Charles Henry SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, living with parents in Whiteside Co., Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Nebraska City, Otoe County,Nebraska
• Occupation: 1860; Laborer
• Census: 1895, Living in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas

Notes:

Name:
Biography:
Charles H. Slawson was a native of Whiteside county, Illinois. He was a farmer by occupation, but at the time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations, offering his service to the government in defense of the Union cause in September, 1861. He became a member of Company H, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and served until the spring of 1866, doing faithful service in defense of the old flag as an officer. In the year 1869 he located in Crawford county, becoming identified with its agricultural interests. Here he carried on farming until his death, which occurred on the 29th of January, 1889, when he was sixty years of age. His widow is still living and now makes her home with her son, Marion.

(Extracted from a biography of son Marion on pages 578-580 from "A Twentieth century history and biographical record of Crawford County, Kansas", by Home Authors; Illustrated. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, IL : 1905. 656 p. ill. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, in November, 2003.

Served in the 8th Kansas Cavalry, Co. I during the Civil War. Unit roster database displays the following:
Name: Slawson, Charles
Rank: Sergeant
Residence: Spring Hill, Illinois
Date of muster: Sep 20, 1861
Remarks:Promoted to Corporal Jan 30, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant Jan 1, 1864. Promoted 1st Lieut
Oct 21, 1864. Mustered out with regiment, November 28, 1865

Charles married Lydia L. BRIGGS on 12 Dec 1866 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lydia was born on 31 Mar 1852; died on 31 Jan 1925 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas; was buried in Union Center Cemetery in Crawford Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Almedia Lucinda SLAWSON was born on 31 Oct 1867 in Whiteside County, Illinois; died on 25 Apr 1928 in McCune, Crawford, Kansas, USA; was buried in McCune Cemetery, McCune, Crawford Co., Kansas.
2. Marion George SLAWSON was born on 10 Sep 1874 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas; died in 1947 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas; was buried in Girard Cemetery, Girard, Crawford Co., Kansas.
3. Nellie W. SLAWSON was born in Dec 1890 in Kansas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1813, Palentine, Montgomery Co., New York
• Census: 1850, Living in Whiteside County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1850; farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
• Occupation: 1860; farmer
• Census: 1870, Living in Portland, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1870; Carpenter
• Census: 1880, Living in York County, Nebraska
• Occupation: 1880; Carpenter

Notes:

History of Whiteside County, Il., by Charles Bent:

Jesse Slawson was born in Oneida County, New York in 1809, and came to Portland in 1836. He was a capenter by trade and also followed farming near Spring Hill, while he was a resident of Portland. He now lives in Nebraska. Mr. Slawson married Miss Rachael M. Fuller in 1833. Their children are: Andrew, who married Catharine Joice, and lives in Missouri; Jesse D., who married Miss Lucy Kinney, and lives in Nebraska; Charles H., who married Miss Lydia Briggs, and lives in Kansas; Earl B., who married Miss Cordelia Brown, and lives in Nebraska; Howard F., who married Miss Mary Hepworth, and lives in New York; Seth H. who married Miss Jennie Patch, and lives in Portland; and Mary L., wife of Merritt Clifton, living in Portland.

Jesse married Rachel Marie FULLER after 1829 in Oneida County, New York. Rachel was born on 22 May 1810 in New York, USA; died on 12 Apr 1884 in Thayer, York Co., Nebraska; was buried in Palo Cemetery, Thayer, York Co., Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lucy Fuller
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Whiteside County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, living with husband in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
• Census: 1870, living with husband in Portland, Whiteside Co., Illinois
• Census: 1880, living with husband in York County, Nebraska