1. William Zaidais 2, 5, 12
2. Sanford L. 2, 5, 8, 12
3. Homer 6
4. Blanch 6
5. Fanny Fern 2, 5, 12
6. Helen 7, 8
7. Fay Ida 2, 5, 8, 13

It states on Ada's death certificate that she was divorced. Also, in William's obituary, it says that he had "children by a former marriage." The Wood County Clerk of Courts has the initial filing of the divorce on July 1, 1893 but do not have any records beyond that such as whether the divorce was granted or dismissed, etc. In the 1910 Census, Ada is living with 2 children, Sanford and Fay, no husband. 8

The 1910 census also states that Ada had 7 children, 4 of whom were still living. 8

1. Ada B. Sly death certficate, no. 47569, State of Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Columbus.
2. Ada Avery Sly obituary, The Daily Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, 10 July 1926, p 1, col 7.
3. Ada B. Sly tombstone, Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green (Wood County), Ohio; photographed by author in May 2001.
4. Wood County Record of Marriages, Volume 7, page 178, Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, Bowling Green, Ohio.
5. William J. Sly obituary, The Daily Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, 24 January 1931, p1, col 5.
6. Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, compiler, Oak Grove Cemetery in Bowling Green, Center Township, Wood County, Ohio. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, 1985), 143.
7. Callin, John. "Descendants of Harriet E. Callin", to author. Copy held 2001 by author.
8. Ada Sly household, 1910 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Center Township, enumeration district [ED] 184, supervisor’s district [SD] 8, sheet 8A, dwelling 190, family 4, 9 December 2003.
9. Gilbert Z. Avery household, 1860 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, Bowling Green post office, page 242, dwelling 383, family 371; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1053.
10. Gilbert Z. Avery household, 1870 U.S. census, Webster County, Missouri, population schedule, Hazlewood township, Hazlewood post office, page 24, dwelling 173, family 167; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 826.
11. Gilbert Z. Avery household, 1880 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, enumeration district [ED] 98, supervisor’s district [SD] 1, page 3, dwelling 29, family 31; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 1078.
12. Wm. Sly household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Tontogany Village, enumeration district [ED] 161, supervisor’s district [SD] 8, sheet 4, dwelling 79, family 83; National Archives micropublication, T623, roll 1334.
13. Ada Sly household, 1920 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, city of Bowling Green, 4th ward, enumeration district [ED] 149, supervisor’s district [SD] 6, sheet 10B, dwelling 255, family 267; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1448.