Individual Details
Susie Frances Slaughter
(25 Sep 1876 - 18 Aug 1961)
Montgomery County
Missouri, USA
Death: Aug. 18, 1961
Texas, USA
Susie Slaughter was born in Montgomery County, Missouri on September 25, 1875. Her family moved to Kerrville, Texas when she was three months old. They later moved near Roswell, New Mexico. Susie often told that as a child she knew Billy the Kid and remembered seeing him at Fort Sumner. She also stayed with Pat Garrett and his family to go to school in Lincoln, New Mexico.
She married William Ellis at Nogales, Lincoln County, New Mexico on February 16, 1893. They were married at 2:30 in the afternoon and that night Mr. Ellis was killed in a gun fight in a Fort Sumner saloon. He had been called to the saloon to see about his brother who had been in a fight and needed help. When Mr. Ellis opened the door to the saloon he was shot and killed.
Susie "Slaughter" Ellis then married James Nelson Ivy on October 28, 1894 in Amarillo, Texas. They moved to James' homestead south of Vega, just north of the present day Oldham County Country Club. James and Susie had nine children Roy, Ruby, Brian Guy, Horace, Glen, Berniece, Earnest and John. The Ivy's were charter members of the Vega Methodist Church and she was also a member of the Eastern Star. James and Susie Ivy were both laid to rest in the Vega Cemetery.
Family links:
Spouse:
James Nelson Ivy (1856 - 1933)*
Children:
Roy Nelson Ivy (1895 - 1965)*
Bryan Ivy (1900 - 1904)*
Guy C. Ivy (1903 - 1904)*
John A. Ivy (1909 - 1975)*
Ernest Ranger Ivy (1916 - 1929)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Memorial Park Cemetery
Vega
Oldham County
Texas, USA
Plot: Section 7A
Events
| Birth | 25 Sep 1876 | Granger, Scotland, Missouri, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Ed 23 Justice Precincts 1-4, Multiple, Texas, United States | |||
| Residence | 1910 | Justice Precinct 3, Texas | |||
| Death | 18 Aug 1961 | from bronco pneumonia and a fractured hip - St. Anthony's Hospital, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States | | ||
| Burial | 21 Aug 1961 | Memorial Park, Vega, Oldham, Texas, United States |
Families
| Spouse | James Nelson Ivy (1856 - 1933) |
| Child | Roy Nelson Ivy (1895 - 1965) |
| Child | Ruby May Ivy (1897 - 1957) |
| Child | Brian Ivy (1900 - 1904) |
| Child | Guy C. Ivy (1903 - 1904) |
| Child | James Horace Ivy (1905 - 1980) |
| Child | George Glen Ivy (1907 - 1943) |
| Child | John A. Ivy (1909 - 1975) |
| Child | Bernice Ivy (1914 - ) |
| Child | Ernest Ivy (1916 - 1929) |
Endnotes
1. , "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4SP-1WZ : accessed 20 Apr 2014), Susie F Ivy, Vega, Justice Precinct 3, Oldham, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 180-3, sheet 6A, fam (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. , "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HH-VDF : accessed 20 Apr 2014), Susie Ivy, 18 Aug 1961; citing certificate number 48118, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116791. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
3. , "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HH-VDF : accessed 28 Jul 2014), Susie Ivy, 18 Aug 1961; citing certificate number 48118, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116791. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
4. , "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HH-VDF : accessed 20 Apr 2014), Susie Ivy, 18 Aug 1961; citing certificate number 48118, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116791. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. , "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HH-VDF : accessed 28 Jul 2014), Susie Ivy, 18 Aug 1961; citing certificate number 48118, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116791. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).