SLATER, Israel

SLATER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/30/2021 at 19:56:55

Isreal Slater
born Nov 13, 1834

Israel Slater, another one of the prosperous farmers of Ida County, Iowa, and an ex-soldier of the late war, resides on a fine farm of 120 acres in section 13 of Maple township. A few facts in regard to his life have been gleaned and are herewith presented:
Israel Slater was born in Tioga county, New York, November 13, 1834, son of Marcus Slater. His forefathers were English and were among the early settlers of Vermont. Marcus Slater went from Vermont to New York when a young man, and was subsequently married there to Maria Mickle, a native of that State and a descendant of German ancestry. In 1849 the Slater family came West to Whiteside County, Illinois, making the journey via lake, railroad and team, and settled near Fulton. There the mother died, aged fifty years. The father died in Kansas at the age of seventy-five. He was a farmer all his life; politically, a Republican; religiously, an Adventist. He and his wife had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Three of the sons were in the war: Israel, Henry and Benjamin. Henry was a member of the Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and lost a finger while in the service; is now a resident of Kansas. Benjamin, who served in the Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry, died in Washington county, Kansas. Mr. Slater also had three brothers-in-law in the army.
In his early life Mr. Slater learned the carpenters’ trade and worked at it for some years. October 2, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry, Company D, went to the front and took his place on the field of battle. At Perryville, Kentucky, he was shot and lost his left leg, and was honorably discharged December 5, 1862, and returned home. In 1880 he came to his present location. Here he has one of the finest and best improved farms in the township, and his son Harry owns 160 acres in the same section. He has a comfortable home, beautifully situated in the midst of a pretty lawn, grove and orchard. There is one good house on the farm, large barns, windmill and other substantial improvements. He and his son Harry raised 240,000 pounds of pop-corn on 100 acres of land in 1891. They are the most extensive pop-corn growers in the West. They also raise large crops of broom-corn.
Mr. Slater was married at the age of twenty-two to Miss M. Mickle, a native of New York and a daughter of George and Betsey Mickle. She was reared in Illinois from her fourteenth year. Following are the names of their children: Mary Thomas, Ida Warner, Lulu Copplin, Nina and Robert, all residents of Maple township. Mr. Slater is, politically, a Republican. He and his family are members of the Advent Church.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.396