Lieut James Ellison Sligh

Birth 30 JULY 1841 • Claiborne Parish Louisiana
Death 17 JULY 1923 • Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

When Lieut James Ellison Sligh was born on July 30, 1841, in Claiborne, Louisiana, his father, George, was 32 and his mother, Emily, was 22. He had one son and two daughters with Mary Levenia Louise Butler. He then married Victorline Josephine Hutte and they had four children together. He died on July 17, 1923, in Long Beach, California, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hollywood, California.

He served in the War Between the States as a Lt. in Company B, Twenty-Eighth Infantry Regt, La. – Confederate
He was a member of UCV. His wife Mary L. Sligh,was a member of UDC. He was the son of George Benedict Sligh and Emily Bell Canfield. He married first to Mary Levenia Louise Butler, she died March 30, 1890 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and is buried in the Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks, New Mexico. He married 2nd to Victorlina J. Hutte in 1892 in Washington. She died April 3, 1942 in Los Angeles County, California.

 

1800 CENSUS Name: James E. Sligh
Age: 38
Birth Date: Abt 1842
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1880: White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico, USA
Dwelling Number: 12
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Mary Sligh
Father’s Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother’s Birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Assayer
Neighbors:  
Household Members Age Relationship
James E. Sligh 38 Self (Head)
Mary Sligh 34 Wife
George Sligh 14 Son
Emie Sligh 12 Daughter

 

1885 CENSUS Name: James E Sligh
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1842
Birth Place: Louisiana
Enumeration District: 13
Residence: Precinct 08, Lincoln
Relation to Head: Head
Marital status: Married
Father’s Birth Place: SC
Mother’s Birth Place: South Carolina
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Relation to Head
James E Sligh Head
Mary Lou Sligh Wife
Emily Sligh Daughter

Spouse & Children

Victorline Josephine Hutte
1873–1942

James Nicholas Sligh
1897–1939

Thomas Theodore Sligh
1901–1969

Victor Joseph Sligh
1904–1956

John Elerson Sligh
1906–1977

 

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  • Results for your Search by Grantee: SLIGH J E
    For official copies of documents, please visit the County office.
    Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc#
    AGREE SLIGH J E 1 B 113 2 18800608 DAVIS GEORGE W 18800528 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010113
        1         ELLIS B H     188010113
        1         HOMESTAKE LODE PART AKA     188010113
        1         JERRELL W L     188010113
        1         LEONARD IRA E     188010113
        1         SLIGH J E     188010113
        1         SOUTH HOMESTAKE     188010113
        1         WILSON JOHN E     188010113
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 B 319 2 18801227 LA MINA DE LAS CRUCES VIEJOS 18801227   188010319
        1         VEGA JOSE M     188010319
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 B 636 2 18810709 BLAKE FLETCHER A 18810709 NOGAL MINING DISTRICT 188110636
        1         BUSTAMANTO     188110636
        1         GOLEDN EAGLE     188110636
        1         VERA CRUZ     188110636
        1         WASHOE     188110636
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 C 94 2 18810725 BLAKE FLETCHER A 18801022   188110094
        1         BUSTAMENTE MINE     188110094
        1         GOLDEN EAGLE MINE     188110094
        1         VERA CRUZ MINE     188110094
        1         WASHOE MINE     188110094
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 C 232 1 18811013 BELL THOMAS H 18801211   188110232
        1         DELAWARE     188110232
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 C 233 1 18811013 BONITO 18811008   188110233
        1         DELAWARE     188110233
        1         JEWETT D J M A     188110233
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 C 234 1 18811013 BONITO 18811001 NOGAL DISTRICT 188110234
  • Results for your Search by Grantee: SLIGH J E
    For official copies of documents, please visit the County office.
    Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc#
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 C 234 1 18811013 BONITO 18811001 NOGAL DISTRICT 188110234
        1         DELAWARE     188110234
        1         LAMSON ADNA     188110234
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 C 331 1 18811203 A R LIVINGSTON 18810730 NOGAL MINING DISTRICT 188110331
        1         RICHARD & WHITMORE ATTORNEY     188110331
        1         WATTS I H     188110331
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 A 26 1 18820608 TOMLINSON JAMES A TRUSTEE 18820515   188210026
      Track Unit Block 6 Lot 5 Parcel PART LOT 1 WHITE OAKS O P       188210026
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 D 168 1 18830122 MCGUIRE GEORGE 18830120   188310168
        1         MCGUIRES MINE     188310168
      Section 35 Township 08S Range 10E           PART 188310168
    QCD SLIGH J E 1 D 294 1 18830409 CRYSTAL CLAIM 18821230 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188310294
        1         ST ELMO CLAIM     188310294
        1         SUNDELAND N S     188310294
        1         WILLEY CLAIM     188310294
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 A 187 1 18880518 CRONIN M 18880517 BLKS 1922 35 4-41 45 47 55 57 67 188810187
        1             73 94 106 108 188810187
        1             SEVERAL LOTS IN LISTED BLKS 188810187
      Track Unit Block Lot Parcel   NOGAL TOWNSITE       188810187
    DEED SLIGH J E 1 J 338 2 18880521 BANNER T J 18880514 BONITO MINING DISTRICT 188810338
        1         GOOD LUCK CLAIM     188810338

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Lt James E Sligh age 43 b 1842 Louisiana 
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Daughter Emily age 17 b 1868 Louisiana 
Wife Mary Lou age 39 b 1846 Louisiana d march 30 1890 cedarvale 
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2nd marriage in 1892 Washington 
 
So he left after first wife passed