Biography of George Slayman, page 590.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George Slayman, deceased, was born in Cumberland County, Pa., May 27, 1824, 
and died in De Kalb County, Ind., Feb 2, 1881.  He was a son of John and 
Susannah (Gross) Slayman, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent.  His 
mother died when he was an infant, and when he was three years old his 
father moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he was reared, and was married 
Feb. 26, 1847, to Miss Barbara Bales, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, 
daughter f David and Anna (Morgan) Bales, natives of Westmoreland County, 
Pa., of German descent.  The following fall they moved to De Kalb County, 
Ind., and settled on forty acres of wild land his father had entered from 
the Government.  He bought forty acres adjoining this, and at once went to 
work to clear and improve a farm.  He was successful in his agricultural 
pursuits, and added to his first purchase till he had a landed estate of 455 
acres, all under cultivation. In politics he was a Democrat. Although he had 
no aspiration for official honors, he took an active interest in all public 
affairs and was ready with both time and means to assist any enterprise of 
benefit to his town or county.  In his death Fairfield Township lost one 
of her most worthy and esteemed citizens, and his family a kind husband 
and indulgent and affectionate father.  To Mr. and Mrs. Slayman were born 
eight children, but five of whom are living---Rebecca Ann, Sarah E., Maria 
J., Mary E. and Arwilda E.  Ida Belle and an infant son and daughter are 
deceased.  Mrs. Slayman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and 
takes an active part in all the work of the church of her choice.  She is 
a benevolent, kind woman, and is beloved by her neighbors and esteemed by 
all who know her.

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