Melvin Daniel SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with parents in White Plains, Westcester Co., New York

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in New York, New York
• Census: 1900, Living with parents in New York, New York
• Census: 1910, Living in White Plains, Westchester, New York
• Census: 1920, Living in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1930, Living in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York
• Census: 1940, Living in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York

Notes:

Name:
HERALD STATESMAN
YONKERS, NY
MON., APRIL 14, 1958

JOHN W. SLAWSON
Hastings Resident

John Wallace Slawson Sr., a member of the former New York real estate firm of Slawson and Hobbs, died of a heart ailment yesterday at the John E. Andrus Memorial, Hastings - on - Hudson, which he entered last year. His home was at 185 Old Broadway, Hastings-0n-Hudson. His age was seventy-eight.

Mr. Slawson attended New York University. He belonged to the Old Guard Club in White Plains where he had lived several years ago. He was a member also of the Masons.

Surviving are his wife, the former Abby Benson: a son, John W. Jr.; a sister, Mrs. F.G. Hobbs, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

SLAWSON -- John Wallace of the john E. Andrus Memorial, on April 13th 1958, beloved husband of Abby Benson Slawson and father of J. Wallace Slawson, jr. of Long Island. Service at Havey's Funeral Home (north) 107 North Broadway, Yonkers, on Tuesday, April 15th at 1:30 pm. Interment. Kenalco Cemetery.

Received from Joe Chester

John married Abbey BENSON on 25 Jun 1902 in Waverly, New York. Abbey (daughter of Melvin Judson BENSON and Louisa WITTER) was born on 22 Oct 1879 in Easton, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Jul 1966 in Yonkers, New York; was buried in Kenalco Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Melvin Judson and Louisa (Witter) Benson
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in White Plains, Westchester Co., New York

Notes:

Name:
HEARLD STATESMAN
YONKERS, NY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1966

Mrs. J.W. Slawson

Mrs. Abbey Benson Slawson died yesterday in the John E. Andrus Memorial infirmary at the age of 86.

She entered Andrus with her late husband, John Wallace Slawson, in March, 1957. Mr. Slawson was in the real estate business in White Plains before entering Andrus. He died at Andrus in March, 1958.

A Resident of Whit Plains for most of her life, Mrs. Slawson was born in Easton, Pa., on Oct. 22, 1879.

While in White Plains, she was a member of the Church in the Highlands. More recently, she attended the First Reformed Church in Hastings - on - Hudson. She belonged to Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and was a member of the Women's Club of White Plains.

She is survived by her son, J. Wallace Slawson Jr, of Smithtown, Long Island; a grandson and granddaughter, and five great-grandchildren.

DEATH NOTICES
Yonkers (NY) Herald Statesman,
Jul 6, 1966, page 2

SLAWSON, Abby Benson of John E. Andrus Memorial, hasting-0n-Hudson, on July 5, 1966. Beloved wife of the late John Wallace Slawson. Mother of J. Wallace Slawson, Jr. Service at Havey's Funeral Home Inc., 107 North Broadway, Yonkers, on Friday, July 8, at 10 a.m. Interment Kenalco Cemetery, Visiting hours Wednesday 7-10 p.m., Thursday 1-4 and 7-10 p.m.

Received from Joe Chester