General Notes

Text published in about 1915:

Frederick Slater,Sr. was born in 1801, in Hanover, Germany. He brought his family to America in 1835, settling at Pittsburgh, and later moved to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time, and then moved to Lawrence county, Ohio, remaining there five years. He then moved to Alexandria, Kentucky, and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1878, at the age of seventy-seven years.

He was a strong believer in Democratic principles. His wife, Matilda (Repe) Slater, was born in 1797, in Hanover, Germany, and died in 1874, aged seventv-seven years. They were the parents of five children. Henry, Frederick, Matilda, Emily, and John, all of whom are in the United States.
John Frederick Slater was born in 1801, in Hanover, Germany. He brought his family to America in 1835, settling at Pittsburgh, and later moved to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time, and then moved to Lawrence county, Ohio, remaining there five years. He then moved to Alexandria, Kentucky, and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and lived there until his death, which occurred in 187S, at the age of seventy-seven years.