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1854 - 1949 (95 years)
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Name |
George Franklin SLOSSON [1] |
Birth |
05 Mar 1854 |
DeKalb, New York [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1860 [2] |
Living with father in Dekalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York. |
Census |
1930 |
Living in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts [3] |
Census |
1940 |
Living in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts [4] |
Residence |
1944 |
Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1] |
Death |
21 Jun 1949 |
Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts [1, 5] |
Burial |
Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts [5] |
Notes |
- NORTHERN NEW YORK - Genealogical and family history of northern New York;
GEORGE FRANKLIN, fourth son of Stephen W. and Mary (Cooper) Slosson, was born March 5, 1854, in DeKalb. At the early age of eight years he left home and went to Ogdensburg, where he was employed in a billiard room. He subsequently served in the same manner in Watertown, Rochester, and Cleveland, Ohio, going to the latter place when fifteen years of age.
Although his opportunities for attending school were very limited, he has been a reader and student of men and affairs, and is thoroughtly well informed and abreast of the times. At sixteen years of age he became cashier of the largest billiard room in the world, located at Chicago.
His total attendance at school did not exceed thrity days, but he was accustomed to study while riding on trains and at night. He was accustomed to work in the billard room from eight in the morning until one o'clock of the following morning, yet in the midst of this strenuous life, and in spite of the temptations to idleness attendant on such a life, and as a natural consequence of his short hours of rest, he kept on with his studies, and is among the best informed men of the present (1910) day.
He first opened a billard room on his own account in a small room on Vesey street, New York City, and subsequently conducted a billard room at 171 Monroe Street, Chicago, and Oct 9, 1887, took possession of his present place, which had been opened in 1863, at 22d street and Broadway, New York City.
In the meantime his fame as a billarist had become world-wide, and he traveled about the world entering contests, and crossed the ocean thirty times, and has long been known as champion of the world in all styles of billiard playing. is establishment in New hyork is one of the finest of its kind, having the best equipment that money can procure, and is daily thronged by people interested in that line of amusement, Mr. Slosson is a man of open and candid nature, of democratic habits and is known and esteemed by many people on both sides of the Atlantic ocean.
He is liberal in religious belief, and classes himself as independent in politics, usually voting the Democratic ticket in local matters and sustaining the Republican party in general elections.
He married (first) October, 1886, in Chicago, Heley Foley, a native of that city, who died in 1887, leaving daughter, Katherine, who now resides with her father. He married (second) 1881, in St. Louis, Missouri, Helen Hogan, born in Chicago, daughter of ohn and Mary Hogan of that city.
Children: George F., Clinton, Henry and Marion.
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Person ID |
I52723 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Nov 2022 |
Father |
Stephen William SLOSSON, b. Feb 1827, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York d. 21 Nov 1900, Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 73 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Mary E. COOPER, b. abt. 1827, New York, USA d. 17 Oct 1859 (Age 32 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
12 Sep 1844 [6] |
Family ID |
F17170 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Mary FOLEY d. 06 Jul 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
Marriage |
7 Oct 1885 |
Cook County, Illinois [1, 8] |
Children |
| 1. Helen Marie SLOSSON, b. 30 Jun 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 2 Nov 1972, Glen Ridge, Essex Co., New Jersey (Age 85 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F17176 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
8 Nov 2022 |
Family 3 |
Helen H. HOGAN, b. 11 Apr 1864, New York, USA d. 31 Mar 1926, New York, New York, USA (Age 61 years) |
Marriage |
1891 |
St. Louis, Missouri [1] |
Divorce |
Bef 1922 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Clifton Henry SLOSSON, b. 07 Feb 1896, New York, New York, USA d. 19 Apr 1948, Manhattan, New York Co., New York (Age 52 years) [Birth] |
| 2. George Franklin SLOSSON, Jr., b. 22 Nov 1893, New York, New York d. Oct 1985, Ocala, Marion Co., Florida (Age 91 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Marion SLOSSON, b. 02 Sep 1897, Saratoga Springs, New York d. 10 Mar 1978, Southbury, Connecticut (Age 80 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F17177 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
8 Nov 2022 |
Family 4 |
Katherine Louise O'CONNELL, b. 29 Sep 1893, Massachusetts d. 16 Aug 1988, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 94 years) |
Marriage |
1922 |
Providence, Rhode Island [1] |
Children |
| 1. Eugene SLOSSON, b. 1922, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Sep 1936, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 14 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F17178 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Birth - 05 Mar 1854 - DeKalb, New York |
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 | Marriage - 08 Sep 1874 - Cook County, Illinois |
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 | Marriage - 7 Oct 1885 - Cook County, Illinois |
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 | Census - 1930 - LIving in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts |
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 | Census - 1940 - LIving in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts |
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 | Residence - 1944 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA |
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Photos |
 | George Franklin Slosson George is the son of Stephen W. Slosson and Mary Cooper.
Photo taken from Billards Experts of the World Poster.
Added by: Angel Wings |
Headstones |
 | George Franklin Slosson and Eugene Slosson Headstone George F., son of Stephen W. Slosson and Mary Cooper, and his son Eugene, are buried in the Saint Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
Created by: Robert Sage
Photo added by: Retriever |
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Sources |
- [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.
- [S4418] 1860 Census Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
- [S01436] 1930 Census Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- [S5403] 1940 Census Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S7314] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1919 Vol. 50 No. 1 January.
- [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.
- [S6349] Ancestry.com: Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920.
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