Marion Friends Cemetery ~ Jane 'Jennie' Alice Slyter ~ part of the Marion County Cemeteries of Oregon
Slyter, Jane 'Jennie' Alice
LAST: Slyter FIRST: Jane 'Jennie' MID: Alice
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Brown TITLE: 
BORN: 27 Aug 1865 DIED: 23 Feb 1956 BURIED: 
OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Delena, Columbia Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Thomas R. Brown
Maiden name of mother Martha “Mattie” E. Chalfant
OSBH DC (Columbia 1956) #1334 – Jennie Alice Slyter, female, widowed (James), housewife, b. 27 Aug 1865 in Hardesburg, Ky., d. 23 Feb 1956 in Rural Delena at the age of 90 y’s, name of father Thomas Brown, maiden name of mother Marth E. Chalfent, interment Marion IOOF, undertaker Anderson Funeral Home, informant Ina King (daughter).
1900 IN CENSUS - Jane A. Slyter, age 33, mother of 4 children, b. Aug 1865 in Kentucky, is enumerated with her husband of 10 years, James M., Slyter, age 38, occupation farm laborer, b. Aug 1861 in Indiana, along with James G., age 8, b. Feb 1892 in Kansas, Ina T., age 6, b. Jan 1894 in Kentucky, Clyde B., age 3, b. Nov 1896 in Indiana, and Millie O., age 1, b. Nov 1898 in Indiana.
1910 OR CENSUS - Jennie A. Slyter, age 45, mother of 7 children 6 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with her husband of 19 years, James M. Slyter, age 48, occupation carpenter, b. Indiana, along with James. L., age 18, b. Kansas, Ina T., age 16, b. Kentucky, Millie O., age 11, b. Indiana, George T., age 9, b. Indiana, Seth, age 6, b. Indiana, and Samuel L., age 1, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family are Mattie E. Brown, identified as mother-in-law, age 63, widowed, b. Kentucky, William M. Brown, identified as brother-in-law, age 22, b. Kentucky, Kathleen M., identified as sister-in-law, age 18, b. Kentucky, John R. W. Fischer, identified as nephew, age 16, b. Kentucky, and Irene L. Fisher, identified as niece, age 8, b. Kentucky.
OBITUARY: 
Alice Slyter Dies, Rites At Marion
MARION—Services for Mrs. Alice Slyter, a Marion resident from 1904 to 1938, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Friends Church here. Interment will be at the church cemetery.
Mrs. Slyter died Thursday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. L.R. King, Rainier.; Also surviving include a daughter, Mrs. S. N. Hurd, Sheridan; four sons, George Slyter, Woodburn, J. L. Slyter, Portland, and S. L. Slyter, Arcadia, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. L.E. Petersen, Turner, also two brothers and a sister in Louisville, Ky. 
Oregon Statesman 26 Feb 1956 10:3
INSCRIPTION: 
Slyter
Jennie A.
1865 – 1956
Mother
(shares marker with James)
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Columbia 1956) #1334
Saucy
1900 IN CENSUS (Koscuisko Co., Etna, ED 47, sheet 13B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Marion, ED 215, sheet 4A)
OS 26 Feb 1956 10:3
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