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Mary SLOSSON

Female 1862 - 1934  (71 years)


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  • Name Mary SLOSSON  [1, 2] 
    Birth 11 Jul 1862  Northwood, Worth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  living with parents in Kensett Twp., Worth Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1880  [1] 
    Teaching school 
    Census 1900  Living with brother in El Monte, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910  Living with mother in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920  Living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1930  Living with daughter, Alma J. Smith, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 23 May 1934  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    Notes 
    • "George Slawson : An American Pioneer" by Harold D. Slosson - Mary, the spiritual leader, was also for a time a freelance writer. In 1902, sometime after the passing of her husband, she moved with her daughter, Jean, from Iowa to California.
      When middle-aged Mary studied Spanish, becoming conversational in that language......
      In 1887 came Mary's turn to travel on that same train she had frequently seen. Accompanied by her older brother, Charley, she had gone for a visit to her Bigelow relatives in Duarte, California.
      After that California trip, mary returned to her professional work in the Northwood area. She was helped by her varied talents, with a clipping in the family records saying in part, "She has proved herself adept with the pen and at raising pure-bred poultry. She is a prize contributor to the American Agriculturist, the Home, Practical housekeeper, Ladies' world and other home journals. Her articles are mostly children's stories, domestic talks, and poultry notes."
      In 1890 a romantic event came into her life. It was described by one of her writer friends that "she was caught in Cupid's net." For in that year Mary was married to George W. Stelson, who had been born on September 6, 1858, in Fulton County, New York. This county, above the Mohawk River, is farther north than the Slossons' early family location in new York State. In Iowa, George Stelson lived in Kensett township, where he may have been associated with John Slosson in some project on the farm.
      Mary was tall, erect woman with a good bearing. It was said that, tall though she was, George was even taller. The marriage of this couple - Mary and George - came on a special day, July 4, 1890.
      On November 5, 1896, a daughter was born to this couple named Alma Jean, who was generally called Jean in later years. With her parents, she was living at that time on the Northwood farm....
      On September 20, 1897, to this family came a sorrow. For then the father, George Stelson, passed away. He was praised highly in the Northweed newspapers, with the obituary column still being in the famiy records. The Burial was in the Slosson family plot at the State Line Cemetery, between Northwood and Albert Lea, Minnesota.
      Through the years, Mary kept an active interest in her church. Even when moving from place to place, she immediately identified herself with some church....Willing to become involved, soon she was teaching a Sunday School class or doing some other worthwhile work. In Monrovia, Mary taught a boys' class for many years.....
      After Jean had completed her freshman year at Pomona, mother and daughter moved to Berkeley. There Jean, always a good student, completed three more years of schooling, graduating from the University of California in 1918.
      The next move was back to southern California, where in Los Angeles, mary first rented a house in te Exposition Park district. This was when Jean enrolled in the Los Angeles Public Library school. After completion of the course, she became a member of the library staff. mary next purchased a place in the West Adams district, where the family lived for many years...
      Throughout her later years, mary had been troubled with some form of digetive disturbance. Because of it, at least twice she had been critically ill, only to survive, semingly, because of Divine intervention. But she lived prudently, being temperate in her eating, which to some extent was largely a natural food diet....It had paid off, since she lived past the biblical "three score and ten years,". She was still in fair health when she passed away at the age of seventy-two.
      When small, Mary saw the circuit preacher riding across the prairie to his flock in Northwood. Now elderly, strong in the Gospel faith, on May 23, 1934, Mary went home to be with the Lord. Mourned by her many friends and relatives, she was buried in the family plot in Live Oak Cemetery, Monrovia.
    Person ID I52919  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2022 

    Father John Marean SLOSSON,   b. 29 Mar 1835, Maine, Broome County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1900, Grove,Worth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Jennie Roxy FINCH,   b. 19 May 1840, Broome Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1919, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F05458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George W. STELSON,   b. 06 Sep 1858, Fulton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1897, Northwood, Worth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 04 Jul 1890  Worth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Alma Jean STELSON,   b. 05 Nov 1896, Northwood, Worth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F09700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Living with mother in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S00650] 1880 Census Kensett Twp., Worth County, Iowa.

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

    3. [S03691] "George Slawson, An American Pioneer" by Harold D. Slosson.

    4. [S13591] 1900 Census El Monte, Los Angeles County, California.

    5. [S01113] 1910 Census Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California.

    6. [S01298] 1920 Census Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

    7. [S01531] 1930 Census Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

    8. [S4838] FamilySearch.org: California, U.S., Death Index 1905-1939.

    9. [S03519] USGenWeb-Archives: Worth County Iowa Marriages.


  

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