Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: Berthena Slayton
Age in 1850: 47
Estimated birth year: 1803
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: female
Relation to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1850: Grattan, Kent, Michigan
Occupation: none
Census place: Grattan, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M432_353; Page: 303; Image: 586
Date: 19 Oct 1850

Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Berthena Slayton
Age in 1860: 57
Estimated birth year: 1803
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1860: Grattan, Kent, Michigan
Post office: Grattan
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Grattan, Kent, Michigan; Roll M653_550; Page: 637; Image: 642; Family History Library Film: 803550
Date: 27 Jun 1860

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Berthena Slayton
Age in 1870: 67
Estimated birth year: 1803
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: mother
Living with: Francis and Margaret Slayton, ages 31 and 22
Home in 1870: Grattan, Kent, Michigan
Post office: Grattan Center
Son's occupation: farmer
Occupation: "lives with son"
Census place: Grattan, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M593_682; Page: 431; Image: 20
Date: 31 Jul 1870

Extract from Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System:
Name: Berthena Slayton
Date of death: 4 May 1877
Ledger page: 95
Record number: 8
Place of death: Ellsworth
County of death: Lake
Sex: female
Race: white
Marital status: widowed
Age: 74 years
Cause of death: typhoid fever
Birthplace: New York
Occupation: housework
Father's name: William Clark
Father's residence: Naples Kentucky
Mother's name: last name not recorded, unknown
Mother's residence: unknown
Date of record: 9 May 1878

Children:
(1) William Clark Slayton b. 29 Aug 1823 in Middlesex, Yates, New York d. 9 Feb 1897 in Gratten, Kent, Michigan
(2) Fanny Metcalf Slayton b. 4 Jul 1826 in Middlesex, Yates, New York
(3) Clarissa Emeline Slayton b. 4 Nov 1828 in Middlesex, Yates, New York d. 28 Feb 1895 in Egypt, Monroe, New York
(4) Asa Walker Slayton b. 27 Dec 1830 in Middlesex, Yates, New York d. 23 Dec 1896 in Grand Rapids, Ottawa, Michigan
(5) Chester Metcalf Slayton b. 26 Dec 1834 in Middlesex, Yates, New York m. Sarah A Purdy
(6) Thomas Jay Slayton b. 9 Jan 1837 in Middlesex, Yates, New York d. 15 Jul 1875 in Gratten, Kent, Michigan
(7) Francis Marion Slayton b. 13 Jul 1839 in Perinton, Monroe, New York m. Mariette Church
(8) Charles Wood Slayton b. 22 Nov 1841 in Perinton, Monroe, New York.