Dorothy SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Pleasant, Switzerland Co. Indiana
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Frankfort, Clinton Co., Indiana
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana

Notes:

Name:
Dorothy (Slawson) Manuel, 100, formerly of Versailles, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at Manderley Health Care Center in Osgood. She was born July 13, 1904 in Bennington the daughter of Lyman Beecher Slawson and Ella (McHenry) Slawson, both deceased. She married Rev. Thomas Manuel on November 9, 1925 and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include two daughters, Evangeline Boyer of Concord, CA, Irene LeCompte of Zephyer Hills, FL; four sons, Russell Manuel of Las Vegas, NV, Donald Manuel of Pueblo, CO, Larry Manuel of Indianapolis, Paul Manuel of Everman, TX; one nephew, Atrie Slawson of Bennington; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Armie Slawson, Byron Slawson, Robert Slawson; and one sister, Leona Slawson Porter.

Mrs. Manuel was a homemaker and had taught Sunday school classes and helped with the music at churches her husband pastored for. Those churches were in Robinson, IL, Fulton and Huntington, IN and the Versailles Wesleyan Church.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 5, 4-7 p.m. and also Thursday, January 6, 12 noon until time of services at the Bovard-Holt-Furst Funeral Home in Versailles.

Funeral services will follow visitation at the funeral home on Thursday, January 6 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Don Jewell officiating.

Burial will be in the Cliff Hill Cemetery. Memorials may go to the Versailles Wesleyan Church.

Dorothy married Thomas Russell MANUEL on 7 Nov 1925. Thomas was born on 7 Nov 1903 in Bennington, Switzerland Co., Indiana; died on 25 Oct 1986 in Versailles, Ripley Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Irene MANUEL was born on 2 Feb 1927 in Breckenridge, Kentucky; died in Florida.
2. Evangline MANUEL was born in abt. 1929 in Indiana; died in Concord, Contra Costa Co., California.
3. Donald MANUEL
4. Paul MANUEL
5. Russell MANUEL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with mother in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1870, Living with mother in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1880, Living in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1900, Living in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1910, Living in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1920, Living in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1930, Living in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana

Lyman married Electa Luella MCHENRY on 12 Sep 1888 in Bennington, Indiana. Electa was born on 9 Jan 1865 in Ohio County, Indiana; died in 1946 in Indiana; was buried in Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Andrew Jackson McHenry and Rachel Pierce
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana
• Census: 1940, Living with daughter, Dorothy Manuel, in Pleasant, Switzerland Co., Indiana