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 . in June, 1895. The next school yearhe also passed here as assistant in chemistry, and doing graduatework. In September, 1896, he took a position as teacher of chem-istry and physics in The Frankfort, Indiana, High School, continuingin this place until December, 190*1, when he became Principal of theDepartment of Chemistry in The Bradley Polytechnic I
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 . in June, 1895. The next school yearhe also passed here as assistant in chemistry, and doing graduatework. In September, 1896, he took a position as teacher of chem-istry and physics in The Frankfort, Indiana, High School, continuingin this place until December, 190*1, when he became Principal of theDepartment of Chemistry in The Bradley Polytechnic Institute,Peoria, 111., in affiliation with The University of Chicago, whichposition he now (1907) holds. He has pursued advanced work in TheUniversity of Chicago during his summer vacations from teaching,and was there graduated M. S. in 1905. Wabash College conferredthe degree of A. M. on him in 1906. His graduate course at the Uni-versity of Chicago for the Doctorate of Philosophy is nearly com-pleted (1907). He is member of The Indiana Academy of Science,The Indiana Association of Science Teachers, The Central Associa-tion of Science and Mathematics Teachers and The American Chemi-cal Society. Prof, and Mrs. Ashman reside in Peoria, kr^^^&rU^^c^ AND THEIR ALLIANCES 427 618 (618) Dr. Charles Elihu9 Slocum {Caleb W.,H Joseph,1 Eleazer*John? Eleazer? Eleazer/ Giles,2 Anthony?) waz* born 30 Decem-ber, 1841, by the mills at Northville, Fulton County, New York,and waz rerd on a farm about a mile from this vilaj. He waz theyungest ov a family ov eleven children, and he began life rather porlyendowd fizikaly, inkluding eyesight, and waz thus, and pekuniarily,much handikapt in obtaning an edukashon. He began teching Pub-lik Skool in kuntry distrikt, Hamilton County, New York, beforsixteen yerz ov aj, at the pris ov twelv dolarz and fifty sents a monthand bord, the bord to be obtand by staing with the patrons ov theskool about wun week in a family. He kontinud teching wintersfor
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