Son of Judge James Slaughter and Margaret "Peggy" Strother Gray Slaughter
Married Eliza Harrison Wood, December 19, 1832 in Harrison County, Indiana
. . . .
His father was Judge James Slaughter, emigrated from Culpepper County, Virginia in 1787. His mother was Martha (Grey) Slaughter
Dr. Harvey Slaughter received a good education in his chosen profession, studying under Dr. Burr Harrison at Bardstown, then in the medical department of Transylvania College in Lexington. He began practice at Big Spring in 1828, being only twenty years of age at the time. The next year, at the persuasion of Horatio Gates Wintersmith, he moved to Elizabethtown and practiced here until his death almost fifty years later.
In 1832, Dr. Slaughter married Miss Eliza Harrison Wood, daughter of Jesse Wood and Polly Buckner Wood of Hart County, Kentucky. She was a first cousin of Confederate General Simon B Buckner of Civil War fame. General Buckner's wife and daughter visited the home at times during the war. One child was born to the Slaughter's it died in infancy. Although Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter had no more children, they took great interest in young people and various nieces and nephews lived in their home at times.
At one time Dr. Slaughter had a partnership with Dr. Bryan R. Young and the two were recognized as the leading doctors in the country.
Dr. Slaughter took an active part in community affairs. He was the first president of the Hardin County Medical Society when it was organized, was president of the Town Board of Trustees for a number of years, and was active in the Episcopal Church. He owned a large farm in Nelson County and was very successful in fruit growing.
The "Patton House" on Lot 25 on North Main Street was the last home of Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter. He purchased it about the time of the Civil War and remodeled it into one of the most attractively furnished homes in the town.
(source: Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, by D. McClure, page 301)
Note:
Cemetery record shows date of birth as 1803,
some family records claim 1808
Married Eliza Harrison Wood, December 19, 1832 in Harrison County, Indiana
. . . .
His father was Judge James Slaughter, emigrated from Culpepper County, Virginia in 1787. His mother was Martha (Grey) Slaughter
Dr. Harvey Slaughter received a good education in his chosen profession, studying under Dr. Burr Harrison at Bardstown, then in the medical department of Transylvania College in Lexington. He began practice at Big Spring in 1828, being only twenty years of age at the time. The next year, at the persuasion of Horatio Gates Wintersmith, he moved to Elizabethtown and practiced here until his death almost fifty years later.
In 1832, Dr. Slaughter married Miss Eliza Harrison Wood, daughter of Jesse Wood and Polly Buckner Wood of Hart County, Kentucky. She was a first cousin of Confederate General Simon B Buckner of Civil War fame. General Buckner's wife and daughter visited the home at times during the war. One child was born to the Slaughter's it died in infancy. Although Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter had no more children, they took great interest in young people and various nieces and nephews lived in their home at times.
At one time Dr. Slaughter had a partnership with Dr. Bryan R. Young and the two were recognized as the leading doctors in the country.
Dr. Slaughter took an active part in community affairs. He was the first president of the Hardin County Medical Society when it was organized, was president of the Town Board of Trustees for a number of years, and was active in the Episcopal Church. He owned a large farm in Nelson County and was very successful in fruit growing.
The "Patton House" on Lot 25 on North Main Street was the last home of Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter. He purchased it about the time of the Civil War and remodeled it into one of the most attractively furnished homes in the town.
(source: Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, by D. McClure, page 301)
Note:
Cemetery record shows date of birth as 1803,
some family records claim 1808
Son of Judge James Slaughter and Margaret "Peggy" Strother Gray Slaughter
Married Eliza Harrison Wood, December 19, 1832 in Harrison County, Indiana
. . . .
His father was Judge James Slaughter, emigrated from Culpepper County, Virginia in 1787. His mother was Martha (Grey) Slaughter
Dr. Harvey Slaughter received a good education in his chosen profession, studying under Dr. Burr Harrison at Bardstown, then in the medical department of Transylvania College in Lexington. He began practice at Big Spring in 1828, being only twenty years of age at the time. The next year, at the persuasion of Horatio Gates Wintersmith, he moved to Elizabethtown and practiced here until his death almost fifty years later.
In 1832, Dr. Slaughter married Miss Eliza Harrison Wood, daughter of Jesse Wood and Polly Buckner Wood of Hart County, Kentucky. She was a first cousin of Confederate General Simon B Buckner of Civil War fame. General Buckner's wife and daughter visited the home at times during the war. One child was born to the Slaughter's it died in infancy. Although Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter had no more children, they took great interest in young people and various nieces and nephews lived in their home at times.
At one time Dr. Slaughter had a partnership with Dr. Bryan R. Young and the two were recognized as the leading doctors in the country.
Dr. Slaughter took an active part in community affairs. He was the first president of the Hardin County Medical Society when it was organized, was president of the Town Board of Trustees for a number of years, and was active in the Episcopal Church. He owned a large farm in Nelson County and was very successful in fruit growing.
The "Patton House" on Lot 25 on North Main Street was the last home of Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter. He purchased it about the time of the Civil War and remodeled it into one of the most attractively furnished homes in the town.
(source: Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, by D. McClure, page 301)
Note:
Cemetery record shows date of birth as 1803,
some family records claim 1808
Married Eliza Harrison Wood, December 19, 1832 in Harrison County, Indiana
. . . .
His father was Judge James Slaughter, emigrated from Culpepper County, Virginia in 1787. His mother was Martha (Grey) Slaughter
Dr. Harvey Slaughter received a good education in his chosen profession, studying under Dr. Burr Harrison at Bardstown, then in the medical department of Transylvania College in Lexington. He began practice at Big Spring in 1828, being only twenty years of age at the time. The next year, at the persuasion of Horatio Gates Wintersmith, he moved to Elizabethtown and practiced here until his death almost fifty years later.
In 1832, Dr. Slaughter married Miss Eliza Harrison Wood, daughter of Jesse Wood and Polly Buckner Wood of Hart County, Kentucky. She was a first cousin of Confederate General Simon B Buckner of Civil War fame. General Buckner's wife and daughter visited the home at times during the war. One child was born to the Slaughter's it died in infancy. Although Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter had no more children, they took great interest in young people and various nieces and nephews lived in their home at times.
At one time Dr. Slaughter had a partnership with Dr. Bryan R. Young and the two were recognized as the leading doctors in the country.
Dr. Slaughter took an active part in community affairs. He was the first president of the Hardin County Medical Society when it was organized, was president of the Town Board of Trustees for a number of years, and was active in the Episcopal Church. He owned a large farm in Nelson County and was very successful in fruit growing.
The "Patton House" on Lot 25 on North Main Street was the last home of Dr. and Mrs. Slaughter. He purchased it about the time of the Civil War and remodeled it into one of the most attractively furnished homes in the town.
(source: Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, by D. McClure, page 301)
Note:
Cemetery record shows date of birth as 1803,
some family records claim 1808
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