May Erskine Estelle SLOCUM

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• Fact: Son of Lorenzo Slocum and Anna Potter
• Census: 1870, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1880, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Occupation: 1880, Printer Editor
• Census: 1885, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa

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He removed to Iowa and there enlisted against the rebellion 26 August 1862, and was chosen Captain of Company G, 27th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Mississippi Valley, and in the Red River Expedition participating in all its battles. he was severely wounded in the thigh, 9th April, 1864, in the battle of Simmesport, La., but recovered and participated, later in the same year, in the battles of Tupelo, Miss., Nashville, Tenn., and others of less note. he was mustered out of service with his regiment in June, 1865. He married, in Floyd, Iowa 26 Aug., 1863, Ellen L. Wilbur, daughter of Harvey and Ann Wilbur of that place and formerly of Clarksville, Otsego Co., where she was born 30 June 1841. They settled in Charles City,Floyd Co., Iowa, where they still reside. He was Auditor of Floyd County from 1 Jan., 1872, until 1 April, 1875, when he resigned that he might devote his time more exclusively to THE FLOYD COUNTY ADVOCATE of which he is chief editor. The "Advocate" is the official newspaper of his county; is Republican in politics, bright in appearance, and highly respectable in tone.

Charles married Ellen L. WILBUR on 26 Aug 1863. Ellen (daughter of Hervey WILBUR and Angeline MOORE) was born on 30 Jun 1841 in New York ; died in Dec 1912 in Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa; was buried on 23 Dec 1912 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Middlefield, Otsego Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Floyd, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1885, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1900, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
• Census: 1910, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa