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Pvt. Earl Benjamin SLAWSON

Pvt. Earl Benjamin SLAWSON

Male 1841 - 1914  (72 years)

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  • Name Earl Benjamin SLAWSON  [1] 
    Prefix Pvt. 
    Birth 26 Oct 1841  Whiteside County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  living with parents in Whiteside Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Living with parents in Nebraska City, Otoe County,Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 1860  [6] 
    laborer 
    Military Service Mar 1863  [4] 
    Enlisted in Company B, 34th Illinois Infantry 
    Census 1870  living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Occupation 1870  [7] 
    Farmer 
    Census 1880  living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1880  [8] 
    Stock Trader 
    Census 1900  Living in Denton, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Death 4 Aug 1914  Red Cloud, Webster Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Yucca Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Notes 

    • Earl B. Slawson returned to Illinois for the express purpose of enlisting, which he did in Company B, 34th Illinois Infantry, in March, 1863. This company became part of the army of Gen. Sherman in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 14th Army Corps. His company was engaged at the battle of Lookout Mountain, the siege of Atlanta, Buzzard's Roost and Crab Orchard, and he was in his place with them in that march to the sea, which has become a household word, and lastly, at the grand review at Washington, on the 24th of May, 1865, after which he received an honorable discharge on the 16th of July following. He then returned to Otoe County, Neb., and took up a homestead claim and made it his residence about fifteen years, then went to Palmyra, Neb., and engaged in the grocery business for about twelve months, subsequently engaging in mercantile pursuits at Utica, Neb., for three years. After this he returned to Palmyra, and for two years renewed his old life and occupation. At the close of that period he sold out and returned to his Otoe farm, and in 1884 came to Lancaster County and settled on his present farm, which contains some of the best land in the county, and includes eighty acres, all in an excellent state of cultivation.
      August 24, 1862, was a red letter day, for he was then united in wedlock with Cordelia M. Brown, who was the daughter of Vivalda and Aura T. Brown, and was born Dec. 27, 1842.
    Person ID I51188  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father Jesse D. SLAWSON,   b. 1809, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1889, Girard, Crawford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Rachel Marie FULLER,   b. 22 May 1810, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1884, Thayer, York Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Aft 1829  Oneida County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F17253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cordelia M. BROWN,   b. 27 Dec 1842, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1911, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 70 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1862  Whiteside County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. G. SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1864, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1900 (Age < 36 years)  [Natural]
     2. Violetta SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1863, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     3. Lauretta SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1866, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1932, Denver, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Natural]
     4. Carrie B. SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1869, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1920, Not listed with husband on census Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 51 years)  [Natural]
     5. Earl Raymond SLAWSON,   b. 13 Mar 1872, Palmyra, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1930 (Age > 59 years)  [Natural]
     6. Rosella SLAWSON,   b. 12 Aug 1880   d. 8 Oct 1892 (Age 12 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F17263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - living in Palmyra, Otoe Co., Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Living in Denton, Lancaster County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary Notice for Earl Benjamin Slawson    		Obituary Notice for Earl Benjamin Slawson
    The Commercial Advertiser
    Red Cloud, Nebraska
    5 Aug 1912

    Added by: Pauser

    Headstones
    Pvt. Earl B. Slawson, Cordelia M. Brown and Rosella Brown Headstone    		Pvt. Earl B. Slawson, Cordelia M. Brown and Rosella Brown Headstone
    Pvt. Earl B., son of Jesse D. Slawson and Rachel M. Fuller, his wife Cordelia M. Brown and their daughter Rosella, are buried in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.

    Created by: T&C Lloyd
    Photo added by: Joe Skorupa

  • Sources 
    1. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    2. [S00238] 1850 Census Whiteside County, Illinois.

    3. [S00829] 1900 Census Denton, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

    4. [S02989] RootsWeb: Lancaster County, Nebraska Biographies.

    5. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    6. [S00334] 1860 Census Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska.

    7. [S00497] 1870 Census Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska.

    8. [S00698] 1880 Census Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska.

    9. [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.


  

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