Fred Grant SLOSSON

1872 - 1962  (89 years)

• Name	Fred Grant SLOSSON  [2]
  	Fred Slosson is an example of what will and pluck, supplemented by an application to work in hand, can do. Out of the woody wilderness of Puget sound he has literally carved a handsome competence within comparatively few years. Born in Pocahontas County, Iowa, in 1872, the son of a veteran of the Civil War, young Slosson has med his way since thirteen years of age. Oscar Slosson, his father, was a native of New York, but went to Ohio when eighteen years old. In 1854 he removed to Iowa and followed farming. In 1862 he went to Pennsylvania and there responding to the call of President Lincoln for volunteers, enlisted in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry and served throughout the war with that command. After the grand review and muster out, he turned his face once more to the plains of Iowa, where he remained until 1878, when he went to California. Hearing of the Puget sound country Mr. Slosson left California after a year's residence, came to Skagit county and settled on a farm near La Conner, where he continued until his death in 1904. Julia (Touslee) Slosson was the other of nine children of whom Fred is the seventh. Mrs. Slosson was a native of Ohio and died at La Conner in 1904. Fred Slosson received his education in the schools of Skagit county, but did not have the opportunity of pushing his studies to the extent he desired. His father being of infirm health, the young man was earl called from school to the sterner duties of life. For the greater part of his life young Slosson has made a business of clearing land of the big forests, doing a contract business, in which he as gained an enviable reputation. When he first commenced his operations that section of Skagt county where he resides was a huge forest. it was during these years that Mr. Slosson cleared his present farm of sixty acres. Among the contracting enterprises which he successfully carried to completion was the construction of four miles of the Gray's Harbor branch of the Northern Pacific railroad, which work was finished in seven months. With the exception of one business trip to Chicago Mr. Slosson has remained on the sound since he first reached there. In 1895 Mr. Slosson married Miss Ethel Touslee, daughter of Horace Touslee, a veterinary surgeon of New York, who came to Tacoma in 1889 and one year later moved to Skagit county. he is now making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Slosson. Mrs. Slosson's mother, Sarah (Cable) Touslee, a native of Iowa, is living in Chicago, where she is in the millinery and dressmaking business. Mrs. Slosson was born in Iowa in 1877 and received her education at St. Paul, Minnesota. She was married when eighteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Slosson have an adopted daughter, Gladys, a native of Skagit county. In politics Mr. Slosson is a republican. His farm is all in a high state of cultivation and includes five acres of fine Orchard. Mr. Slosson is a lover of cattle and has seventy head on his place. He is contemplating raising cattle on a larger scale. His home is modern in every way, with ample buildings and every convenience, showing taste and enterprise. Few men of Mr. Slosson's age, starting under similar circumstances, can give better evidence of their success from a material standpoint than is displayed on his well kept place, and his value as a neighbor and citizen is as fully evidenced by the respect and esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens. [1]
  Birth	26 May 1872	Iowa   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Living with parents in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington   [2]
  Census	1887	Living with parents in Skagit Co., Washington   [4]
  Census	1900	Living in Avon, Skagit Co., Washington   [5]
  Census	1910	Living in North Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington   [6]
  Death	30 Apr 1962  [3]
  Burial	Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington   [3]
  Person ID	I90845	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Oscar SLOSSON,   b. 20 Feb 1833, Clinton County, New York d. 6 May 1903, La Conner, Skagit Co., Washington (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Julia TOWSLEE,   b. 19 Apr 1839, Smithville Flats, Chenango Co., New York d. 10 Oct 1904, La Conner, Skagit Co., Washington (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F37867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Blanche TOUSLEE,   b. Oct 1877, Charles City, Iowa
  Marriage	17 Apr 1896	Dimas, Washington   [7]
  Children	1. Gladys Sylvia SLOSSON,   b. Abt 1902, Washington  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 May 1872 - Iowa Census - 1880 - Living with parents in LaConner, Skagit Co., Washington Census - 1887 - Living with parents in Skagit Co., Washington Census - 1900 - Living in Avon, Skagit Co., Washington Census - 1910 - Living in North Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington Burial - - Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Fred G. Slosson Headstone Fred G. is the son of Oscar Slosson and Julia Towslee. He is buried in the Mount Vernon Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington. Created by: Mostloved Photo added by: Mostloved

  
  

• Sources

  [S9620] An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties their People, their Commerce and their Resources; With an Outline of the Early History of hte State of Washington. [S9585] 1880 Census La Conner, Skagit County, Washington. [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S9586] 1887 Census Skagit County, Washington. [S9587] 1900 Census Avon, Skagit County, Washington . [S9603] 1910 Census North Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [S9602] Marriage Return for Fred Grant Slosson and Ethel Blanche Touslee.