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Elizabeth LEONARD

Female 1845 - 1920  (74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth LEONARD  [2] 
    • Feb. 19, 1920, The Stockton Review and Rooks County Record (Stockton, Kansas)
      PLAINVILLE EARLY SETTLER DIES
      Mrs. G. F. Slason
      Mrs. Slason, mother of our townsman, B. C. Slason, died at her home at Plainville early Sunday morning after suffering from a severe cold or an attack of influenza for a few days. She had been in poor health and quite feeble for some time. Her son F. E. Slason and his wife and made their home with her for about a year. She was an early settler on the flats, her husband, the late G. F. Slason, having taken a homestead a half mile from the townsite on the west, in February, 1878. He died in 1906, and during the whole period of 42 years she had made her home there.

      The funeral services were conducted at the home on Monday afternoon by Rev. Carlton of the M. E. church, and the good mother was placed by the side of her life companion in the Plainville cemetery.

      Elizabeth L. Leonard was born near the town of Rutland, Vermont, April 24, 1845. She was married in 1864 to G. F. Slason just before he went to the war. They moved to Iowa in 1866 and to Rooks county, Kansas, in the spring of 1878. Five children were born, two dying in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Lena Stalnaker and Frank E. Slason, of Plainville, and B. C. Slason of Stockton. She was a faithful and devout member of the Methodist church all her life. She abounded in good works and was beloved by all who knew her.

      Posted on Find A Grave created by Diana [1]
    Birth 24 Apr 1845  Rutland County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Living with husband in Big Grove, Benton Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Living with husband in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1900  Living with husband in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Living in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Listed as being widowed 
    Census 1920  Living with son, Franklin, in Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 15 Feb 1920  Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Plainville Cemetery, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I102333  Main Tree
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2021 

    Family George Franklin SLASON,   b. 28 Aug 1837, Sudbury, Rutland Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1906, Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 1864  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Arthur SLASON,   b. 4 Jul 1866, Hubbardton, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1867, Hubbardton, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Lena E. SLASON,   b. Mar 1868, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1944, Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Franklin Emera SLASON,   b. 17 Dec 1865, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1953, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Bernice Charles SLASON,   b. 30 Jul 1872, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1941, Plainville, Rooks Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F42337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S12408] Find A Grave: Obituary Notice for Elizabeth Leonard Slason.

    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    3. [S12411] 1900 Census Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas.

    4. [S12409] 1870 Census Big Grove, Benton County, Iowa.

    5. [S12410] 1880 Census Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas.

    6. [S12412] 1910 Census Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas.

    7. [S12413] 1920 Census Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas.

    8. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.


  

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