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Alonzo W. Slayback
Alonzo William Slayback (July 4, 1838 – October 13, 1882) was an American Confederate military officer and a founder of the Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball in St. Louis, Missouri. He was shot and killed in self-defense by the managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Slayback was born July 4, 1838, in Plum Grove, Marion County, Missouri, the son of Alexander Lambdin Slayback, an attorney, and Anna Maria Minter. The father died of cholera at age thirty, leaving his widow, three sons, and a daughter. A college classmate of Alonzo Slayback recalled in 1882 that Alexander Slayback had died when Alonzo and his brother, Charles E. Slayback, "were little children, leaving no property at all."
The one object of their mother's life then was to educate them thoroughly. To this end she toiled as no woman within my recollection ever did, and accomplished her object. Lon became a lawyer, and Charley the well known New Orleans and St. Louis merchant. To the credit of these boys be it said that the first money they made was given to their mother, and from that day she never had an hour's work to do, if they could help it.
Nicknamed "Lon", he was tutored by his mother, and at age 10 he passed an examination which enabled him to enter the Masonic College in Lexington, Missouri. He graduated in 1856, with highest honors in a "full collegiate course."
After college he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he read law under Bela M. Hughes and taught school. He was admitted to the bar in 1857, his first partner being Joseph P. Grubb.
On April 14, 1859, Slayback was married to Alice A. Waddell, daughter of William B. Waddell of Lexington, Missouri.
During his military service with the Confederate Army in the American Civil War, he was gravely ill with typhoid fever but was nursed back to health by his wife.
At his death on October 13, 1882, he was survived by his wife and six children, Susanna, 21; Minnette, 14; Katie, 12; Mabel, 9; Grace, 7, and Alonzo W. Jr., 3. Also surviving were three siblings, Charles E. and Preston Slayback and Mrs. Minnie Bond. Susanna, known as Susie, was married on March 5, 1884, to Wellington Adams.
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Alonzo W. Slayback
Alonzo William Slayback (July 4, 1838 – October 13, 1882) was an American Confederate military officer and a founder of the Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball in St. Louis, Missouri. He was shot and killed in self-defense by the managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Slayback was born July 4, 1838, in Plum Grove, Marion County, Missouri, the son of Alexander Lambdin Slayback, an attorney, and Anna Maria Minter. The father died of cholera at age thirty, leaving his widow, three sons, and a daughter. A college classmate of Alonzo Slayback recalled in 1882 that Alexander Slayback had died when Alonzo and his brother, Charles E. Slayback, "were little children, leaving no property at all."
The one object of their mother's life then was to educate them thoroughly. To this end she toiled as no woman within my recollection ever did, and accomplished her object. Lon became a lawyer, and Charley the well known New Orleans and St. Louis merchant. To the credit of these boys be it said that the first money they made was given to their mother, and from that day she never had an hour's work to do, if they could help it.
Nicknamed "Lon", he was tutored by his mother, and at age 10 he passed an examination which enabled him to enter the Masonic College in Lexington, Missouri. He graduated in 1856, with highest honors in a "full collegiate course."
After college he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he read law under Bela M. Hughes and taught school. He was admitted to the bar in 1857, his first partner being Joseph P. Grubb.
On April 14, 1859, Slayback was married to Alice A. Waddell, daughter of William B. Waddell of Lexington, Missouri.
During his military service with the Confederate Army in the American Civil War, he was gravely ill with typhoid fever but was nursed back to health by his wife.
At his death on October 13, 1882, he was survived by his wife and six children, Susanna, 21; Minnette, 14; Katie, 12; Mabel, 9; Grace, 7, and Alonzo W. Jr., 3. Also surviving were three siblings, Charles E. and Preston Slayback and Mrs. Minnie Bond. Susanna, known as Susie, was married on March 5, 1884, to Wellington Adams.
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