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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 305.



                         W. L. VANSLYKE
                         Abbeville, LA

W. L. Vanslyke, a successful planter, who resides about two miles
and a half south of Abbeville, was born in Green county, Indiana,
in 1849. He is the son of Henry and Harriet (Leonard) Van-
slyke, the former a native of New York and the latter of,
Indiana. They reared a family of nine children, two sons and
seven daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch is the third.
The parents both spent their whole lives in Green county, where
Mr. Vanslyke was a successful farmer. He died in 1887 and his
wife in 1873. The children are all diving and are scattered
over the different states, Mr. W. L. Vanslyke being the only
member of the family in Louisiana.  Removing to his present place
of residence in 1870 he engaged in farming, in which he has
continued with success. He owns two hundred and seventy acres of
land, mostly under cultivation and well improved. He has on his
place a sugar-mill, in which he manufactures his own product. He
raises about a hundred acres of cane annually, manufacturing a
hundred hogsheads of sugar besides raising a large amount of
corn. He is a methodical and successful business man. He
was married in 1872 to Miss Margaret Vanslyke. To them have
been born seven children, a son and six daughters, viz: Beulah,
Ira, Neosha, Daisy, Birdie, Nita (deceased), Hazel.  Mr. Vanslyke
has served for three years as member of the police jury and is an
active participant in public matters. He is a member of the
Knights of Honor. He and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.