History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America : genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained . st Church from 1854 ro 1904, and in 1886-7, was associateeditor of, and contributor to the church magazine, The BaptistBells. Has been a member of De Witt Clinton Council of theRoyal Arcanum since 1887, and has served as juryman at varioustimes. In January, 1895, was elected a trustee of the SuperiorCouncil of the American Protective Association, at


History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America : genealogical and biographical, embracing twelve generations of the first-named family from to 1908, with their marriages and descendants in the female lines as far as ascertained . st Church from 1854 ro 1904, and in 1886-7, was associateeditor of, and contributor to the church magazine, The BaptistBells. Has been a member of De Witt Clinton Council of theRoyal Arcanum since 1887, and has served as juryman at varioustimes. In January, 1895, was elected a trustee of the SuperiorCouncil of the American Protective Association, at the state con-vention held in Syracuse, N. Y., on that date, and was re-elected atthe Rochester convention, the following year. Was a member ofthe Brooklyn Young Republican Club (1881-1906) and a delegateto various political conventions. He has compiled a family historyand accumulated a valuable collection of books and oil paintings. Hiswife, Emma is an active member in church and charitable organiza-tions. See Volume I. His daughter, Florence (an only child),born January 30, 1874, and a graduate of the Girls High Schoolof Brooklyn, was married October 12, 1897, by the Rev. A. (Baptist) to Charles Berry Austin, youngest son of Joel. • £r>i90e*iT^&> 566 AND THEIR ALLIANCES 411 J. Austin, formerly of Flatbush, L. I. Mr. Austin (for a number of years connected with the Standard Oil Company), is now (1908)engaged in business in New York, as a florist. 568 (568) John9 Slocum (Samuel? John,1 John? John? John? Giles?Giles? Anthony?) born 9 June, 1830, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island;died 24 May, 1883, in Providence, where his widow Priscilla E.(Dodge) resided in 1892. Of their children: i. Charles Alvin, by wife, Ella Louise Pray, nee Davenport, hadchild, Bertha Irene, b. 26 June, 1882, Providence. ii. George Henry, b. 5 Aug., 1859; m. 1 Oct., 1892, Elma M. Knowles,of Providence, dau. of Edward F. and Susan (Tripp). iii. Ella Moffit, b. 22 Oct., 1869; d. 17 August, 1890. 5


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