When De Witt Silas Slawson was born in 1800, in Wallkill, Orange, New York, United States, his father, Elihu Slauson, was 31 and his mother, Esther Case, was 21. He married Elizabeth Horton on 1 January 1825. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Perry, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 September 1872, in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Old Du Quoin Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States.
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English: habitational name from Slawston (Leicestershire), with the loss of -t- characteristic of this area. The placename may derive from the Old Norse personal name Slagr (Middle English genitive Slages) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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