Bio: Silverthorn, Willis C. Hon. (1881)
Contact: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Silverthorn, Austin, Plumer, Myers, Single

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 567

HON. WILLIS C. SILVERTHORN, lawyer and banker, Wausau, was born in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 30, 1838. His parents, George and Sarah (Austin) Silverthorn, came to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., when he was three or four years of age, probably in 1842, and that was his home until he came to Wausau, in 1864. Commenced the practice of law here, having been admitted to the Bar in the Fall of 1863. He was educated at Albion Academy, in this State, and the Wisconsin University. In 1869 he also engaged in banking business with D. L. Plumer, and George Silverthorn, his brother. Mr. Silverthorn has been District Attorney, twice member of the Assembly — in 1868 and 1874 — and was State Senator in 1875 and 1876. He was first married in Madison, April 20, 1865, to Maggie Virginia Myers, who was born in Bowling Green, Ky., and died Jan. 29, 1878, leaving three children — Willis V., Margaret G. and Nellie C. Mr. Silverthorn was married in Wausau, June 20, 1879, to his present wife, Ida M. Single. They have one son, James C.