Texas Family Group Sheet for the Henry Thomas SLAUGHTER Family *********************************************** Copyright Susan O'Keefe. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Susan O'Keefe Email address: Husband: Henry Thomas SLAUGHTER Birthdate: 16 APR 1839 Birthplace: Jasper Co., GA Death date: 07 DEC 1900 Place of death: Madison Co., TX Burial: Burrows Cemetery, Madison Co., TX Father: Thomas K. SLAUGHTER Mother: Matilda HAIRSTON Marriage date: 12 MAY 1861 Marriage place: Pike Co., AL Wife: Celestia Roxanna LATIMER Birthdate: 22 AUG 1845 Birthplace: Sparta, Hancock Co., GA Death date: 08 JAN 1925 Place of death: Geneva, Geneva Co., AL Burial: Geneva City Cemetery? Father: Joel LATIMER, of VA Mother: Martha ALFORD, of GA CHILDREN Child No. 1: Minnie Josephine SLAUGHTER Sex: F Birthdate: JUL 1865 Birthplace: Alabama Death date: 1910 Place of death: Geneva, AL Burial: Geneva City Cemetery Marriage date: 13 MAR 1890 Marriage place: Geneva, Geneva Co., AL Spouse's name: Charles Reuben KEITH Child No. 2: Sidney Boynton SLAUGHTER Sex: M Birthdate: 19 APR 1868 Birthplace: Scott Co., Mississippi Death date: 06 NOV 1954 Place of death: Connor Community, TX Burial: Madisonville, Madison Co., TX Marriage date: 16 DEC 1891 Marriage place: Madison Co., TX Spouse's name: Annie Kate SIMONTON Child No. 3: Albert J. SLAUGHTER Sex: M Birthdate: about 1870 Birthplace: probably Madison Co., TX Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: about 1920 Marriage place: Madison Co., TX Spouse's name: Mary E. (?) Child No. 4: Johnnie L. SLAUGHTER Sex: F Birthdate: MAY 1871 Birthplace: Geneva, Geneva Co., AL Death date: JAN/FEB 1903 Place of death: Geneva, Geneva Co., AL Burial: Geneva City Cemetery Marriage date: 13 MAY 1898 Marriage place: Geneva County, AL Spouse's name: Luther Gillis McKINNON Child No. 5: John SLAUGHTER Sex: M Birthdate: 1876 Birthplace: Alabama Death date: died young Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Harry SLAUGHTER Sex: M Birthdate: 1879 Birthplace: Alabama Death date: died young Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Willie Lee SLAUGHTER Sex: F Birthdate: 31 AUG 1884 Birthplace: Madisonville, Madison Co., TX Death date: FEB 1982 Place of death: Quincy, Gadsden Co., FL Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery Marriage date: 18 JUL 1905 Marriage place: Geneva, Geneva Co., AL Spouse's name: Luther Gillis McKINNON Documentation: Census records indicate Celestia and Henry Slaughter had eleven children, only five surviving to adulthood. Sisters Johnnie and Willie both married Luther Gillis McKinnon. Johnnie died of childbirth complications giving birth to twin boys. Other information came from census records, newspapers, lds family search and family history. Henry Slaughter served in the Confederacy and was murdered by a robbery in his home in Madisonville on 07 DEC 1900. (From Geneva newspaper article)