Stephen William SLOSSON

Stephen William SLOSSON

Male 1827 - 1900  (73 years)

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  • Name Stephen William SLOSSON  [1
    Birth Feb 1827  Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  [3
    Living in Dekalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York 
    Census 1860  [4
    Living in Dekalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York. 
    Census 1870  Living in Indian Field, Tuscola Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1870  [5
    Clerk - Dry Goods Store 
    Census 1880  Living in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1900  Living in Dayton, Hennepin Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 21 Nov 1900  Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Burial Otsego Cemetery, Otsego, Wright Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    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 5 Nov 2022 

    Father Stephen SLOSSON,   b. Abt 1797, Grand Isle, Chittendon Co., Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 53 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mrs. Mrs. Stephen SLOSSON   d. Bef 1850, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F05573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary E. COOPER,   b. abt. 1827, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1859 (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1844  [8
    Children 
     1. Stephen William SLOSSON,   b. abt. 1844, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DeKalb, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Mary SLOSSON,   b. abt. 1846, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +3. Charles Clinton SLOSSON,   b. 1849, DeKalb, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1895, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Leslie Eugene SLOSSON,   b. 1852, DeKalb, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Roseville, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. George Franklin SLOSSON,   b. 05 Mar 1854, DeKalb, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1949, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)  [Birth]
     6. Clifton Henry SLOSSON,   b. 1856, DeKalb, Saint Lawrence Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F17170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2022 

    Family 2 Orilla Philena RICE,   b. 6 Oct 1839, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1902 (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1860  De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F17171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Feb 1827 - Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1860 - De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Living in Indian Field, Tuscola Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Living in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Nov 1900 - Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Stephen William Slosson Headstone
    Stephen William Slosson Headstone
    Stephen W., son of Stephen Slosson, is the husband of (1) Mary E. Cooper and (2) Orilla Philena Rice. He is buried in the Otsego Cemetery in Otsego, Wright Co., Minnesota.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    2. [S13522] 1900 Census Dayton, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

    3. [S4417] 1850 Census Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York.

    4. [S4418] 1860 Census Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York.

    5. [S00459] 1870 Census Indian Fields, Vascola County, Michigan.

    6. [S13521] 1880 Census Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

    7. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    8. [S7314] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1919 Vol. 50 No. 1 January.