From: "Pamelyn P. Bush" <pamelynb@enter.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:00:51 -0400

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Silas Walter Eick was born 8 May 1857 in Parker, Tewksbury Twp, Hunterdon
Co. He died 12 January 1938 at Annandale, Clinton Twp., Hunterdon Co. Burial
was 15 January 1938 in Union Cemetery, Borough of Lebanon.

Selenda (or Selinda) F. Lake, b. 1863 in Cokesbury, Tewksbury Twp., Hunterdon
Co., to Nelson Lake and Matilda Tiger Lake. She died 19 September 1923 in
Annandale. Burial was 22 Sept. 1923 in Union Cemetery, Borough of Lebanon.

children:
Roy U. Eick
Leslie F. Eick
Asa Eick
Nellie Eick
Haver G. Eick
Mildred Eick
Ruth Eick

      Mrs. Selenda F. Eick, wife of Silas W. Eick, died at 11:15 o'clock
Wednesday morning, Sept. 19, 1923, at her home in Annandale. She had long
been a sufferer from sugar diabetes. Her age was 62 years. She was a daughter
of the late Nelson Lake of Cokesbury, and had lived in Annandale since 1906,
moving there from the vicinity of Lebanon. Besides her husband, she leaves
two daughters, Mrs. Elijah R. H. Teeter and Mrs. Lawrence Maxwell both of
Annandale; four sons, Roy Eick of Hampton, Leslie F. Eick of High Bridge,
Asa J. Eick of Hamden, and Haver Eick, living at home; one brother, Asa
Lake of Shelbina, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Alpaugh of Whitehouse
and Mrs. Mary Hoffman of Gladstone. The funeral was held Saturday morning
with services at her late home. Burial was in the Methodist Cemetery at
Lebanon. [Hunterdon County Democrat, Wednesday, September 27, 1923, p. 5.]


SILAS EICK EXPIRES. Silas Eick, eighty-one years old, one of the oldest
Annandale residents, died Wednesday night in his home, after an illness
of several weeks. Mr. Eick had lived in Annandale and vicinity 77 years,
moving there with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Morris Eick, in 1861. He
was born May 8, 1857, in Parker, near Long Valley. Prior to his retiring in
1921, he operated a farm north of Annandale, recently owned by the Annandale
Graphite Company. His wife died in September 1923. Surviving Mr. Eick are
two brothers, Rado, Newark, and Johnson, Netcong; one sister, Mrs. Edith
Sutton, Long Valley; four sons, Roy, Dunellen; Leslie, Glen Gardner; Asa,
Port Richmond, S. I. and Haver, Annandale; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Kinney,
Westfield, and Mrs. Mildred Teeter, Annandale; several grandchildren and
a great-grandchild. Last rites were held Saturday from the John G. Brokaw
Funeral Home, Lebanon. Burial was in Union Cemetery, adjoining Lebanon
Methodist Church. [Whitehouse Review, Tuesday, January 18, 1938, p. 1.]

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From: "Pam Bush" <pamelynb@enter.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:27:49 -0400

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Extracted from marriage certificate ...

Silas W. Eick and Salenda F. Lake married 31 December 1884; place of marriage,
Lebanon, NJ; Silas W. Eick; residence, Califon, NJ; age 28 yrs.; 1st marriage;
occupation, Laborer, b. America; father, Morris Eick, b. America; mother,
Charity Philhower, b. America; Salenda F.  Lake, residence, Cokesburgh,
NJ; age 23 yrs.; 1st marriage; father, Nelson Lake, b. America; mother,
Matilda Tiger, b. America; witnesses: Anna Stout [sp?], Lebanon, NJ and
Laura L. Davis, Lebanon, NJ; officiating, Wm. E. Davis, Pastor, Lebanon
Reformed Ch., Lebanon, NJ.

Source:
[1884-85 Hunterdon County Marriage Certificates, Drawer 345A, Place 55,
Certificate E21, Microfilm 33, Trenton, NJ: NJ State Archives.)

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