Compositor for Mobile Nationalist 1866; teacher, Black schools, Montgomery, Selma, and Marion, Alabama, 1866-1867; clerk to U.S. commissioner, Selma, 1867; hospital steward, Freedman's Hospital, Selma, 1868; asst. engrossing clerk and asst clerk of House of Representatives, Montgomery, 1868-1869;
Ass't registrar of voters, Dallas County, 1869; business manager, Selma Press, 1869, 1871; ass't. U.S. Marshall Census, 1870; deputy clerk of circuit court, Dallas County, 1869-1872; principal, Burrell Academy, Selma, 1875-1885; secy and treas., 1885-1907, dean and registrar, 1907-1912, professor of economics, civics, and ethics, 1907-1916, emeritus professor of history and political science, 1916-1922, Talladega College.
Occupation: professor at Talladega College
Silsby Science Hall, constructed in 1926, was named for Dr. E. C. Silsby, who was a member of the College faculty for 37 years. The building was a gift of the General Education Board and friends and alumni of the College. It contains the laboratories and classrooms for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Compositor for Mobile Nationalist 1866; teacher, Black schools, Montgomery, Selma, and Marion, Alabama, 1866-1867; clerk to U.S. commissioner, Selma, 1867; hospital steward, Freedman's Hospital, Selma, 1868; asst. engrossing clerk and asst clerk of House of Representatives, Montgomery, 1868-1869;
Ass't registrar of voters, Dallas County, 1869; business manager, Selma Press, 1869, 1871; ass't. U.S. Marshall Census, 1870; deputy clerk of circuit court, Dallas County, 1869-1872; principal, Burrell Academy, Selma, 1875-1885; secy and treas., 1885-1907, dean and registrar, 1907-1912, professor of economics, civics, and ethics, 1907-1916, emeritus professor of history and political science, 1916-1922, Talladega College.
Occupation: professor at Talladega College
Silsby Science Hall, constructed in 1926, was named for Dr. E. C. Silsby, who was a member of the College faculty for 37 years. The building was a gift of the General Education Board and friends and alumni of the College. It contains the laboratories and classrooms for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
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