Stephen William SLOSSON

1828 - Abt 1900  (72 years)

• Name	Stephen William SLOSSON  [1]
  Born	1828	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850  [2]
  	Living in Dekalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York
  Census	1860  [3]
  	Living in Dekalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York.
  Census	1870	Living in Indian Field, Tuscola Co., Michigan   [4]
  Occupation	1870  [4]
  	Clerk - Dry Goods Store
  Died	Abt 1900	Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota   [1]
  Notes	Residences: Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., New York Caro, Tuscola Co., Michigan Minneapolis, Minnesota Dayton, Hennepin Co., Minnesota NORTHERN NEW YORK - Gen and family hstory of northern New York STEPHEN WILLIAM SLOSSON was born in 1828, in Gouverneur, and died about 1900, in Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He grew up in Gouverneur, and when a young man went to DeKalb, same county (St. Lawrence county), where he conducted a general store and also dealt in ashes and lumber. He was very successful, and removed to Ogdensburg, where he kept a hotel known as the Morton House; removing thence to Cairo, Michigan, he again engaged in the drygoods business, with good success, and then removed to Minneapolis, Minneapolis, and also opened a general store there. He was prosperous as a business man and left a competence at his death. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and of the Masonic order. In early life he was a Democrat, later a Whig, and finally supported the Republican party. While residing at Dekalb he was village clerk, and also postmaster. He married (first) Mary Cooper, a granddaughter of William Cooper, one of the early residents of De Kalb, and a niece of J. Fennimore Cooper. He married (second) Orilla P. Rice, of Dekalb. Children by first marriage: Stephen William, died at an early life at Dekalb. Mary, married Henry Palmer, a steamboat engineer of Heuvelton, and died in Minneapolis Charles Clinton, lived in New York City, where he died in 1900. Leslie Eugene, retired, dry-goods merchant, residing in Chicago. George F. Clifton, adopted when small boy by D.A. Moore, and died at DeKalb.
  Person ID	I53071	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Stephen SLOSSON,   b. Abt 1797, Grand Isle, Chittendon Co., Vermont ,   d. Bef 1850, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mrs. Stephen SLOSSON,   d. Bef 1850, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F05573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary COOPER,   b. abt. 1827, New York, USA ,   d. Abt 1858  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1844  [5]
  Children	1. Stephen William SLOSSON,   b. abt. 1844, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York ,   d. DeKalb, New York   2. Mary SLOSSON,   b. abt. 1846, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York   3. Charles Clinton SLOSSON,   b. 1849, DeKalb, New York ,   d. 21 Oct 1895, New York, New York, USA  (Age 46 years)   4. Leslie Eugene SLOSSON,   b. 1852, DeKalb, New York ,   d. Roseville, Illinois   5. George Franklin SLOSSON,   b. 05 Mar 1854, DeKalb, New York ,   d. Aft 1944  (Age > 91 years)  [Birth]   6. Clifton Henry SLOSSON,   b. 1856, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York ,   d. Aft. 1860, DeKalb, New York  (Age 5 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2015
  Family ID	F17170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Orilla P. RICE,   b. Abt 1840, New York, USA
  Married	1860	De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York   [1]
  Family ID	F17171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1828 - Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York Married - 1860 - De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York Census - 1870 - Living in Indian Field, Tuscola Co., Michigan Died - Abt 1900 - Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S4417] 1850 Census Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York. [S4418] 1860 Census Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York. [S00459] 1870 Census Indian Fields, Vascola County, Michigan. [S7314] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1919 Vol. 50 No. 1 January.