Looking for parents of 3 Slider orphans in 1880 Cherokee County census
Two brothers and one sister [Wilson (b. 1864), William (b. 1867) and Elisebeth (b.1870)] were listed as being born in Texas in the 1880 Cherokee County, Texas, census, but each was living in a non-slider household. The family story is that their father was a ferryman on the Neches River between Jacksonville and Palestine, Texas, when he and his wife died of some disease (Cholera?). There is no living memory or documentation I can find of their parents. Does anyone know, who might have been the parents of these children. There are stories of spelling changes in the name an possibly a migration from Iowa, Indiana or South Carolina.
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William SLIDER
Male
Birth Year <1867>
Birthplace TX
Age 13
Marital Status S
Race W
Head of Household Robt. D. ROUNTREE
Relation Other
Robt. D. ROUNTREE Household
(Believed to be Robert Duskin Roundtree b: Abt. 1840 in Sabine Co, TX)
Male
Birth Year <1840>
Birthplace TX
Age 40
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Robt. D. ROUNTREE
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace SC
Mother's Birthplace SC
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 3, Cherokee, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255295
NA Film Number T9-1295
Page Number 361B
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Wilson SLIDER
[Wilson Ledbetter Slider buried in Earle's Chapel cemetery (b. 6-13-1864 d. 6-25-1931)]
Male
Birth Year <1864>
Birthplace TX
Age 16
Occupation Works On Farm
Marital Status S
Race W
Head of Household Wm. J. GEORGE
Relation Other
Mother's Birthplace TX
Wm. J. GEORGE Household
Male
Birth Year <1821>
Birthplace SC
Age 59
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household Wm. J. GEORGE
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace SC
Mother's Birthplace SC
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 3, Cherokee, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255295
NA Film Number T9-1295
Page Number 373A
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Elisebeth SLIDER Household
Female
Birth Year <1870>
Birthplace TX
Age 10
Occupation
Marital Status S
Race W
Head of Household John H. PATTERSON
Relation Other
John H. PATTERSON Household
Male
Birth Year <1839>
Birthplace TX
Age 41
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Race W
Head of Household John H. PATTERSON
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace SC
Mother's Birthplace GA
Census Place Precinct 3, Cherokee, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255295
NA Film Number T9-1295
Page Number 373A
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Re: Looking for parents of 3 Slider orphans in 1880 Cherokee County census
Jo Ann Loghry 7/23/05