Found this, thought I'd post it. Jude http://www.rootsweb.com/~momissis/goodspeed/mcs.htm William R. Slack William R. Slack was born in Hardin County, Ky., June 15, 1853, and is a son of Silas and Victoria (Cole) Slack, both of whom were natives of Hardin County, Ky. The two grandfathers, Randy Slack and William Cole, were Virginians, who settled in Kentucky at an early day, and resided there until their deaths. Silas Slack was reared in his native State. In 1857 he loaded his family and all his effects on a flat-boat, and came down the Ohio River to Missouri, landing at Wolf Island Township, Mississippi County, where he resided until February 1863, when the overflow of the Mississippi destroyed his property and he removed to the farm upon which William R. now lives. A few years later he purchased the farm, and resided there until his death on February 27, 1877. His wife died on February 15, 1880. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living: Cora (Mrs. John Hobbs, of Kentucky), William R. and Loyd F. The ones deceased are Silas, John, Emma and Melissa. William R. was but three years of age when his parents removed to Missouri. He has been engaged in farming all his life, and remained with his parents until their deaths. He now owns 352 acres of land, all of which is under cultivation. On March 17, 1885, he was united in marriage with Hannah, a daughter of Lowry and Mary A. (Stout) Hay. Mr. and Mrs. Slack have two children: Amy and Arthur, the later of whom is deceased. Mr. Slack is an enterprising and intelligent young man, and so far has been very successful in business.

His sister Melissa was 1st wife of Robert N. Davis in a previous post.She was my great grandmother. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <DELTAJUDE@aol.com> To: <KYHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: [KYHARDIN] William R. Slack > Found this, thought I'd post it. > > Jude > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~momissis/goodspeed/mcs.htm > William R. Slack > > > William R. Slack was born in > Hardin County, Ky., June 15, 1853, and is a son of Silas and Victoria > (Cole) Slack, both of whom were natives of Hardin County, Ky. The two > grandfathers, Randy Slack and William Cole, were Virginians, who > settled in Kentucky at an early day, and resided there until their > deaths. Silas Slack was reared in his native State. In 1857 he loaded > his family and all his effects on a flat-boat, and came down the Ohio > River to Missouri, landing at Wolf Island Township, Mississippi > County, where he resided until February 1863, when the overflow of the > Mississippi destroyed his property and he removed to the farm upon > which William R. now lives. A few years later he purchased the farm, > and resided there until his death on February 27, 1877. His wife died > on February 15, 1880. They were the parents of seven children, three > of whom are living: Cora (Mrs. John Hobbs, of Kentucky), William R. > and Loyd F. The ones deceased are Silas, John, Emma and Melissa. > William R. was but three years of age when his parents removed to > Missouri. He has been engaged in farming all his life, and remained > with his parents until their deaths. He now owns 352 acres of land, > all of which is under cultivation. On March 17, 1885, he was united in > marriage with Hannah, a daughter of Lowry and Mary A. (Stout) Hay. Mr. > and Mrs. Slack have two children: Amy and Arthur, the later of whom is > deceased. Mr. Slack is an enterprising and intelligent young man, and > so far has been very successful in > business. > > > ==== KYHARDIN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Thank you, Deltajude. You are three for four for me. Sherrie