Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 899.
 
SILAS J. STUDLEY

     is one of the large property owners of Lake county, his residence being ten
miles south from Lakeview. He was born on March 17, 1844, in Walderboro, Lincoln
county, Maine, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Gilchrist) Studley. The father was
born while his parents were en route from England to the United States and the
mother was born in Maine. They both remained there until their death. Our
subject was well educated in the public schools of his native state and at the
age of twenty, he came via New York and the Panama route to San Francisco. He at
once engaged in mining then traveled to Yreka and afterwards to Aden,
California. In the latter place, he did stock raising until 1869, when he
assisted to drive the first cattle to the Big valley from Yreka. It was 1876
when he came to where Lakeview is now located and soon located a ranch about
eight miles from that point. In the spring of 1881, he disposed of that and took
land where he now resides. He has some thirteen hundred acres of land in three
different tracts, each farm being well improved. The home place has a fine ten
room residence, two good barns, and a large orchard of all kinds of fruit and is
in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Studley has a nice band of cattle and much
other property. He started in life without a dollar and has made by business
tact and industry every dollar that he now possesses, which speaks very
favorably of his business ability.
     On September 11, 1873, Mr. Studley married Mary J. Stanley, who was born in
Yreka, California, on June 16, 1855, the daughter of William and Johanna
Stanley. The parents crossed the plains in 1853. To our subject and his wife
eight children have been born, named as follows, Jerome, Harry, Bertha, May,
Chester F., William Thomas, Alsy, and Oscar. Four of them are living at home but
the first four born are deceased.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.