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Sarah Jane “Sallie” <I>Mason</I> Slaughter

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Sarah Jane “Sallie” Mason Slaughter

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
6 Jan 1894 (aged 75)
Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA
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Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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News reached the city yesterday of the death near Palo Pinto of [the Mrs.] Rev. G.W. Slaughter, father ]sic, i.e., mother] of Col. C.C. Slaughter of Dallas. . . . Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto Co., Tex., Jan. 6. -- Mrs. Sarah Slaughter, wife of Rev. J.W. [sic] Slaughter, died this morning. Deceased was 76 years of age, and came to Texas with her husband in 1834 and has resided in this county since 1856. She was the mother of Col. C.C. Slaughter of Dallas. Dallas Morning News, January 7, 1894. . . . News was received last Saturday of the death near Palo Pinto of Mrs. Slaughter, wife of Rev. G.W. Slaughter. The report that Rev. Mr. Slaughter had died was incorrect. Dallas Morning News, January 8, 1894
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According to Jim Dillard . . . "After the Battle of San Jacinto [sic], George Slaughter returned to his home in East Texas and became engaged to 18-year-old Sarah Mason. Their wedding plans were delayed since there was no civil law yet established in the new Republic of Texas . . . After completing his service with the Texas Army, he returned home and on Oct. 12, 1836, married Miss Sarah Mason, who was five months pregnant at the time. The marriage is reported to have been the first one sanctioned by the new government of the Republic of Texas. . . . When their first child was born on Feb. 11, 1837, they named him Christopher Columbus Slaughter in commemoration of their wedding date (Columbus Day)."
News reached the city yesterday of the death near Palo Pinto of [the Mrs.] Rev. G.W. Slaughter, father ]sic, i.e., mother] of Col. C.C. Slaughter of Dallas. . . . Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto Co., Tex., Jan. 6. -- Mrs. Sarah Slaughter, wife of Rev. J.W. [sic] Slaughter, died this morning. Deceased was 76 years of age, and came to Texas with her husband in 1834 and has resided in this county since 1856. She was the mother of Col. C.C. Slaughter of Dallas. Dallas Morning News, January 7, 1894. . . . News was received last Saturday of the death near Palo Pinto of Mrs. Slaughter, wife of Rev. G.W. Slaughter. The report that Rev. Mr. Slaughter had died was incorrect. Dallas Morning News, January 8, 1894
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According to Jim Dillard . . . "After the Battle of San Jacinto [sic], George Slaughter returned to his home in East Texas and became engaged to 18-year-old Sarah Mason. Their wedding plans were delayed since there was no civil law yet established in the new Republic of Texas . . . After completing his service with the Texas Army, he returned home and on Oct. 12, 1836, married Miss Sarah Mason, who was five months pregnant at the time. The marriage is reported to have been the first one sanctioned by the new government of the Republic of Texas. . . . When their first child was born on Feb. 11, 1837, they named him Christopher Columbus Slaughter in commemoration of their wedding date (Columbus Day)."

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