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Thomas D. SLEMMONS

Thomas D. SLEMMONS

Male 1825 - 1893  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Thomas D. SLEMMONS 
    Born CA 1825  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military Co I, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Civil War  [3
    Census 1860  Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1860  [1
    laborer 
    Census 1870  Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1893  [3
    Person ID I128391  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2020 

    Family Margaret CANNON,   b. 30 Nov 1827, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1907, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1850  Kensington, Philadelphia Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • at First Presbyterian Church of Kensington
    Divorced Y  [5
    Notes 
    • The spelling of this family's surname appears in various records about equally with one M or two.

      1860 Census, City of Philadelphia (19th Ward), Pennsylvania, enumerated on Jul 27 1860:
      Thomas Slemmons, 35, laborer; Margaret, 33; Sarah, 9; Catherine, 6; John, 3. All born in Philadelphia except for Thomas, born in Ireland.

      1870 Census, City of Philadelphia (19th Ward, 57th District), enumerated on Jul 20 1870:
      Margt [Margaret] Slemens, 44, b. Ireland [sic], value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $300; Sarah, 18, b. Pa, occupation spooler; Stuart, 3, b. Pa.

      1870 Census, City of Philadelphia (19th Ward, 57th District), enumerated on Nov 21 1870 (2nd enumeration):
      Thomas Slemons, 49; Margaret, 48; Sarah, 19; Stewart, 3.
      NOTE: No other information was recorded, perhaps because it was a second enumeration.

      1870 Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Shenango Twp), enumerated on Jul 23 1870:
      James Hill, 39, farmer, value of real estate $9,540, value of personal estate $1,500; Elizabeth Hill, 49; Kate Stemens 16; Lizzie Clinging, 9; Preston Clinging, 11; Thomas Slemons, 84 [sic], without occupation. All born in Pennsylvania except for Thomas, born in Ireland.
      NOTE: The 1870 and earlier censuses did not include relationships or marital status.

      1880 Census, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
      Margaret Slemons, 50, widowed/divorced, occupation washer woman, cannot write; sau Sarah, 28, single, spooler in cotton mill; son Stuard, 12, works in cotton mill. [2]
    Children 
     1. Sarah SLEMMONS,   b. CA 1851, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1931, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     2. Catherine "Kate" SLEMMONS,   b. 14 Jun 1855, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1935, West Middlesex, Mercer Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. John SLEMMONS,   b. CA 1857, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jul 1870  (Age ~ 13 years)
     4. Stewart SLEMMONS,   b. 25 Jul 1868, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1926, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F55994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1850 - Kensington, Philadelphia Co, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Philadelphia, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
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    128391_SLEMMONS_Thomas_CivilWarPensionIndexCard_WidowsPensionClaim-21Nov1893.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    2. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S231] Pennsylvania & New Jersey Church & Town Records, 1669-2013, (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1710] 1880 Census.