Achsah Louise LILLY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with father in Chenango, Broome Co., New York
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Silver Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Houston, Harris Co., New York

Notes:

Received from Diana Lineman

Note:
The Sabetha Herald of Sabetha,Kansas
----Thursday October 18, 1906----
..Mrs. Achsah Louise Lilly Slosson,
wife of W. B. Slosson, both of whom
have been long and well known by the
people of Albany and Sabetha, died of
heart failure at her childhood's home
near Castle Creek, Broome county, New
York, October 13, 1906.

In a lengthy obit in same newspaper--
....Mrs. W. B. Slosson Dead.....
Word received in Sabetha Saturday noon...
afflicted with heart trouble, suffering more
that usual the past six weeks or more. She
left her home in New York City..for Castle Creek..
to end her days and be buried in the old family
lot there--remains were interred by the side of
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lilly.

Achsah Louise Lilly was born in Castle Creek,
March 18, 1836. There in the old family homestead
she met W. B. Slosson and married him.
..M/M Slosson came to Sabetha in 1860, or rather
they came to Albany, for there was then no Sabetha.
Through Mrs. Slosson's influence, the Brighams,
Alice West Lilly, Emery Lilly, the Rev. A. H. Lilly,
Henry Lilly and Mrs. Hutchinson, George H. Adams,
George F. Pugsley and family, Harvey Campbell,
Lyman B. Lilly, Mrs. William Graham, the Hall boys,
Albert West, Mrs. Rellis, Mrs. Benson, John Tyler and
John and Merrit McNary came also to Kansas to make their
homes.
.She lost two small children..buried in Albany cemetery.
.one remaining child is Dr. Edwin E. Slosson, editor of
the New York Independent..survived also by her husband
William B. Slosson, who helped so materially in the upbuilding of Sabetha and who was one of the early pioneers of Kansas whose worth has done so much to make Kansas a great state. Mr. and Mrs. Slosson left Sabetha in 1882 and moved to Leavenworth. After..several years they went to Houston Texas to live. Their goods are still stored in Houston. They have lived in New York about two years. ..regrets and sympathies.... end

Achsah married William Butler SLOSSON on 13 Mar 1860. William (son of Anson Seymour SLOSSON and Mary STEELE) was born on 02 Nov 1835 in Maine, Broome County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edwin Emery SLOSSON was born on 07 Jun 1865 in Albany, Kansas; died on 15 Oct 1929 in Washington, District of Columbia.
2. Harry E. SLOSSON was born on 29 May 1867 in Sabetha, Kansas; died on 02 Feb 1869 in Albany, Nemaha Co., Kansas; was buried in Albany Cemetery, Nemaha Co., Kansas.
3. Frank Eugene SLOSSON was born on 22 Feb 1863 in Sabetha, Kansas; died on 01 Feb 1865 in Albany, Nemaha Co., Kansas; was buried in Albany Cemetery, Nemaha Co., Kansas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Chenango, Broome Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Chenango, Broome Co., New York

Orsamus married Louisa LILLY on 13 Aug 1826 in Hawley, Mass.. Louisa (daughter of Silas LILLY and Lucy BATCHELLER) was born on 17 Aug 1800 in Hawley, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 26 Jun 1842 in Chenango, Broome Co., New York; was buried in Lilly Cemetery, Broome Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]