Services Monday for Dos Palos Man

MERCED, Dec. 2 - Funeral services will be held in the Christian Church of Dos Palos at 1 P.M. Monday for John R. Slygh, 70, who died at the family home in Dos Palos on Thanksgiving Day. The Welch and Griffin Funeral Home will have charge of the burial which will be made in the Merced Evergreen Cemetery.

Slygh was the husband of Mrs. Amy Slygh.

~ The Modesto Bee, 3 Dec 1933
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1900 (Jun) US Census, Joplin, Jasper, MO:
John R. Slygh, 35, b Sept 1864, m 13 yrs, b OH, fthr OH, mthr VA, sta engineer.
Anna O., wife, 28, b Jul 1871, 3 born/2 liv, b IA, fthr IA, mthr IN.
Bertha, dtr, 5, b Apr 1895, KS.
Lewis, son, 3, b Feb 1897, KS.
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1910 (Apr) US Census, Dos Palos, Merced, CA:
John R. Slygh, 45, m1, m 23 yrs, b OH, fthr USA, mthr VA, engineer - sta__y mach.
Annie Alma, wife, 38, m1, 2 born/liv, b IA, fthr IA, mthr IN.
Bertha, dtr, 15, b KS.
Ben Milton, son, 13, b KS.
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1920 (Jan) US Census, Dos Palos, Merced, CA:
John Slyph, 57, b OH, fthr unknown, mthr VA, manager - warehouse.
Anna, wife, 48, b IA, fthr IA, mthr IN.
Address: Farm
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1930 (Apr) US Census, Dos Palos, Merced, CA:
John R. Slygh, 67, m at 26, b OH, parents USA, laborer - new house, non-veteran.
Amma, wife, 61, m at 20, b OH, parents OH.
Georgie Day, granddtr, 10, b CA, fthr IA, mthr KS.
Robert Day, grandson, 7, b CA, fthr IA, mthr KS.
Address: Reynolds Ave.

Son of Mathias H Slygh and Mary J (Griffy) Slygh
Husband of Anna Alma Slygh
Father of Bertha Day (Slygh) and Lewis Slygh
Brother of Emma Slygh and Joseph Slygh
Half brother of George W Slygh

Sources for Parents:
United States Census Record 1870, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio
Marriage Record for Parents: Mathias H Slygh & Mary J Griffy 15 April 1859 Champaign County, OH