Loton Horton SLAWSON

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• Census: 1880, Living with parents in New York, New York

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Middletown Daily Herald (Middletown, New York)
Monday, May 5, 1924

L. SLAWSON FOUND DEAD ON SUNDAY

Loton Horton Slawson, head of the New York real estate firm Loton H. Slawson Company, died Sunday, at 1 am at his home in New York City, aged fifty years. He had been unusually active in real estate development since he established his firm, twenty-five years ago, and he had threatened serious prostration which compelled him to stop work for awhile but he recovered to nearly normal and with the marked activities prevailing since the war, had lately been more occupied then ever. He was at his office on Friday and a business matter took a portion of his time Saturday. He retired in usual health on Saturday night and was found dead by his wife a few hours later as mentioned. Heart failure was the cause.
Mr. Slawson was born in New York City, February 28, 1874. His father, Daniel Sayer Slawson was the founder of the milk firm of Slawson Brothers which later developed into the Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company, now the well known Sheffield Farms Company. His mother was Sarah E. daughter of the late Lemuel H. Slawson, this city. Mr. Slawson recently sold the family home at White Plans where he had lived for eighteen years and removed to 70 (?) East 77th street New York. He is survived by his wife; who was Miss Rhoda Graham, New York City; a daughter Muriel, who was married a year ago - soon after graduating at Smith College - to Joseph Bruening, who home is at Wheeling, West Virginia; Daniel Sayer, 20, a junior at Dartmouth; and Agnes, 15, at home; George L. Slawson, senior member of the real estate firm of Slawson & Hobbs, West 72nd St, New Yrk, is a brother and Mrs. Fred G. Hobbs, wife of the junior member of the firm is a sister. Another sister Mrs. O.A. Woodruff, Scarsdale, John Wallace Slawson was associated with his brother Loton in the L.H.S. Company.
The funeral service arranged by John Wallace Slawson, who ...here yesterday will be held at the home in New York Tuesday evening, and the funeral party, bearing the body, will leave by automobile at eight Wednesday morning for the city where burial will be in Hillside. Their arrival is expected about 11:30 daylight saving.
Mr. Slawson was a man of high character with a large circle of friends who will sincerely ...his death.
Mr. Slawson was a brillant progressive business mand of high character, and his cordial manner and generous nature gained for him a large circle of friends who will sincerely lament his death.

SERVICES FOR LOTON SLAWSON TONIGHT

Funeral services for Loton H. Slawson, real estate operator, President of the Loton H. Slawson Company, 350 Madison Avenue, will be held at 8 o'clock this evening at his late residence, 70 East Seventy-seventh Street, where he died Sunday of heart disease, at the age of 50. Burial will be in Middletown, NY, at noon tomorrow.

LOTON SLAWSON DIES;
REAL ESTATE MAN, 51

He Had Directed Many Important Transactions in the Park Avenue District.

Loton H. Slawson of 70 East Seventy-seventh Street, one of the largest dealers in real estate in the city, President and Treasurer of the Loton H. Slawson Company of 350 Madison Avenue, died of heart disease yesterday at his residence in his fifty-first year. He was also President and Director of the Brurell Realty Corporation, the Cuyler realty Company and the Pullman Holding Company. His brother, George L. Slawson, is Vice President of the Realty firm of Slawson & Hobbs of 162 West Seventy-second Street.
Mr. Slawson had directed many important transactions in real estate in the exclusive residential sections of the city particularly on the east side, in the Park Avenue neighborhood. Last month he completed the assembling of a 4,100 foot plot at the north west corner of Lexington Avenue and Seventy-fourth Street, announcement following closely the news that he had assembled an 11,000 foot plot on the southeast corner of park Avenue and Seventy-fourth Street.
Mr. Slawson was born in this city, a son of Daniel Thayer and Sarah E. Slawson. Soon after his graduation from City College he entered the real estate business and later established his own firm. He became an operator in residential properties on a large scale and was one of the first man to engage in the building of cooperative apartments.
In 1898 he married Miss Reba Graham, who survives, with a son, Daniel, a junior at Dartmouth, and two daughters, Miss Agnes Slawson, who lived with her parents, and Mrs. Joseph Brunning of Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. Slawson was a member of the Lotos and Uptown Clubs and the Real Estate Board of New York. Services will be held at the residence at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Loton married Rebecca GRAHAM on 20 Oct 1897 in New York City, New York. Rebecca was born on 23 Jun 1877; died after Oct 1945 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Muriel SLAWSON was born on 15 May 1900 in New York City, New York; died in Dec 1985 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.
2. Daniel Sayre SLAWSON
3. Radford SLAWSON was born on 07 Feb 1899 in New York City, New York; died on 18 Mar 1901 in New York City, New York; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York.
4. Agnes Graham SLAWSON was born on 10 Dec 1908 in White Plains, New York; died on 26 Oct 2005 in Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine.

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Chemung, Chemung Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Chemung, Chemung Co., New York
• Occupation: 1860; Farm Laborer
• Possessions: 1860, Value of personal property owned 200
• Census: 1880, Living in New York City, New York
• Occupation: 1880; Milk Dealer
• Census: 1900, Living in New York City, New York
• Occupation: 1900; Milk Dealer

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SLAWSON BROTHER'S PICTURE:

The picture of the Slawson Brothers outfit was taken in the fall of 1876. The late Mr. Loton Horton was at the time a foreman and canvasser, having just been promoted. Mr. I.A. Van Bomel remembers well all the faces in the picture and he has prepared the following memorandum relative to each man shown.

Left to right, seated: Orson W. Horton, Charles Cox, I.A. Van Bomel, Charles B.Carpenter, and Emmett Stoddard. The little boy between Emmett Stoddard and Charles R. Carpenter is G.I. Slawson, son of Daniel Slawson, who is now head of the real estate firm of Slawson & Hobbs. Continuing, the next one is John Finch and then Hirman Horton and Sayre J. Slawson.

Left to right, standing, directly behind those seated: Charles Wheat, Decatur Slawson, Samuel J. Tillman and the small boy standing is Horace T. Horton.

Left to right standing third row: Wallace Slawson, Andrew A. Slawson and Loton Horton.

Left to right, standing, last row: Nathan Slawson, John C. Slawson, Daniel S. Slawson, Nathan Slawson was the father of J.C., D.S.,and Andrew, and the grandfather of Loton Horton.

The first on the above list, Orson W. Horton, drove Route No. 12, and he is now living near Horseheads, NY. Mr. Cox drove Route 11 and passed away about 30 years ago Mr. Van Bomel drove Route No. 9 and is still with the Sheffeld organization. Chas. B. Carpenter drove Route No. 8 and passed away 28 years ago. Emmett Stoddard drove Route No. 6 and is still living in New York, being interested in a Mission on lower Eighth Avenue. John Finch drove Route No. 5 and I do not know whether he is alive or his whereabouts, but am under the impression that he has passed along. Mr. Hiram Horton passed away about 20 years ago. He drove Route No. 1.

Mr. S.J. Slawson drove Route No. 10 and is still connected with the Company. Mr. Wheat drove Route No. 3; he is retired and living at Bayside, L.I. Mr. Decatur passed away about ten years ago and the last I heard of Mr. Tillman, who drove Route No. 2, he was living in Buffalo with his daughter. Mr. Horace T. Horton, who is a half brother of Loton Horton

Daniel married Sarah Ellen SLAWSON on 14 Dec 1861 in Greenville, Orange County, New York. Sarah (daughter of Lemuel Harding SLAWSON and Harriet CLARK) was born on 07 May 1841 in Greenville, Orange County, New York; died on 27 Sep 1923 in Hartsdale, New York; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1880, Living with husband in New York, New York
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in New York, New York
• Fact: 1900, Lists having 5 children with 5 living

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SARAH SLAWSON,
WIDOW OF MILK DEALER, IS DEAD

Mrs. Sarah Slawson, widow of Daniel Slawson, died at her home in Hartsdale, Thursday afternoon, of heart failure. Sometime ago she sustained a fractured hip, which had ket her confined to her bed the past several weeks, but she was recovering when her heart gave out. Deceased was born on the old Slawson homestead in the Town of Greenville in May, 1841, a daughter of Lemuel Harding and Harriet Clark Slawson. she was married in 1861 to Daniel Slawson. The couple moved to New York where Mr. Slawson was engaged in the milk business later becoming a firm member of the Sheffield Farms-Slawson Decker Co. She was an active member of the Old School Baptist Church.
She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Oscar Woodruff, Hartsdale; George L. Greenwich, Conn; head of the New York real estate firm of Slawson & Hobbs; Harriet, wife of Fred G. Hobbs of the same firm; Loton H., White Plains, and head of the real estate firm of Loton H. Slawson Company; John Wallace Slawson, White Plains. Mrs. Fred Heath, of this city, is a sister of Mrs. Slawson.
The funeral service was held at 4 o'clock, Friday at the home in Hartsdale. Burial is to be in the family plot in Hillside cemetery Sunday, at 11 o'clock--or as soon thereafter as the arrival from Hartsdale by automobile.

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• Census: 1850, Living in Chemung, Chemung County, New York
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Possessions: 1850, Value of real property owned - 3,000
• Census: 1860, Living in Chemung, Chemung County, New York
• Possessions: 1860, Value of personal property owned - 1500
• Possessions: 1860, Value of real property owned - 4600

Nathan married Betsey Ann WARNER in 1833 in Orange County, New York. Betsey (daughter of Eliphalet WARNER and Anna SAYRE) was born on 14 Mar 1813 in New York, USA; died on 14 Aug 1892 in Waverly, Tioga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Eliphalet and Anna (Sayre) Warner
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Chemung, Chemung Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Chemung, Chemung Co., New York

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MIDDLETOWN DAILY TIMES

Middletown, NY, Thursday evening, August 25, 1892, page 5

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Slawson

Mrs. Elizabeth A., widow of the late Nathan Slawson, of Waverly, died in that village yesterday at the age of about 76 years. She had been an invalid for a great many years.

Her maiden name was Warner. She was born near Bloomingburg. Most of her life was spent in Waverly and for some time she has lived with her daughter, Mrs. hattie Wood, in that village.

She is survived by five children as follows: Daniel S. Slawson, the well known New York milk Dealer; Ex=postmaster A.A. Slawson, of Waverly; Decatur Slawson, of New York; Mrs. H.E. Tuthill, of New York, and Mrs. Hattie Wood, of Waverly.

Mrs. Slawson is also survived by two sisters, both of whom reside in Middletown. they are Mrs. Prudence Horton and Mrs. Lucinda Wheat, of West Main Street. Mr. W.G. Slauson, of the Morgans & Wilcox Mfg. Co., and Mr. J. Decatur Horton are nephews.

She was a member of the Old School Baptist Church. The funeral occurs at Waverly tomorrow.

Source: Joe Chester

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• Census: 1900, Living with daughter Fanny Heath, in Middletown, Orange Co., New York

Lemuel married Harriet CLARK on 15 Oct 1836 in Orange County, New York. Harriet was born on 15 Feb 1817; died on 10 May 1896 in Middletown, Orange County, New York; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Wallace and Sarah (Smith) Clark

Moses married Mary POLLY between 1803 and 1804. Mary was born on 22 Feb 1787 in Salem, Westchester Co., New York; died on 25 Jul 1859 in Potter County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Hugh and Mary Polly

Eliphalet married Anna SAYRE in 1810. Anna (daughter of Stephen SAYRE and Anna SMITH) was born on 15 Sep 1785; died on 04 Mar 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Mercy HARDING in 1811 in Minisink (Greenville), New York. Mercy was born on 27 Sep 1776; died on 06 Jan 1819 in Greenville, Orange County, New York; was buried in Manning Cemetery, Greenville, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of John Harding