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Esther G Smilie Vilas

Birth: 27 Dec 1819
Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA
Death: 12 Jun 1892 (aged 72)
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery

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Plot: Section 31, Lot 001, Grave 9
Memorial ID: 14524620 View Source

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New Ulm review., June 22, 1892
Mrs. Vilas, mother of Senator Vilas, dies suddenly at her home in Madison, Wis.

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Nathan "Earl" Smilie

1787–1862
Esther Smilie

1795–1872

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Levi Baker Vilas

1811–1879

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Earl Smilie

1816–1855
Francis Smilie

1817–1892
James Madison Smilie

1822–1836
Henry Smilie

1826–1893
Louisa Smilie Atwood

1828–1853
Mary Ann Smilie Whitcomb

1830–1912

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William Freeman Vilas

1840–1908
CPT Henry Vilas

1842–1872
Levi Madison Vilas

1844–1889
Dr Charles Harrison Vilas

1846–1920
Edward Perrin Vilas

1852–1912
Ira Hill Vilas

1863–1863
Esther "Ettie" Vilas

1865–1885

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Husband: Judge Levi Baker Vilas 1811 – 1879
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Esther Smilie Vilas
Birth 1820 in Vermont
Death 12 June 1892 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin

CHILDREN:

Nathan Smilie Vilas 1838 – 1840
William Freeman Vilas 1840 – 1908
Henry Vilas 1842 –
Levi Vilas 1844 – 1872
Charles Vilas 1846 – 1889
Edward Vilas 1853 –
Ira Hill Vilas 1863 – 1864
Esther Vilas 1865 – 1866

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Nathan "Earl" Smilie

Esther Smilie

Levi Baker Vilas

Earl Smilie

Francis Smilie

James Madison Smilie

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Louisa Smilie Atwood

Mary Ann Smilie Whitcomb

William Freeman Vilas

CPT Henry Vilas

Levi Madison Vilas

Dr Charles Harrison Vilas

Edward Perrin Vilas

Ira Hill Vilas

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