Thomas Abner SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Vigo, Knox co., Indiana
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Edwardsport, Knox Co., Indiana
• Census: 1900, Living in Vigo, Knox Co., Indiana
• Census: 1910, Living in Vigo, Knox Co., Indiana

Thomas married Lillie Belle JOHNSON on 22 Sep 1881 in Little Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. Lillie was born on 27 Jul 1859 in Washington County, Indiana; died on 10 Nov 1948 in Edwardsport, Knox Co., Indiana; was buried on 13 Nov 1948 in Town Cemetery, Edwardsport, Knox Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Verna SLAWSON was born on 29 Dec 1882 in Edwardsport, Indiana; died on 25 Aug 1972 in Edwardsport, Knox County, Indiana; was buried on 28 Aug 1972 in Edwardsport Town Cemetery, Edwardsport, Knox Co., Indiaa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Lawrence County, Illinois
• Census: 1870, Living in Vigo, Knox Co., Indiana
• Census: 1880, Living in Edwardspot, Knox Co., Indiana

Notes:

Excerpt from "History of Knox and Davies Counties Indiana":
M.B. SLAWSON, blacksmith, of Edwardsport, Ind., was born in Lawrence County, Ill., December 8, 1821, son of Jesse and Rachel (Reeves) Slawson, who were of German Lineage, born in New York and Pennsylvania in 1780 and 1785, respectively. The father was a farmer, and came to Knox County when about eighteen years of age and married in 1808. He was one of Gen. Harrison's body guards in the war of 1812, serving three years, and was in the battle of Tippecanoe. In September, 1845, he went to the mineral springs of Martin County to get medical aid for his eyes, but died there on the 5th of the month. The mother died in 1869. Our subject received limited advantages, and acquired his education mostly at home. At the age of eighteen, he commenced as an apprentice under his brother, Abner R. learning the blacksmith's trade. At the end of four years he gave up that work and returned to the farm. In October 1843, he married Jane Lemon, born in Knox County in 1848. She died August 8, 1844. A year later he returned to his trade, but not being satisfied with his location, he traveled in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana, and in 1848 married Amelia Tibbets in Valparaiso, Ind. She was born in 1830. They have one child, William. In 1850, he returned to his birthplace, and the next year came to Edwardsport, where he has since lived with the exception of six years spent on the farm. The second wife died May 30, 1852, and August of the same year he married Hester Cox, daughter of William and Hannah Cox. Mrs. Slawson is a native of Knox County, born January 30, 1823. They have these children: Thomas, Amanda, and Emma. Subject is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

Manassah married Hester COX in Aug 1852. Hester was born on 30 Jan 1823 in Knox County, Indiana; died in Feb 1904 in Indiana, USA; was buried in Edwardsport, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of William and Hannah Cox
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Vigo, Knox Co., Indiana
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Edwardsport, Knox Co., Indiana
• Census: 1900, Living in Vigo, Knox Co., Indiana

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jesse Slauson
• Birth: Abt 1783, Middletown, Orange Co., NY

Jesse married Rachel Ann REEVES in 1808 in Illinois, USA. Rachel was born in 1783 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]