Where born: Augusta Co VA Where died: Mt Carmel Son of: John Landes* & Delilia Married: 1865 Clarissa Sears* Lived at: 1860 Buck-Edgar Co IL 1870-1900 Mt Carmel Children: - infant son* (1867) -
Pauline S* (1868 IL m: Edward F. Eichorn) -
Herbert Sears* (1870) -
Eliza Sears* (1872) -
Buelah Sears* (1872) -
infant daughter* (1874) -
Bernard Sears* (1877 m: Irene Bradshaw*) -
Eliza* (22 Nov 1878) -
Grace Sears* (21 Nov 1880) -
infant daughter* (1884) -
infant son* (1884) -
infant son* (1886) -
infant son* (1887); Silas US Congressman; admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1863 and was prosecuting attorney of Wabash County- 1872 to 1884 - ; 1885 elected as a Democrat to the 49th -
50th Congresses serving until 1889; declined to be a candidate for re-nomination and resumed the practice of law; 1891 elected circuit judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of IL -
served until 1897.
* indicates buried with Silas Zephaniah Landes in Rose Hill Cemetery.
About Rose Hill Cemetery:
Rose Hill Cemetery includes the graves of the olders Oddfellows cemetery which is adjacent. Rose Hill Cemetery is located on the east side of Mt Carmel, IL. Other Mt Carmel cemeteries include Highland Memorial Cemetery, Sand Hill Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery. Burials: 4714 Location: 901 Plum Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
