Lena E. SLASON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Big Grove, Benton Co., Iowa
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Twin Mound, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Twin Mound, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1930, Living in Twin Mound, Rooks Co., Kansas; Listed as being widowed
• Census: 1940, Living in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas

Lena married Benjamin Wilson STALNAKERKansas. Benjamin was born on 10 May 1858 in West Virginia; died on 29 Aug 1926 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas; was buried in Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Lee STALNAKER was born on 4 Nov 1904 in Rooks County, Kansas; died on 22 Aug 1982 in Hays, Ellis Co., Kansas; was buried in Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Sudbury, Rutland Co., Vermont
• Census: 1860, Living with mother in Sudbury, Rutland Co., Vermont
• Census: 1870, Living in Big Grove, Benton Co., Iowa
• Census: 1880, Living in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1900, Living in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas

George married Elizabeth LEONARD in 1864. Elizabeth was born on 24 Apr 1845 in Rutland County, Vermont; died on 15 Feb 1920 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas; was buried in Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Big Grove, Benton Co., Iowa
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas
• Census: 1910, Living in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas; Listed as being widowed
• Census: 1920, Living with son, Franklin, in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas

Notes:

Name:
Feb. 19, 1920, The Stockton Review and Rooks County Record (Stockton, Kansas)
PLAINVILLE EARLY SETTLER DIES
Mrs. G. F. Slason
Mrs. Slason, mother of our townsman, B. C. Slason, died at her home at Plainville early Sunday morning after suffering from a severe cold or an attack of influenza for a few days. She had been in poor health and quite feeble for some time. Her son F. E. Slason and his wife and made their home with her for about a year. She was an early settler on the flats, her husband, the late G. F. Slason, having taken a homestead a half mile from the townsite on the west, in February, 1878. He died in 1906, and during the whole period of 42 years she had made her home there.

The funeral services were conducted at the home on Monday afternoon by Rev. Carlton of the M. E. church, and the good mother was placed by the side of her life companion in the Plainville cemetery.

Elizabeth L. Leonard was born near the town of Rutland, Vermont, April 24, 1845. She was married in 1864 to G. F. Slason just before he went to the war. They moved to Iowa in 1866 and to Rooks county, Kansas, in the spring of 1878. Five children were born, two dying in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Lena Stalnaker and Frank E. Slason, of Plainville, and B. C. Slason of Stockton. She was a faithful and devout member of the Methodist church all her life. She abounded in good works and was beloved by all who knew her.

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