Henry Slinger
TOWN OF SCOTT
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY SLINGER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Cambria; was born in Lancashire, Eng., Feb. 14, 1844; son of Andrew Slinger, who came to America in the spring of 1849 and settled in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., where he died, Nov. 19, 1849. His mother is still living on Sec. 4 in Springvale, at the age of 67. They came into the county with a family of eight children and lived in a board shanty, 12x16, till fall, when they built a good frame house. They bought a cookstove soon after they came, but not knowing how to use it, set it one side, and did their cooking through the summer in the open air, over a fireplace, made between two stumps. Mr. Slinger was married Oct. 10, 1863, to Rachel Smith, who was born July 2, 1841, in Staffordshire, Eng., daughter of William Smith, who came to America in the fall of 1848, and died March 1, 1851; have two children - Andrew R., born Jan. 8, 1869, and Tempest Hurry, born May 26, 1879. He is a Republican, and has been Assessor two years, and is now elected for the third term. Has 155 acres of land.
Henry Slinger
TOWN OF SCOTT
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY SLINGER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Cambria; was born in Lancashire, Eng., Feb. 14, 1844; son of Andrew Slinger, who came to America in the spring of 1849 and settled in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., where he died, Nov. 19, 1849. His mother is still living on Sec. 4 in Springvale, at the age of 67. They came into the county with a family of eight children and lived in a board shanty, 12x16, till fall, when they built a good frame house. They bought a cookstove soon after they came, but not knowing how to use it, set it one side, and did their cooking through the summer in the open air, over a fireplace, made between two stumps. Mr. Slinger was married Oct. 10, 1863, to Rachel Smith, who was born July 2, 1841, in Staffordshire, Eng., daughter of William Smith, who came to America in the fall of 1848, and died March 1, 1851; have two children - Andrew R., born Jan. 8, 1869, and Tempest Hurry, born May 26, 1879. He is a Republican, and has been Assessor two years, and is now elected for the third term. Has 155 acres of land.
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