Hi, not sure aboiut the conmnections but one Slaughter ran the Slaughter (Rexall?) Drug store on the square in Stephenville, 1930's. George Slaughter, descendant of Col. C.C. Slaughter, married Janice Wyly, daughter of Ben Wyly , who sold his business interests in 1880's and came to Stephenville about 1890 and ran a store and sold the Rawhide (hardwood_ lumber his son in law or nephew , cut in Dublin before moving to west of San Angelo. One still operates there. Col. Slaughter's statue on his horse is near the Buckner's Orphan Home in Dqallas. One source says that George and Janice were married in Fort Worth and moved to the Slaughter Ranch land around Lubbock, Levelland, Plainview and west into New Mexico. Janice and son Donaho Wyly Slaughter came to a Stephenville Wyly Reunion appx. 1990. Some of her kin from Tyler, came also. The family has donated a Line shack with a dugout center below ground level for winter, a Windmill, and other buildings to the Texas Tech Ranch Heritagre Museum in Lubbock. It is surrounded by a tall dirt Brem next to the Buddy Holly Museum. My Wife's dad and mom bought some of the Slaughter Ranch about 1920, windmill and later found an underground stream which would pump a full 10" pipe for irrigation, near Pettit, Texas. The Whiteface Farms were once part of the Slaughter Ranch The Ranch home and several acres are left as it was in 1900 , facing the Lubbock Highway. George and janice lived in Roswell many years. Don closed his Albequerque law office and focuses on Roswell and Hockley County and other nearby interests. Once again, I do not know the connections of all of the above Sl;aughters, but they left tracks in Texas and New Mexico. The Slaughter I have taught with in Waco is of African American background. Happy Hunting, charles Wyly On Tue, 27 May 2003 10:44:29 -0700 R Wolff <[email protected]> writes: > HIP HIP > HARRAH! > > > I found my grandfather in the 1900 CENSUS RECORDS !!! He > worked in the > Brickyard - "hiring" > > My grandfather: > Wm Slaughter ... He and his wife Sarah ( sallie) and children were > living > in Thurber City, Erath Texas, Precinct 7. > > In 1900 he was 35 years old, B IL IL IL. His father John R. > SLAUGHTER, > mother, Nancy C Gossage of TN. Each and every census record gives > different places of his birth. MO and IL. One is wrong. Which is > right? > > *** 1870 Records, Stone Fort, Pope County Illinois *** > Slaughter John, 25 b IL Nancy C, 20 b TN William R, > 2 Anderson 6mth. > hmmm maybe Alice NOT Anderson? I wonder if census taker made AKKKK a > mistake? > > 1880 Census Records, Grand Pier, Pope County IL > William and Nancy Williams Children: Mary Williams, John Williams. > and > living in their household are: William and Alice, listed as step > children. > Elijah Williams is noted in the 1900 and later census records. Mary > L, b > 1875 John R, b 1879 Elijah, b 1887 > > *Mary apparently stayed with her mother all her life. > Searching for her death as well as John R and Elijah. > > My Slaughter Grands, as I call them, had 3 children while > they lived in > Thurber City area before moving to Bisbee, Cochise County Arizona. > > 1900 Census of Thurber, Erath listed: > *Burl ( aka Rufus Burl), b 1895 > *Minnie ( Minnie Alice) b 1897 > *Myrtle ( Myrtle Belle). b 1898 > > 1910 Census of Bisbee, Cochise listed: > **William Henry Slaughter b TX ( 1902) > **Pearl Ophelia b TX (1910). > Grandma didn't make it back to TX for the birth of John/Jack Enness > b AZ > 1907. > > I have information regarding my TX- AZ aunts, uncles, nieces/ > nephews as > related to William and Sarah Slaughter; with information gleaned > from census > records, IL IRAD database; other online resources, and personal > research. > > * 1867 marriage of my great grandparents John R and Nancy C > Gossage, > SLAUGHTER, Williams 1867, Pope County Illinois. > > Alice Slaughter b 1869 stayed in Pope county Illinois, she married a > Gilliam > and they raised their family just down the road from her mother's > farm. > Online records indicate she died in Sikeston MO. I would love to > hear from > any of her relations. > > *** Researchs Notes & Musings and Meanderings *** > June 1880 Nancy C Williams applied for widows benefits of John R > SLAUGHTER. > I'm assuming that John R Slaughter has died. > Searching for his death/burial and his parentage. > > 1887 Nancy C Williams applies and later received widows pension for > William > P. Williams. > Searching for his death/burial and parentage and siblings. > > Searching for this particular WILLIAMS and allied families of: > GOSSAGE > WILLIAMS GILLIAM AND SLAUGHTER of southern Illinois Pope > County in > particular. > > Who else of those allied families might have made the journey along > with my > grandfather when his travels took him to Erath County Texas area > after 1880? > > 1880 census records have my grandfather Wm R Slaughter living G. W. > Gossage > household, and also living in the household of his mother and > stepfather. > But I believe the Gossage and Williams farms were close by. ( But > that is > my supposition.) > > Searching for information of when he arrived in TX. What other areas > of the > country did he live/work in after he left Grand Pier, Pope county IL. > > His sister Alice married and stayed in the area, his step brothers > John and > Elijah and s-sister Mary stayed on the family farm with their mother > Nancy; > and as I discovered through researching the census records they later > acquired additional acreage and raised their families on their own > property. > > Searching for my relatives of Nancy and William Williams of Grand > Pier, > Pope County Illinois? I would love to know of them. I have no > additional > information of their lives, loves, and losses, all the knowledge I > have > relating to their lives I have gleaned from online resources. > > Searching for family of Alice Slaughter Gilliam of Illinois - MO > heritage. > > CARTER - SLAUGHTER Line Begins 1894 Hill County TX > > * Sarah Ophelia4 Carter (Silas Monk3, William J.2, John J.1) > was born July > 13, 1866 in Warren Co., Mississippi, and died February 17, 1948 in > Sacramento County, California. She married William Richard Slaughter > December 23, 1894 in Hill County, Texas. > > * Her sister, Mary Elizabeth4 Carter (Silas Monk3, William > J.2, John J.1) > was born October 21, 1877 in Shubuta, Clarke County, Mississippi, > and died > October 12, 1963 in Eastland, Eastland Co., Texas. She married > Reverend > John Robert Slaughter August 23, 1894 in Athens, Henderson County, > Texas, > son of William Slaughter and Sarah Harper. He was born August 19, > 1872 in > Athens, Henderson County, Texas, and died February 15, 1959 in > Eastland, > Eastland Co., Texas. > > *** This family lived in Stephenville, Erath TX during the same time > period > as my Grands were living in Thurber City. Any SLAUGHTER with > connections to > Rev John Robert Slaughter. I have an information source for CARTER > researchers of that Slaughter marriage. > > *** I specifically am researching my Slaughter line trying -very- :( > to > locate solid family connection/information of my great-grandfather > John R > Slaughter b 1846 regarding his parents and siblings *** > > Also does any lister know of additional information > resources I could use > to determine the year when William RICHARD Slaughter left Pope > County IL > and began his travels that took him to Thurber City, Erath TX for 10 > +/- > years ending 1936 Douglas Hospital, Douglas, Cochise AZ. His grave > is > located in the Bisbee Cemetery. > > In 1900 Grandma Sarah (Sallie) was 33 years old. ((( In 15 > years she had > 9 children))) 7 lived. Her last child was born when she was 45. > Amazing > how strong and sturdy those frontier women were. > > When or if you copy any of my information to apply and post to > your online > family records email me before you do so, as I may have additional > or > updated information not included here. > > My family records are current as to this instant. Ha! I know > there are > still family members hiding. It has been my delight and strife in > finding > them. > > Sincerely, Norma Slaughter as rwolff of Arizona a > great-granddaughter of > John R Slaughter and Nancy C Gossage of IL and TN b 1846 -- 1848. > > My CARTER Cousin is researching the CARTER family of my > SLAUGHTER/CARTER > family. She has done a wonderful job in documenting her research > and was > kind enough to share her work with me. Thank you Holly. > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >