Ray SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: News Stand Operator
• Census: 1880, Living in Prec. 2, Lamar Co., Texas
• Census: 1900, Living in Bartlett, Williamson Co., Texas
• Census: 1910, Living in Bartlett, Williamson Co., Texas
• Census: 1920, Living in Bartlett, Williamson Co., Texas
• Census: 1930, Living in Austin, Travis Co., Texas
• Census: 1940, Living in Austin, Travis Co., Texas

John married Tennessee GIBBS on 22 Nov 1885 in Bell Co., Texas. Tennessee was born on 23 May 1861 in Randolph Coo., Alabama; died on 12 Feb 1892 in Bell Co., Texas; was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Youngsport, Bell Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tennie was a daughter of Eliza Cosper Gibbs and Ransom Gibbs, who died during the Civil War. Tennie's mother, grandparents, and numerous other relatives moved to Texas circa 1869-1870 on the Cosper Wagon Train.

Tennie married John David Slawson and they had three known children: Ray, Woodie, and Grace. Only one child, Grace, lived to adulthood. John David and his young daughter moved to Williamson Co., TX after Tennie's death. John, his second wife, Loucy McDowell, as well as, Grace and her husband, Estel Bolding, are all buried in Bartlett, Williamson Co., TX.

Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.

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