Son of Phoebe Slade and John Slocum. William's birth name was Washington Slocum. He left home in his teen years. When he married, his name on the record being George William Slade by the time he arrived in Texas with his family, and then in Utah his AKA name was: William Rufus Slade. His LDS Temple Record verifies this AKA link. After his father's death, Phoebe married an unknown Slade perhaps a cousin. Thus her maiden name, then md name, and her second marriage changed her name back to Slade: Phoebe Slade Slocum Slade. William's given name Washington in leaving home became William which was actually the given name of his brother. His birth surname Slocum reverted to his mother's maiden name and her 2nd married name. Meaning those who descend from William Rufus Slade are not technically of the Slade surname but of the Slocum surname.
William married Juliann Higginbotham in Louisianna. Their next residence being Texas. They lived in the area of Spring Creek, Harris County, Texas. A few months before
they were expecting to go to Utah, Juliann died. A few months later, William then married widow Dorinda Moody Goheen. The children listed here are not of that 2nd marriage, but of William's first.
His marriage to Dorinda placed him in the position of being a step-father to her children. Sources read during my research left me with the feeling, Dorinda's adult children in later years, spoke unkindly of my 2nd great-grandfather William. But research didn't exactly provide an explanation with sufficient detail to identify why their words were so negative of him.
We have been unable to link Juliann and the other children of William and Juliann since burial locations were not standard especially for the children who died along the trail as well as the time period of those whose deaths came so early in Texas.
Their unlinked children being:
Martha (1835-1835)
Mary Jane (1838-1840)
Albert (1839-1853)
Benjamin (1843-1847)
John (1847-1853)
Alice (1849-1853)
More info to come on another day!
William married Juliann Higginbotham in Louisianna. Their next residence being Texas. They lived in the area of Spring Creek, Harris County, Texas. A few months before
they were expecting to go to Utah, Juliann died. A few months later, William then married widow Dorinda Moody Goheen. The children listed here are not of that 2nd marriage, but of William's first.
His marriage to Dorinda placed him in the position of being a step-father to her children. Sources read during my research left me with the feeling, Dorinda's adult children in later years, spoke unkindly of my 2nd great-grandfather William. But research didn't exactly provide an explanation with sufficient detail to identify why their words were so negative of him.
We have been unable to link Juliann and the other children of William and Juliann since burial locations were not standard especially for the children who died along the trail as well as the time period of those whose deaths came so early in Texas.
Their unlinked children being:
Martha (1835-1835)
Mary Jane (1838-1840)
Albert (1839-1853)
Benjamin (1843-1847)
John (1847-1853)
Alice (1849-1853)
More info to come on another day!
Son of Phoebe Slade and John Slocum. William's birth name was Washington Slocum. He left home in his teen years. When he married, his name on the record being George William Slade by the time he arrived in Texas with his family, and then in Utah his AKA name was: William Rufus Slade. His LDS Temple Record verifies this AKA link. After his father's death, Phoebe married an unknown Slade perhaps a cousin. Thus her maiden name, then md name, and her second marriage changed her name back to Slade: Phoebe Slade Slocum Slade. William's given name Washington in leaving home became William which was actually the given name of his brother. His birth surname Slocum reverted to his mother's maiden name and her 2nd married name. Meaning those who descend from William Rufus Slade are not technically of the Slade surname but of the Slocum surname.
William married Juliann Higginbotham in Louisianna. Their next residence being Texas. They lived in the area of Spring Creek, Harris County, Texas. A few months before
they were expecting to go to Utah, Juliann died. A few months later, William then married widow Dorinda Moody Goheen. The children listed here are not of that 2nd marriage, but of William's first.
His marriage to Dorinda placed him in the position of being a step-father to her children. Sources read during my research left me with the feeling, Dorinda's adult children in later years, spoke unkindly of my 2nd great-grandfather William. But research didn't exactly provide an explanation with sufficient detail to identify why their words were so negative of him.
We have been unable to link Juliann and the other children of William and Juliann since burial locations were not standard especially for the children who died along the trail as well as the time period of those whose deaths came so early in Texas.
Their unlinked children being:
Martha (1835-1835)
Mary Jane (1838-1840)
Albert (1839-1853)
Benjamin (1843-1847)
John (1847-1853)
Alice (1849-1853)
More info to come on another day!
William married Juliann Higginbotham in Louisianna. Their next residence being Texas. They lived in the area of Spring Creek, Harris County, Texas. A few months before
they were expecting to go to Utah, Juliann died. A few months later, William then married widow Dorinda Moody Goheen. The children listed here are not of that 2nd marriage, but of William's first.
His marriage to Dorinda placed him in the position of being a step-father to her children. Sources read during my research left me with the feeling, Dorinda's adult children in later years, spoke unkindly of my 2nd great-grandfather William. But research didn't exactly provide an explanation with sufficient detail to identify why their words were so negative of him.
We have been unable to link Juliann and the other children of William and Juliann since burial locations were not standard especially for the children who died along the trail as well as the time period of those whose deaths came so early in Texas.
Their unlinked children being:
Martha (1835-1835)
Mary Jane (1838-1840)
Albert (1839-1853)
Benjamin (1843-1847)
John (1847-1853)
Alice (1849-1853)
More info to come on another day!
Gravesite Details
Transfer rec'd 1 Aug 2010
