GRAHAM, Silas - Silas Graham was born at Silver Springs (Monte Ne), Benton County, Arkansas on June 2, 1837, a son of Nelson Reed Graham, born January 28, 1805 in Green County, Kentucky and Susan Louisa Landers, born January 13, 1812 in Illinois. Silas Graham was married twice. First he married Cynthia Jane Winningham, born May 7, 1848 in Jonesboro, Green County, Arkansas, on August 10, 1869 in Benton County, Arkansas, and they became the parents of four children: Bediann, Sara Ellen "Sade", John Nelson and Elmer Ross Graham. Sometime after 1889 he married a cousin, Talitha Jane Graham, born September 17, 1852 in Arkansas. Silas's great grandparents were Talitha's great-greatgrandparents. No children are known to be born. Silas died September 4, 1920 and was buried in the Phillips Cemetery. [Rootsweb.Ancestry.com] On July 12, 1915 the Benton County Confederate Pension Board, consisting of A.J. Bates, chairman, Drs. T.M. Wyatt, J.T. Henry, members and County Clerk E.K. Hale, met and allowed Veteran Application #22113, filed by Silas M. Graham of Springdale, to be valid and awarded a pension of $100.00 per annum for his service with Company E, 2ndArkansas Cavalry from 1861 thru 1865. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives-Benton County Records]