SLACK, Susan (Boler)

Date of birth:  17 May 1807 – Brown County, Ohio
Date of death: 22 Dec 1890 – Hensley, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 2, 1891,
Volume XXXI Number 28, page 1 column 5

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OBITUARY.

Susan Boler Slack was born in Brown county, Ohio, May 17th, 1807. She was married to John Slack, June 3, 1830. They came to Johnson county, Indiana, in November, 1835, and settled on a part of section twenty-five in Hen­sley township, where they lived contin­uously until the day of her death, December 22, 1890, at the age of eighty-three years, seven months and five days.

Aunt Susan, as she was generally called, was familiar with many of the hardships incident to pioneer life, fre­quently assisting her husband in clear­ing away the forest and continually laboring for the comfort of her family and for more than sixty years she walked by the side of her husband a kind and dutiful wife, a patient and loving mother, and a good neighbor. She was the mother of ten children, five of whom are living and were present when she passed away. The funeral took place at the Lick Spring church on Tuesday, the 23rd, and was largely attended by relatives and friends.

C. M. F.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 2, 1891, Volume XXXI Number 28, page 1 column 6

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MT. OLIVE

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Mrs. John Slack, one of Johnson County’s oldest citizens, died on Mon­day of last week. Her death was the result of a fall in which she suffered a broken thigh. The remains were interred in the Lick Spring cemetery on Tuesday of last week.

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Link to Susan (Boler) Slack’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry