Pvt. Earl Benjamin SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, living with parents in Whiteside Co., Illinois
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Nebraska City, Otoe County,Nebraska
• Occupation: 1860; laborer
• Military Service: Mar 1863; Enlisted in Company B, 34th Illinois Infantry
• Census: 1870, living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska
• Occupation: 1870; Farmer
• Census: 1880, living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska
• Occupation: 1880; Stock Trader
• Census: 1900, Living in Denton, Lancaster County, Nebraska
• Occupation: 1900; Farmer

Notes:

Earl B. Slawson returned to Illinois for the express purpose of enlisting, which he did in Company B, 34th Illinois Infantry, in March, 1863. This company became part of the army of Gen. Sherman in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 14th Army Corps. His company was engaged at the battle of Lookout Mountain, the siege of Atlanta, Buzzard's Roost and Crab Orchard, and he was in his place with them in that march to the sea, which has become a household word, and lastly, at the grand review at Washington, on the 24th of May, 1865, after which he received an honorable discharge on the 16th of July following. He then returned to Otoe County, Neb., and took up a homestead claim and made it his residence about fifteen years, then went to Palmyra, Neb., and engaged in the grocery business for about twelve months, subsequently engaging in mercantile pursuits at Utica, Neb., for three years. After this he returned to Palmyra, and for two years renewed his old life and occupation. At the close of that period he sold out and returned to his Otoe farm, and in 1884 came to Lancaster County and settled on his present farm, which contains some of the best land in the county, and includes eighty acres, all in an excellent state of cultivation.
August 24, 1862, was a red letter day, for he was then united in wedlock with Cordelia M. Brown, who was the daughter of Vivalda and Aura T. Brown, and was born Dec. 27, 1842.

Earl married Cordelia M. BROWN on 24 Aug 1862 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Cordelia (daughter of Vivalda BROWN and Aura T. LINDLEY) was born on 27 Dec 1842 in New York, USA; died after 1911 in California; was buried in Yucca Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. G. SLAWSON was born about 1864 in Nebraska; died before 1900.
2. Violetta SLAWSON was born about 1863 in Illinois, USA.
3. Lauretta SLAWSON was born about 1866 in Illinois, USA; died on 31 Dec 1932 in Denver, Colorado.
4. Carrie B. SLAWSON was born about 1869 in Iowa; died before 1920 in Not listed with husband on census.
5. Earl Raymond SLAWSON was born on 13 Mar 1872 in Palmyra, Nebraska; died after 1930.
6. Rosella SLAWSON was born on 12 Aug 1880; died on 8 Oct 1892; was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1813, Palentine, Montgomery Co., New York
• Census: 1850, Living in Whiteside County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1850; farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
• Occupation: 1860; farmer
• Census: 1870, Living in Portland, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Occupation: 1870; Carpenter
• Census: 1880, Living in York County, Nebraska
• Occupation: 1880; Carpenter

Notes:

History of Whiteside County, Il., by Charles Bent:

Jesse Slawson was born in Oneida County, New York in 1809, and came to Portland in 1836. He was a capenter by trade and also followed farming near Spring Hill, while he was a resident of Portland. He now lives in Nebraska. Mr. Slawson married Miss Rachael M. Fuller in 1833. Their children are: Andrew, who married Catharine Joice, and lives in Missouri; Jesse D., who married Miss Lucy Kinney, and lives in Nebraska; Charles H., who married Miss Lydia Briggs, and lives in Kansas; Earl B., who married Miss Cordelia Brown, and lives in Nebraska; Howard F., who married Miss Mary Hepworth, and lives in New York; Seth H. who married Miss Jennie Patch, and lives in Portland; and Mary L., wife of Merritt Clifton, living in Portland.

Jesse married Rachel Marie FULLER after 1829 in Oneida County, New York. Rachel was born on 22 May 1810 in New York, USA; died on 12 Apr 1884 in Thayer, York Co., Nebraska; was buried in Palo Cemetery, Thayer, York Co., Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lucy Fuller
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Whiteside County, Illinois
• Census: 1860, living with husband in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
• Census: 1870, living with husband in Portland, Whiteside Co., Illinois
• Census: 1880, living with husband in York County, Nebraska

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: David Slauson

David married Addie KINNEY. Addie was born about 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]