Fourth Generation

54. William Moses (Will) Slaton^{2,85,89,90,91} was born on 9 April 1878 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.⁹²

He appeared in the census in 1910 in Harper County, Kansas. Anthony Twp, Harper County, Kansas, 26 Apr 1910; p.5b, dwelling number 93, family number 93; Slaton William 22 head m m2-0 w farmer TN NC TN; Belle 19 wife f m1-0 w KS OH OH; Moree Claude 21 head man m s w laborer TN TN TN.

He appeared in the census in 1920 in Eastside Precinct, Holtville Twp, Imperial County, California. 26 Jan 1920, Eastside Precinct, Holtsville Township, Imperial County, California, dwelling number 218, family number 230, p.11b, Slaton William M. head 42 m w m TN NC TN, Lidia B. wife 28 f w m KS OH OH, Frank E. son 8 m w s KS TN KS, Wm. Earl son 6 m w s KS TN KS, John B. son 3 1/12 m w s KS TN KC.

William appeared in the census in 1930 in Richland County, Ohio. Washington Township, Richland County, Ohio, 24 Apr 1930, p.45a, Bellville-Mansfield Road, dwelling number 243, family number 243, Slaton William 52 head m m w farmer TN NC TN, Belle 39 wife f m@19 w KS OH OH, Frank 19 son m s w farmer KS TN KS, Earl 16 son m s w KS TN KS, John 13 son m s w KS TN KS, May 9 dau f s w CA TN KS, Doyal 5 son m s w OH TN KS

He was living in 1950 in Ohio.⁹³

He died on 11 December 1963 at the age of 85 in Madison Hospital, Madison Twp, Richland County, Ohio.
Ohio Department of Health
Division of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Reg. Dist. No. 70
Primary Reg. Dist. No. 7000
State File No 094750
Registrar's No 877
1. Place of Death
a. County Richland
b. City, Village or Location Madison Township
c. Length of Stay in 1b 3 days
d. Name of hospital Madison Hospital
e. Is place of death
inside city limits? no
2. Usual residence
a. State Ohio
b. County Richland
c. City, Village or Location Mansfield Washington Township
d. Street Address 1133 West Hanley Rd.
e. Is residence
inside city limits? no
f. Is residence
on a farm? yes
3. Name of deceased William M. Slaton
4. Date of Death Dec. 11, 1963
5. Sex M
6. Color or race W
7. Married, never married,
widowed, divorced married
8. Date of Birth 4/9/1878
9. Age 85
10.a. Usual Occupation farmer (retired)
10.b. Kind of business self emp.
11. Birthplace Tennessee
12. Citizen of what country U.S.
13. Father's name Frank Slaton
14. Mother's maiden name Mary Moore
15. Was deceased ever in
U.S. armed forces? no
16. Social Security No. no
17. Informant's name Belle Slaton,
Mansfield, O.
18. Cause of death
19. Was autopsy performed?
20.a. Accident, suicide,
homocide (Check marks left blank)
20.b Describe how injury
occurred (left blank)
20.c Time of injury (left blank)
0.d. Injury occurred (left blank)
20.e. Place of injury (left blank)
20.f. City, village, or town (left blank)
21. Death occurred at 7:00 A.M.
22.a. Signature
22.b. Address
22.c. Date signed 12-13-63
23.a. Burial, cremation burial
23.b. Date 12/13/1963
23.c. Cemetery Lexington Cemetery
23.d. Location Lexington, Richland, O.
24. Name of embalmer Robert L. Snyder
25. Funeral Directors's
signature Robert L. Snyder
26. Funeral firm and Snyder Funeral Home
address 106 Delaware St.
Lexington, Ohio
27. Date received by
local Reg. 12/17/63
28. Registrar's signature Martha A. McFarland
29. Sub-registrar's signature O.O. Snyder
According to Ralph Porter Slaton, John Thomas Slaton and his brother William Moses (Will) Slaton moved to California while young, perhaps 1900/1920. They lived close to the Mexican border in Holtsville, California. John Thomas Slaton married and had children, but I do not have any data on his wife or wivers nor on the children. John Thomas Slaton stayed in California, but William Moses (Will) Slaton moved to Manchestor, Ohio. Will Slaton visited Jefferson County frequently, usually alone rather than with his family.

Will Slaton and Lydia Belle Hanely went to California around 1920. They arrived just in time for their son Earl to start the first grade. Their daughter Mae was born there in 1921. The twins were born in 1924 in Ohio. John Burnett Slaton is the only living child of Will Slaton. (Rebecca Uldrich)

William Moses (Will) Slaton and Sarah May (May) Reneau were married on 9 July 1906 in Harper County, Kansas.⁹¹ William N. Slaton to May Reneau, July 9, 1906, Book E, p.96.

Sarah May (May) Reneau^85,90,91,94, daughter of James Lewis Reneau and Martha L Broderick, was born on 20 February 1874 in Republic, Greene County, Missouri.

She died on 14 March 1909 at the age of 35 in Harper County, Kansas. Obituary: The death angel entered the home of Wm. Slaton last Sunday morning about one o'clock and bore away his wife, Mrs. Mae Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was a faithful and consistant member of the M.E. Church for many years. She had been church organist at Burchfiel chapel for some time. She leaves a husband, an infant son, two sisters, three brothers, and a host of friends to mourn their loss.

William Moses (Will) Slaton and Sarah May (May) Reneau had the following children:

117

i.

James Arthur (Arthur) Slaton85,89,90,94,95 was born on 1 March 1909 in Kansas.95 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Harper County, Kansas. Slaton Arthur J. nephew 11 m s w KS TN MO, enumerated in the household of his mother's sister Nancy Careen (Carrie) Reneau, and Carrie's husband John W. Hamm. They raised Arthur because his mother Sarah May (May) Reneau died very shortly after he was born. (RGB) He appeared in the census in 1930 in Pierce County, Washington. Slaton J. Arthur 21 nephew m s w KS TN TN, enumerated in the household of his aunt, Nancy Careen (Carrie) Reneau James died on 28 January 1994 at the age of 84 in [Ferry County, Washington].95 Social Security Death Index Information: Name: James A. Slaton; Last Residence: 99138 Inchelium, Ferry County, Washington; Born: 1 Mar 1909; Died: 28 Jan 1994; State (Year) SSN issued: Washington (Before 1951). Arthur's mother died when he was born or shortly thereafter, and he was raised by the Reneuas. He lived in Washington state. He visited Tennessee about 1989. I was also told by his granddaughter that Arthur Slaton also went by his middle name. His first name was James. (Rebecca Uldrich) Letter from James Arthur Slaton to Lee Weishaar: ----------------- Inchelium, Wash Oct. 13, 1985 Dear Lee, I received your letter 2 or 3 days ago. Thelma Slaton had written me about Velma's death. It was wonderful that Velma could live as long as she did after her operation. Usually people do not last long in the condition she was in with cancer. I guess the fact that she did not give up; but went on living as she was used to, may may have helped her live. She was always on the go. I don't know if Velma or your father has ever mentioned that their mother took care of me for about six weeks after my mother died when I was 12 days old. By that time my dad's sister (Sally) had come out from Tennessee and took care of me until my dad remarried about a year after my mother died. I lived with them until I was a little over five years old. I went up to visit Aunt Carrie Hamm; who was my mother's older sister. I injured my right eye and was under doctor's care for about 3 or 4 years. I would go to Wichita in the summer time for 2 or 3 weeks for further doctoring. I was about 7 years old when my dad and my step mother moved out to California. So I never lived with my father later in my life. When Aunt Carrie came out to Tacoma, Washington to live with her sister Georgia Reneau, I came along. Uncle John Hamm had had a stroke and died out in Tacoma the following year. Aunt Georgia was a college professor and had been trying to get Aunt Carrie to come out to Tacoma for a few years. In fact Aunt Georgia bought the house next door for Aunt Carrie and Uncle John to live in. After about 4 years Aunt Carrie came by to Kansas and lived with her son and his family near Winfield, Kansas. I staid in Tacoma with Aunt Georgia and finished my college work. I worked as a chemist in two outfits over at Tacoma. I came over to Eastern Washington as assayer and chemist for a mining company and staid in mining work much of my life without making much out of it. During the war years I did sheet metal work in a ship yard for about three three years or so, and then on as an associate chemist at a electro chemical plant in Tacoma for 4 or 5 years. So you can see I had a varied life. Velma wrote that your daughter was interested in the Reneau family tree. I don't know whether I have any facts she does not already have; but can tell what Aunt Carrie told me. The first Reneau came to America about 1777 with Marquis De Lafayette. Lafayette was the Frenchman who came over to America to help Washington fight the war for independence. When the war was over, the Reneaus staid in America instead of going back to France. The United States government gave him a tract of land in Pennsylvania and from there his descendants moved until my and Charlie's grandfather was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1834. You folks know the history of the family better than I do from there on. However, did you know that our for father had a relative said to be that came to French America (Louisiana) and started another line of Reneaus down there in Texas? That is where the Reneaus that our people do not claim as relatives started from. Your father will remember that there was a man by the name of Reneau lived near where Velma lived about 70 years ago. Our family said he was no relative of ours. He probably came from the southern branch of Reneaus. As you know your history, United States bought the Territory the French claimed in 1803 in the Lousiana Purchase. Thank you, Lee, for writing me about Velma. I have written you as I have so you may be better acquainted with me. I was very glad to meet you and Lloyd and your family. Tell them hello for me. I am sorry it is so hard on your father. Velma and him helped each other and were very close. Tell Charlie and Goldie hello for me. I seem to be in fair health. I have high blood pressure which I have had under control the last 2 or 3 years. I had skin cancer a few years before I was back in Kansas and seem able to keep it down by using sun burn? lotion on my face every day. They say 85% of skin cancer comes from the rays of the sun. I have known people to live with skin cancer 25 or 30 years. I do what is best for me. I make a mess of writing. It is not much good for me to start on another sheet of paper as I will make a mess of it. Sincerely, Arthur P.S. I notice you first had a (y) in my last name. Until my grandfather Slaton was in the Civil War; the name was Slayton. His captain put is name down on the roll as Slaton and we have been Slaton ever since. - Arthur ------- Lee Weishaar, nee Nona Lee Reneau, was the daughter of Charles Reneau and Goldie. The letter was sent to me by Dale Weishaar, son of Lloyd Weishaar and Nona Lee Reneau. Cast of characters: Lee Weishaar - see above Thelma Slaton - Thelma Alvaretta Alexander, w/o Marion Wayne (Wayne) Slaton. Velma - Velma G. Reneau 1906-1985, d/o Russell Howard Reneau and Mary Elenor Brown. Velma never married. Velma was the first cousin of James Arthur Slaton. Mary Elenor Brown was "Velma's mother" who took care of James Arthur Slaton for the first six weeks after his mother died. Sarah Francis (Sallie) Slaton, d/o Francis Marion (Frank) Slaton and Mary Anne Moore, was "my dad's sister (Sally)" who traveled from Tennessee to Kansas and next took care James Arthur Slaton. Aunt Carrie Hamm was Nancy Careen (Carrie) Reneau, sister of Sarah May (May) Reneau, and wife of John W. Hamm, who really raised James Arthur Slaton according to census records. The letter does reflect that Arthur did not go to California with his father, but does not make clear that he was living with John W. Hamm and Carrie Reneau. Uncle John Hamm - Carrie's husband. Aunt Georgia - Georgia Rosalie Reneau, sister of Carrie and May, Georgia never married. Reneau immigrant ancestor identified as coming over with Lafayette -- I have not been able to identify this Reneau immigrant ancestor, and my current understanding the Reneau family in Jefferson County, Tennessee suggests some embellishment of the facts in this part of the story. Further research is required. However, the Reneaus were definitely from France. LLoyd -- Lloyd Weishaar (see above) Charlie and Goldie -- Lee Reneau Weishaar's parents Charles Reneau and Goldie. grandfather Slaton - Francis Marion (Frank) Slaton of Jefferson County, Tennessee. Frank Slaton was a Civil War soldier in the Union Army. I am dubious about Arthur Slaton's story of how the spelling changed from Slayton to Slaton for the Jefferson County family. It's not that his story is not plausible, it's just that the Jefferson County family had so *many* spellings that I don't think any one event could have been the one that crystalized the spelling into "Slaton".

William Moses (Will) Slaton and Lydia Belle (Belle) Hanely were married on 23 November 1909 in Anthony, Harper County, Kansas.⁹⁶ Marriage Records for Harper County, KS Book E Page 346: William M. Slaton age 31 of Anthony, KS; Lydia B. Hanely age 19 of Anthony, KS; Married 23 Nov. 1909 at Anthony, Harper Co. KS; by F. H. (Harold) Ebright, Clergy.

Lydia Belle (Belle) Hanely^85,90 was born on 3 August 1890 in Kansas.

She appeared in the census in 1910 in Harper County, Kansas. Belle 19 wife f m1-0 w KS OH OH.

She appeared in the census in 1920 in Eastside Precinct, Holtville Twp, Imperial County, California. Lidia B. wife 28 f w m KS OH OH.

Lydia appeared in the census in 1930 in Richland County, Ohio. Belle 39 wife f m@19 w KS OH OH.

She died on 22 December 1978 at the age of 88 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio.⁹²

William Moses (Will) Slaton and Lydia Belle (Belle) Hanely had the following children:

+118	i.	Frank Edward Slaton.
119	ii.	William Earl (Earl) Slaton90,97 was born on 11 August 1913 in Harper County, Kansas. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Eastside Precinct, Holtville Twp, Imperial County, California. Wm. Earl son 6 m w s KS TN KS He appeared in the census in 1930 in Richland County, Ohio. Earl 16 son m s w KS TN KS William died on 12 August 1975 at the age of 62.
+120	iii.	John Burnette Slaton Sr.
+121	iv.	Roberta May (May) Slaton.
122	v.	Donald Doyle (Doyle) Slaton90,98 was born on 25 November 1924 in Richland County, Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Richland County, Ohio. Doyal 5 son m s w OH TN KS He died on 19 July 2000 at the age of 75. He was a twin of Dorthy.
123	vi.	Dorothy Olive Slaton90,98 was born on 25 November 1924 in Richland County, Ohio. She died on 23 May 1926 at the age of 1. She was a twin of Doyle. She died when she was about 18 months old.