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George Washington Slusher, s/o Jacob & Telitha (Hylton) Slusher. [Weddle_Jacob_Sarah]
George W. Slusher m.
Leah Wood 9-30-1856 Patrick Co., VA.
Leah Wood, d/o
John Richard & 1st wife Lucinda “Lucy” (Dehart) Wood. [Wood_JohnR_2wives]
George died of illness or wounds
received during combat operations in northwest Georgia most likely around
the towns of Adairsville and Cassville. The Dr. Samuel H. Stout collection
of Confederate
Hospital records housed in Texas records
that G. W. Slusher (misspelled Slasher when admitted) was admitted into the
Cannon Confederate Hospital in LaGrange Georgia on May 23rd 1964
and
died May 26th 1864. He is
buried in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, grave site 29, in LaGrange,
Georgia.
G.W.'s wife, Leah (Wood) Slusher, and three daughters are buried in
Slusher-Emerson Cemetery on Sugar Tree Road, Willis, Va. The three daughters
have headstones:
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L.C. (Lucinda Catherine Slusher) Emerson
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17 Apr 1860
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22 Dec 1926
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Annie E. (Analiza)
Slusher
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18 Sep 1858
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27 April 1892
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Sarah L. (Sarah Levina)
Slusher
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23 Jun 1862
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19 December 1888
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Several graves,
including those of Leah (Wood) Slusher and Lucinda's husband, James S. Emerson, have no
engraved headstones visible. Leah d/o John Richard & Lucinda (DeHart) Wood was sister of
Mary
Jane (Wood) Slusher w/o
Oliver Perry Slusher (sisters Leah
and Mary married brothers G.W. and O.P.)
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