Nellie Colfax SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Birth: 09 Oct 1871, Janesville, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Nellie married William LONGSDORFF on 20 May 1889 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nellie married Paul GEHRKE on 29 Aug 1905 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1860, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1870, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Name:
Henry Slawson died April 10, 1889 of pneumonia. He came to Rock County 50 years ago to live near Evansville. He recently came to Janesville. He leaves a wife and several children: Mrs. Russel, Lacrosse; Mrs. Taylor, Hulda*, Minnesota; George Slawson, Red Wing, Minnesota; James Slawson, Iowa and Mrs. Effie Jones, Nellie Slawson, William and Fred Slawson, and stepson Fred McCoy of Janesville. His home was 104 S. Main Street.
*Fulda

From The Janesville Daily Gazette, April 11, 1889, Page 4 Column 5.

Henry married Jane VIRGIN after 1862. Jane was born in Oct 1835 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living with son Harry, in Janesville Wisconsin

Notes:

Name:
Daughter of William Virgin and Lucy Ann Webb. She was married to Allen McCoy, and later was the third wife of Henry Slawson.

from the Janesville Daily Gazette:

Mrs. Jane Slawson passed away at six o'clock last evening at the home of her son, William Slawson, 55 Fourth avenue. Yesterday was her sixty-sixth birthday anniversary. Her original home was in the state of Vermont, from whence she came to Wisconsin while a little girl. For the past eighteen years Mrs. Slawson had made Janesville her home and lived a noble, helpful life devoted largely to the well-being and happiness of others. Her husband died sixteen years ago. Five children survive the mother. They are Mrs. J.F. Turnbull, Mrs. D.W. Longsdorif, Mrs. George Jones, W.E. Slawson, and H.W. Slawson...