William A. SLAWSON

Male 1866 - 1942  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William A. SLAWSON was born in Nov 1866 in Louisiana (son of Azor SLAWSON and Mary WARD); died in 1942; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Living with father in Prec. 3, Robertson Co., Texas
    • Census: 1880, Living with brother, Servantus, in Prec. 6, Robertson Co., Texas
    • Census: 1900, Living in Cleveland, Dewey Co., Oklahama
    • Census: 1910, Living in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma
    • Census: 1920, Living in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; Living with Charles and Elmer Holcomb
    • Census: 1930, Living in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; Living with Charles and Elmer Holcomb Family
    • Census: 1940, Living in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; Living with Elmer Holcomb and family


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Azor SLAWSON was born about 1832 in Alabama (son of David Leander SLAWSON and Eliza R. SMITH); died before 1879 in Texas; was buried in Possible Robertson County, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with brother Albert, in Township 24, Ward 1, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 1860, Living in Union Parish, Louisiana
    • Military Service: 6 May 1865, Enlisted at Monroe, Louisiana
    • Census: 1870, Living in Prec. 3, Robertson Co., Texas

    Azor married Mary WARD in Jul 1853 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born about 1825 in Louisiana; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary WARDMary WARD was born about 1825 in Louisiana; died before 1870.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with husband in Union Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 1860, Living with husband in Union Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    Name:
    Mary Ward was the eldest child of David Ward and his wife, Cynthia Seale. She moved with her parents into what became southern Lowndes County Alabama about 1829 or 1830, and in January 1837, they moved west, settling in the Bayou d'Loutre region of what later became Union Parish Louisiana, about seven miles east of Farmerville. Mary married Derril B. Carter on 28 August 1845. He died in 1852, and she remarried in July 1853 to Eleazor Slawson, known as "Azor."

    In 1860, Mary and Azor lived with her aunt and uncle, Clarenda Seale and William Ham, with Azor working as Ham's overseer. Azor joined Company G, 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiment in the spring of 1862 and served for the duration of the war.

    Mary died between 1860 and 7 December 1867 in Union Parish Louisiana.

    Children:
    1. Servantes SLAWSON was born about 1854 in Louisiana; died before 1885.
    2. Clarinda SLAWSON was born on 30 Jan 1858 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 11 Apr 1933 in Leedey, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
    3. Amelia SLAWSON was born in 1860 in Louisiana.
    4. 1. William A. SLAWSON was born in Nov 1866 in Louisiana; died in 1942; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
    5. Joseph SLAWSON was born in Apr 1868 in Louisiana; died in 1957 in Oklahoma; was buried in Arapaho Cemetery, Arapaho, Custer Co., Oklahoma.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David Leander SLAWSON was born in 1795 in North Carolina (son of John SLAUGHSON and ? UNKNOWN); died in 1844 in Lowndes Co., Alabama.

    Notes:

    Name:
    1830 Census Lowndes Co., Alabama

    Males under 5 = 2
    " bet. 5-9 = 1
    " bet 30-39 = 1

    Female bet. 15-19 = 1
    " bet. 20-29 = 1

    Total = 6

    Not sure who the female, age bet. 15-19 is. Might be a sister or sister-in-law.


    1840 Census Lowndes Co., Alabama

    Males under 5 = 2
    " bet. 5-9 = 2
    " bet. 10-14 = 2
    " bet. 40-49 = 1

    Female 30-39 = 1

    total: 8

    David married Eliza R. SMITH. Eliza was born on 30 Aug 1803 in Alabama; died on 30 May 1894 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eliza R. SMITHEliza R. SMITH was born on 30 Aug 1803 in Alabama; died on 30 May 1894 in Alabama.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of William and Elizabeth Smith
    • Census: 1850, Living with husband in Rocky Mount, Lowndes Co., Alabama; A daughter, Amanda age 3, is living with them. Not sure where she belongs - Slawson or Smith
    • Census: 1860, Living with husband in Union Co., Louisiana
    • Census: 1870, Living with husband in Ward 1, Union Co., Louisiana
    • Census: 1880, Living with son, William, in 1st Ward, Union Co., Louisiana

    Children:
    1. William SLAWSON was born on 10 Jan 1825 in Dallas County, Alabama; died on 30 May 1925 in Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Albert SLAWSON was born in 1826 in Alabama; died on 29 Jun 1895 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Taylor-Liberty Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana.
    3. Leander SLAWSON was born about 1831 in Alabama; died Poss. before 1860.
    4. 2. Azor SLAWSON was born about 1832 in Alabama; died before 1879 in Texas; was buried in Possible Robertson County, Texas.
    5. Richard SLAWSON was born about 1834 in Alabama.
    6. Samuel SLAWSON was born about 1841 in Alabama.
    7. George SLAWSON was born about 1845 in Alabama.