"The LaFayette Sun" - March 6, 1907:

Mrs. Slaughter is Dead.

On last Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, the spirit of Mrs. Caroline Missouri Slaughter took its flight into the great beyond. Her death was not altogether a surprise to her relatives and friends, as she was in her 88th year, and had been fast failing in health for several years. She was at the home of her son, Mr. S. W. Alford at the time of her death, and was interred at Bethel cemetery on Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. Slaughter was born in Putnam County, Georgia, June 10th, 1819. While quite young, she attached herself to the Methodist church of which she was ever after a faithful member. She was married twice in life, in 1838 to Mr. S. W. Alford, Sr., and in 1860 to Mr. Lawson Slaughter, both of whom she has survived many years. The last 22 years of her life were spent among the good people of Chambers County. Two brothers, W. H. and G. P. Cotton, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Jones are still living. She also leaves three sons and a large number of grandchildren to mourn her loss. The family wishes to extend thanks to their friends and relatives for the kind attentions shown them during her illness.

Mrs. Slaughter, better known as "Grandma", is now numbered among the departed. But although her voice is hushed in death, yet she speaks. Though her footsteps are no longer heard and her body lies moldering in the grave, yet she is not gone. She lives now, more truly than before she was laid to est. There still lingers in the hearts of bereaved relatives and friends sweet though melancholy remembrances of the departed loved one.

Sleep, gentle one, from care relieved

Sweet be thy peaceful slumbers;

Thou leav'st on earth, loved ones bereaved,

To join Heaven's countless numbers.

We cherish still thy image dear

Though thou art gone forever,

In memory's casket still we wear

Those ties which Time can't sever

And though we'd see they face no more

Among us here to stay

Yet we shall know thee as before

In one sweet happy day.

- Robert L. Burkes.

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For further information on Spire Alford, see this link:

http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/Alford%20Folder/lostgraves.htm

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(1.) Troup County, GA Marriage Record Book A Page 158:

Spire W. Alford and Caroline M. Cotton on January 12, 1837, by Leonard H. Young, JP.

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(2.) Troup County, GA Marriage Record Book D Page 216:

Lawson Slaughter and Caroline M. Alford on November 1, 1860, by Jesse A. Palmer, MG.

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1850 Troup County, ( ) GA Census:

#H402

S. W. Alford 35M Farmer P$400 Born GA

CAROLINE ALFORD 32F Born GA

Marcelius Alford 12M Born GA

Partha A. Alford 10F Born GA

Leonardas Alford 7M Born G

Didema Alford 5F Born GA

Alexandria Alford 2M Born GA

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1860 Troup County, (West Point) GA Census:

#H119

C. M. Alford 41F Farmer P$2,600 Born GA

Leonidas Alford 16M Born GA

J. Alford 14F Born GA

Alex Alford 12M Born GA

S. W. Alford 6M Born GA

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1880 Troup County, (West Point) GA Census:

#H344

Lawson Slaughter 80M Farmer Born GA

CAROLINE M. SLAUGHTER 58F Wife Keeping House Born GA

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1900 Chambers County, (Bloomingdale) AL Census:

#H220

Thomas W. Slaughter 37M Farmer Born July 1862 in AL (Both parents Born GA)

Issie J. Slaughter 37F Wife Born Dec. 1862 in AL (Mother of 5 children; 5 living)

Verner L. Slaughter 12F Daughter At School Born Oct. 1887 in AL

Addie F. Slaughter 10F Daughter At School Born Dec. 1889 in AL

George I. Slaughter 8M Son At School Born Jan. 1892 in AL

Lemiel W. Slaughter 6M Son Born Oct. 1894 in AL

Bettie M. Slaughter 2F Daughter Born May 1898 in AL

CAROLINE SLAUGHTER 81F Mother Born June 1819 in GA (Widow. Mother of 3 children; 3 living)

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