US Congressman. When he was a boy his family moved to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1816, Charles Slade and his brothers Richard and Thomas moved to Illinois and were the founders of the town of Carlyle. Charles Slade's ownership interests included a store, mills, a toll road, a tavern and a ferry. He also served in several local offices and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1820 and 1826. From 1829 to 1833 he was US Marshal for Illinois. In 1832 he was the successful Jacksonian candidate for a seat in the US House of Representatives, and took his seat in 1833. Slade attended the session of Congress that ended in March, 1834, afterwards remaining in the area to visit friends and relatives in northern Virginia. He became ill with cholera while en route to home, and died at an inn in Wheatland, near Vincennes, Indiana. He received a Masonic funeral, but because of the nature of his disease, he was buried quickly in Wheatland or Vincennes, and the location of his grave is not known. A cenotaph in his honor stands in Washington's Congressional Cemetery. His widow Mary Kain Slade married Elias S. Dennis, who served a General in the Civil War. Slade's son Joseph Albert Slade, known as Jack, became a notorious outlaw in the western Unites States and was made famous by Mark Twain in his work "Roughing It".
US Congressman. When he was a boy his family moved to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1816, Charles Slade and his brothers Richard and Thomas moved to Illinois and were the founders of the town of Carlyle. Charles Slade's ownership interests included a store, mills, a toll road, a tavern and a ferry. He also served in several local offices and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1820 and 1826. From 1829 to 1833 he was US Marshal for Illinois. In 1832 he was the successful Jacksonian candidate for a seat in the US House of Representatives, and took his seat in 1833. Slade attended the session of Congress that ended in March, 1834, afterwards remaining in the area to visit friends and relatives in northern Virginia. He became ill with cholera while en route to home, and died at an inn in Wheatland, near Vincennes, Indiana. He received a Masonic funeral, but because of the nature of his disease, he was buried quickly in Wheatland or Vincennes, and the location of his grave is not known. A cenotaph in his honor stands in Washington's Congressional Cemetery. His widow Mary Kain Slade married Elias S. Dennis, who served a General in the Civil War. Slade's son Joseph Albert Slade, known as Jack, became a notorious outlaw in the western Unites States and was made famous by Mark Twain in his work "Roughing It".
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