Elizabeth LEONARD

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

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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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Elizabeth married George Franklin SLASON in 1864. George (son of Franklin G. SLASON and Patience Delinda Denora GAIGE) was born on 28 Aug 1837 in Sudbury, Rutland Co., Vermont; died on 25 Aug 1906 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas; was buried in Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Arthur SLASON was born on 4 Jul 1866 in Hubbardton, Vermont; died on 3 May 1867 in Hubbardton, Vermont.
2. Lena E. SLASON was born in Mar 1868 in Vermont; died on 3 May 1944 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas; was buried in Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas.
3. Franklin Emera SLASON was born on 17 Dec 1865 in Iowa; died on 5 Nov 1953 in Alameda County, California; was buried in Mount Eden Cemetery, Hayward, Alameda Co., California.
4. Bernice Charles SLASON was born on 30 Jul 1872 in Iowa; died on 25 Feb 1941 in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas; was buried in Stockton Cemetery, Stockton, Rooks Co., Kansas.