| Solomon,
Jr.’s grandfather, Dewald/Tewald
“David” Slayback was born about 1720 in
Alsace, France and died April 04, 1791 in New
Jersey. He is buried in a cemetery in the area of
Mercer Co. (formerly Middlesex Co.), Windsor
Twp., New Jersey. David is the Anglicized version
of Dewald. He came to America in Sept. 1733 and
settled in New Jersey. In 1761 he petitioned the
New Jersey Colony for natural citizenship. David
had 9 children and among them was a son, Solomon,
who became Solomon Slayback, Sr., father of the
subject of this narrative, Solomon, Jr. Solomon, Sr. was born
August 2, 1753 in Trenton, Middlesex Co., New
Jersey. He married Sarah Hoagland about 1773 and
they had a total of 12 children. While living in
New Jersey, Solomon, Sr. served in the American
Revolutionary War of 1776. Between 1793 and 1795,
Solomon, Sr. took his wife, and 9 children at the
time, and moved westward to Lexington, Fayette
Co., KY, along with his brother William, and
Martin Hoagland, a carpenter, probably Sarah's
brother. We can narrow the time to this 2 year
span because his 9th child, Solomon, Jr. was born
in New Jersey August 8, 1793 and his 10th child
was born December 30, 1795 in Fayette County,
Kentucky. His last two children were also born in
Fayette County, Kentucky. At some time, Solomon,
Sr. crossed the Ohio River and moved into
Hamilton County, Ohio. He died in 1814 in
Hamilton Co., OH and is buried in St.
Mary’s, now Springdale Presbyterian Cemetery, located on Rt. 4
(Springfield Pk.) and Cameron, Springdale,
Hamilton Co., Ohio.
Now on to Solomon Jr., who is buried
in Glenwood Cemetery in Madison Co., Illinois.
We know from the "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in
the War of 1812," Published Under Authority
of Law by The Adjutant General of Ohio, 1916,
page 395, Vol 1, that Solomon served in the War
of 1812. He is listed on the Roll of Capt.
William T. Cullum's Company. (County unknown.)
Served from September 4, 1813, until March 2,
1814... Sergt, Solomon Slayback.
Solomon’s
wife, Ella is buried here also, but she is his
second wife. His first marriage was to Phoebe Day
and was solemnized April 16, 1818, in Hamilton
County, Ohio. Phoebe was born about 1794 and died
January 25, 1819, in Butler Co., Ohio. She is
buried in the same cemetery as her father-in-law,
St. Mary’s (Springdale Presbyterian) Cemetery, Rt. 4
(Springfield Pk.) and Cameron, Springdale,
Hamilton Co., OH. We believe Solomon and Phoebe
may have had at least one child, a son. We have
no information on this child, except that he was
a son. He survived, because no child of Solomon
and Phoebe’s is buried in St. Mary’s
Cemetery. I have visited the cemetery, walked it
and checked their records.
On December 21,
1820, in Butler County, OH, Solomon married his
second wife, Ella “Elly” House. She was
born December 26, 1800, in Madison Co., Virginia.
Solomon and Elly had a total of nine children.
According to the 1830 census, Solomon and his
family were living in Eaton, Washington Township,
Preble Co., Ohio.
In December of
1835 he began purchasing land in Illinois. By the
time the 1840 census was enumerated, he and his
family were living in Madison Co., Illinois,
Ridge Prairie Precinct. They may have moved there
when he began purchasing land in 1835, but I
don’t know. In 1850, 1860 and 1870 he is
enumerated in the census in Collinsville, Madison
Co., Illinois.
Elly died December
1871 and was buried here in Glenwood Cemetery on
December 26, 1871. Solomon followed within a
week, dying also in December 1871 and buried 5
days after Elly, on December 31, 1871.
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