Harry Webster SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1871, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Harry married Grace MCFARLANE on 27 Apr 1895 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Grace was born on 07 Jan 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ruth SLAWSON was born on 01 May 1896 in Janesville, Wisconsin; died on 03 Dec 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1860, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1870, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Name:
Henry Slawson died April 10, 1889 of pneumonia. He came to Rock County 50 years ago to live near Evansville. He recently came to Janesville. He leaves a wife and several children: Mrs. Russel, Lacrosse; Mrs. Taylor, Hulda*, Minnesota; George Slawson, Red Wing, Minnesota; James Slawson, Iowa and Mrs. Effie Jones, Nellie Slawson, William and Fred Slawson, and stepson Fred McCoy of Janesville. His home was 104 S. Main Street.
*Fulda

From The Janesville Daily Gazette, April 11, 1889, Page 4 Column 5.

Henry married Jane VIRGIN after 1862. Jane was born in Oct 1835 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living with son Harry, in Janesville Wisconsin

Notes:

Name:
Daughter of William Virgin and Lucy Ann Webb. She was married to Allen McCoy, and later was the third wife of Henry Slawson.

from the Janesville Daily Gazette:

Mrs. Jane Slawson passed away at six o'clock last evening at the home of her son, William Slawson, 55 Fourth avenue. Yesterday was her sixty-sixth birthday anniversary. Her original home was in the state of Vermont, from whence she came to Wisconsin while a little girl. For the past eighteen years Mrs. Slawson had made Janesville her home and lived a noble, helpful life devoted largely to the well-being and happiness of others. Her husband died sixteen years ago. Five children survive the mother. They are Mrs. J.F. Turnbull, Mrs. D.W. Longsdorif, Mrs. George Jones, W.E. Slawson, and H.W. Slawson...