of Buncombe County in 1842, 1844, and again in 1851.
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Below: Signature of Margaret Roberts in family Bible. Photo
courtesy of Betty Watson, Ellijay, GA (Esther branch)
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Siler Family Quilt
The Siler Family quilt on the left was displayed several years ago at Family Meeting. The Esther Siler square on the right was made by Helen B. Dalton and shows the lineage of the Siler-Lowry-Roberts branch.
Photo
courtesy of Betty Watson, Ellijay, GA (Esther branch)
