Lewis LeRoy SLAWSON

Lewis LeRoy SLAWSON

Male 1918 - 1975  (56 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lewis LeRoy SLAWSONLewis LeRoy SLAWSON was born on 24 Feb 1918 in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA (son of Swift Ray Ferguson SLAWSON and Mary Irene SHRADER); died on 9 Jan 1975 in Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas; was buried on 13 Jan 1975 in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Living with parents in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1925, Living with parents in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1930, Living with parents in Jefferson, Jefferson Co., Kansas

    Notes:

    Name:
    Topeka State Journal Saturday 11 January, 1975. pg. 20:

    Graveside services will be Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery for Lewis L. Slawson, 56, Amarillo, Tex., who died Thursday at his home. He had a heart attack. He was born February 24,1918 at McLouth in Jefferson County. He lived in Topeka from 1936 to 1940. He lived at Amarillo, Tex. about 20 years.

    He was employed by Santa Fe Railway 30 years and was a lineman in the telegraph department before he retired in 1974. He was a member of the United Methodist Church at Amarillo.

    He was married to Wilma K. Chapman in 1942 at Wichita. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charles Wayne Moore, Fort Worth, Tex.; a brother, Charles Slawson, Topeka; and a sister, Mrs. Susie I. Easter, Topeka.

    Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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    Created by: Larry & Nancy Brooks

    Lewis married Wilma CHAPMAN on 29 Nov 1942 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA. Wilma was born on 3 Apr 1922; died on 12 Jul 2009 in Amarillo, Texas; was buried in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Swift Ray Ferguson SLAWSONSwift Ray Ferguson SLAWSON was born on 07 Sep 1881 in McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas (son of Swift Ray SLAWSON and Susan S. ATWOOD); died on 26 May 1961; was buried in Plum Grove Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson Co., Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1910 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1920 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1930 - Farmer
    • Birth: Sep 1882, Kansas
    • Census: 1885, Living with parents in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1895, Living with parents in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1905, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1910, Living in Elkader, Logan County, Kansas
    • Census: 1915, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1920, Living in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas
    • Census: 1925, Living in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas
    • Census: 1930, Living in Jefferson, Jefferson County, Kansas

    Swift married Mary Irene SHRADER on 08 Oct 1902. Mary was born on 23 May 1885; died on 21 Oct 1943 in Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas; was buried in Plum Grove Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Irene SHRADERMary Irene SHRADER was born on 23 May 1885; died on 21 Oct 1943 in Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas; was buried in Plum Grove Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson Co., Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Charles and ?(Yoders) Shrader
    • Census: 1905, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Elkader, Logan Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1915, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1925, Living with husband in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Jefferson, Jefferson Co., Kansas

    Children:
    1. 1. Lewis LeRoy SLAWSON was born on 24 Feb 1918 in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA; died on 9 Jan 1975 in Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas; was buried on 13 Jan 1975 in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas.
    2. Charles Swift SLAWSON was born on 10 Aug 1905 in McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas; died in 1979; was buried in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas.
    3. Susan Irene SLAWSON
    4. Neal Shrader SLAWSON
    5. Reuel Chester SLAWSON was born on 04 Jun 1903 in Oskaloosa, Kansas; died in Aug 1971 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Swift Ray SLAWSONSwift Ray SLAWSON was born on 12 Oct 1854 in Newark, Ohio (son of Stephen Sowers SLAWSON and Charlotte FERGUSON); died on 08 Oct 1939 in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas; was buried in McLouth Cemetery, McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1880 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1900 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1910 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1920 - Confectioner - Own shop
    • Occupation: 1930 - Confectionery Store
    • Census: 1870, Living with parents in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1880, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1885, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1895, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1900, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1910, Living in Elkader, Logan County, Kansas
    • Census: 1920, Living in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1925, Living in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1930, Living in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas

    Notes:

    1885 Census for Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas lists Amy Atwood age 64, living with Swift and Susana.

    Swift married Susan S. ATWOOD on 26 Dec 1877 in Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas, USA. Susan was born on 19 Dec 1860; died on 30 Mar 1945 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried in McLouth Cemetery, McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Susan S. ATWOODSusan S. ATWOOD was born on 19 Dec 1860; died on 30 Mar 1945 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried in McLouth Cemetery, McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of George and Amy (Ashby) Attwood
    • Occupation: 1880 - Farmer
    • Birth: Dec 1861, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1880, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1885, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1895, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1900, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Elkader, Logan Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co, Kansas
    • Census: 1925, Living with husband in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas
    • Death: Apr 1944

    Children:
    1. Ruby SLAWSON was born in 1878 in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA; died in 1880 in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA.
    2. Ivan LeRoy SLAWSON was born on 12 Nov 1884 in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas; died on 15 May 1951 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas; was buried in McLouth Cemetery, McLouth Jefferson Co., Kansas.
    3. 2. Swift Ray Ferguson SLAWSON was born on 07 Sep 1881 in McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas; died on 26 May 1961; was buried in Plum Grove Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson Co., Kansas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Stephen Sowers SLAWSON was born in Sep 1818 in Orange County, New York (son of Rufus SLAWSON and Rachel SNYDER); died about 1883 in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA; was buried in Union Cemetery, McLouth, Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1850 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1870 - Farmer
    • Occupation: 1880 - Farmer
    • Census: 1850, Living in Norwich, Huron Co., Ohio
    • Census: 1870, Living in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas
    • Census: 1880, Living in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas

    Stephen married Charlotte FERGUSON. Charlotte (daughter of ? FERGUSON and Mary ?) was born in 1822 in New York, USA; died in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA; was buried in Union Cemetery, McLouth, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Charlotte FERGUSON was born in 1822 in New York, USA (daughter of ? FERGUSON and Mary ?); died in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA; was buried in Union Cemetery, McLouth, Kansas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with husband in Norwich, Huron Co., Ohio
    • Census: 1870, Living with husband in Oskaloosa, Jefferson Co., Kansas
    • Census: 1880, Living with husband in Union, Jefferson Co., Kansas

    Children:
    1. 4. Swift Ray SLAWSON was born on 12 Oct 1854 in Newark, Ohio; died on 08 Oct 1939 in Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas; was buried in McLouth Cemetery, McLouth, Jefferson Co., Kansas.
    2. Della SLAWSON was born in 1851 in Yates County, New York; was buried .
    3. Rufus Mills Henri Merritt Ferguson SLAWSON was born on 14 Sep 1848 in Yates County, New York; died on 25 Apr 1923 in Topeka, Kansas; was buried in McLouth, Jefferson, Kansas, USA.