Thomas Arthur Slatton (1882 - 1963)

Born 26 Apr 1882 in Marion, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Oct 1963 at age 81 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Thomas Arthur was born in 1882. He was the son of Wade Slatton and Mary Williams. According to a bible record and census, he married at least twice, first to Lizzie White, who died shortly after with no reported issue, then Mary Standifer, with issue reported in a famiy bible and census.

He passed away in 1963.

Research Notes

A bible transcription was presented to Clinton Slayton during a meeting with Wade A. and Hobert Slatton (both listed in the bible below). The writer(s) unknown, dates shown here in "modern" format and brackets added by Clinton Slayton to reflect names and relationships reported or implied but not all seen in this bible:

Slatton W H died 1888-01-31

Slatton Mary born 1842-08-05 died 1916-04-25 [mar Wade Hampton Slatton]

Slatton Mary [b] 1867-04-11

Slatton Nancy [b] 1868-01

Slatton Sarah [b] 1869-07

Slatton William S [b] 1870-11-17 [Sam'l?]

Slatton John F [b] 1873-04-02 [Franklin]

Slatton Sanson D [b] 1875-01-31 [sic-Sampson David]

Slatton James G [b] 1876-09-14 [Green]

Slatton Mary F [b] 1878-06-29

Slatton Charlotte [b] 1880-04-28

Slatton Thomas Arthur [b] 1882-04-26

Slatton Minnie [b] 1884-04-27

Slatton Arthur - Lizzie White 1905-03-23 [Thos Arthur Slatton mar Lizzie White]

Slatton Lizzie [died] 1905-11-03

Slatton Arthur - Mary Standifer 1917-01-27 [Thos Arthur Slatton mar Mary Standifer]

Slatton T A Jr-grandchild [b] 1919-12-08 [son of Thos A]

Slatton Wade A-grandchild [b] 1921-08-01 [son of Thos A]

Slatton Hobert-grandchild [b] 1925? 08-11 [son of Thos A]

A transcription is also published in a collection of Sequatchie Valley Bible records. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Sequatchie Valley Bible Records', James L. Douthat, editor, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, Tennessee, 1985, pp. 23, "Bible of M. H. and Mary Slatton (sic- W. H. and Mary Slatton), Now the Bible of Arthur Slatton," accessed online at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/796241-sequatchie-valley-bible-records.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRM-6Y7 : 3 February 2021), Arthur Slatton, Civil District 2, ED 68, Sheet 4A, Marion, Tennessee, United States.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7M-S9C : accessed 17 April 2021), Authur Slatton, District 6, Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 6B, line 86, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-PP8 : 11 January 2021), Arthur Slaton, Civil District 6, Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-7, sheet 1B, line 59, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H6-37NP : 11 October 2018), Thomas Arthur Slatton, 20 Oct 1963; Death, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122670478