Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . edMay, 1856; married Ann Le Stewart. VIII. Laton Slocum, fourth child of Williamand Sarah (Sawyer) Slocum, born August 16,1792, in Pittston, Luzerne county, Pennsylva-nia; died while attending court in WTilkes-Barre,January 16, 1833. He spent his early years inhis home town, where he was educated in thepublic schools. He was a farmer and spent hisentire life on a farm. He married, March 1,1819, Gratey Scoville, born December 24, 1796,died September 3, 1829, daughter of James andThankful (Nash) Scoville, of Ex
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . edMay, 1856; married Ann Le Stewart. VIII. Laton Slocum, fourth child of Williamand Sarah (Sawyer) Slocum, born August 16,1792, in Pittston, Luzerne county, Pennsylva-nia; died while attending court in WTilkes-Barre,January 16, 1833. He spent his early years inhis home town, where he was educated in thepublic schools. He was a farmer and spent hisentire life on a farm. He married, March 1,1819, Gratey Scoville, born December 24, 1796,died September 3, 1829, daughter of James andThankful (Nash) Scoville, of Exeter township,Pennsylvania. They settled on a farm in thattown, where they always resided. IX. William Slocum, youngest child ofLaton and Gratey (Scoville) Slocum, born Jan-uary 9, 1829, in Exeter township, Luzerne coun-ty, Pennsylvania, died October 8. 1895. Hismother died when he was an infant, and he waseducated and resided in Exeter until 1835, whenhe went to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, wherehe remained two years. He resided in York, 1839-40, and Mokelumne Hill, Cali-. ^A t^Ct^-vzy THE WYOMING AXD LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 395^ fornia, in 1852-53. He then returned to Pitts-ton, Pennsylvania, and resided there in 1856-57,and from the latter date until 1864 m Scranton,Pennsylvania. He went as a substitute to theCivil war. He married, Februarv 17, 1864. inOsceola, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, Mary AnnHoyt, born in Osceola, Pennsylvania, November20. 1837, daughter of Abel and Esther Eliza(Hurlburt) Hoyt. (See Hoyt Family.) Theyhad children: 1. James Phillips, born August16, 1865, in Osceola, Tioga county. Pennsylva-nia, died August 8, 1886. 2. William Giles,born November 23, 1869. X. William Giles Slocum, youngest son ofWilliam and Mary Ann (Hoyt) Slocum, bornNovember 23, 1869, in Exeter township. Penn-sylvania, is the only lineal descendant in thetenth generation of one of the old and highly re-spected pioneer families of Wyoming vallev. Hereceived his education in the schoo
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