When Bessie Margaret Slate was born on 22 February 1884, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Edgar Slate, was 35 and her mother, Margaret M. Baker, was 28. She married John Henry Hampton on 25 August 1900, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 8 years and Euless, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1974. She died on 24 May 1974, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Mountain View, Stokes, North Carolina, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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English: occupational or nickname perhaps for a slater or roofer, or a supplier of slates, from Middle English s(c)lat(e) ‘slate’ (Old French esclat). See Slater .
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