Individual Details

Ray Henry SLAGHT

(4 MAY 1898 - 6 JAN 1996)



SSN 484-24-8351
Last address 52001 Dubuque IA

A most remarkable man. Garry BRYANT spoke with him on the phone in 1991. He remembered the Alcorn children of Aunt Emma, coming by train from Col. to visit the family in Wis. on two seperate occasions in the early 1900's. He also stated that he remembered Matilda Harger SLAGHT as a woman who always cheerful, never said anything bad about another person. She read the Bible a lot.

Birth Record Grant Co., Courthouse
Vol. 42, p. 255
Ray Henry SLAGHT Siblings: Harry, Cora, Oscar
May 4, 1898
Township of Waterloo
Father: George Washington SLAGHT
Occ: Farmer
Born: Grant Co., WI
Mother: Mary Elizabeth BURROWS
Born: Grant Co., WI
Res: Plattville
Date of Affidavit: Aug 2, 1940

Have picture of tombstone

Death Cert:
Ray H. SLAGHT
b. May 4, 1898
d. Jan 6, 1996
Bethany Home - Natural Death
Occ: Fireman


Events

Birth4 MAY 1898Grant Co., WI
Marriage18 JUL 1919Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA - Lucila HENDRICKS
Marriage5 OCT 1940Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA - Doris WENTWORTH
Death6 JAN 1996Bethany Home, Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA
BurialEvergreen Cem., Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA

Families

SpouseLucila HENDRICKS (1900 - 1938)
ChildMaynard Raymond SLAGHT (1920 - )
ChildLowell Robert SLAGHT (1921 - 1985)
ChildPaul Frederick SLAGHT (1923 - 1993)
SpouseDoris WENTWORTH (1913 - 1991)
ChildLiving
FatherGeorge Washington SLAGHT (1865 - 1950)
MotherMary Elizabeth BURROWS (1863 - 1941)
SiblingHarry Leroy SLAGHT (1890 - 1935)
SiblingCora Edith SLAGHT (1891 - 1981)
SiblingOscar Earl SLAGHT (1893 - 1980)