Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Slack, Wellington September 20, 1854 - January 29, 1933
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Source: 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908, pgs. 739-740
Author: James R. Lytle

Biography of Wellington Slack – Delaware County, OH
(20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens,
Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing
Co., Chicago, 1908, pgs. 739-740.)

	Wellington Slack, president of the Farmers’ Saving Bank Company of Ashley, was
born on the old home farm which he now owns, September 22, 1854.  He is a son of
Seth and Sarah (Dodd) Slack, and a grandson of Ralph and Margaret (Riley) Slack.

	Ralph Slack, the grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, February 17, 1777, and
about 1785 moved west to Franklin County, Ohio.  Some time after he located in
Berkshire Township, Delaware County, and about 1815 came to Oxford Township, and
obtained from the State a tract of land which now forms the southeast part of
the village of Ashley.  This he later sold off in small parcels.  He lived here
until his death in 1855.  He married Margaret Riley, who was born in Virginia in
1783, and was brought to Ohio by her parents in 1800.  She died in Ashley,
September 1, 1846.

	Seth Slack, father of Wellington, was born on the old home place in Oxford
Township, June 6, 1819, and died December 25, 1880.  He lived on his father’s
farm until 1854, when he moved to the farm which the subject of this sketch now
owns, and in 1868 erected the first brick house built in this vicinity.  He was
a prosperous and successful man.  Hr married Sarah Dodd, who was born in Milton,
Delaware, August 7, 1822, and is a daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Lane) Dodd. 
She now makes her home with her son, Wellington.  She is the mother of the
following children:  Albert L., of Greencamp, Marion County; Thomas C., who
lives in Russylvania, Logan County, Ohio; Margaret (Hyatt), who died in 1900 in
Iowa; Charles O., who lives south of Ashley; Mancy, wife of Monroe Marsh, who
lives in North Oklahoma; Wellington, subject of this article; Elizabeth, who
married T.W. Lee, of Oxford Township, and Eunice, who died in 1887 unmarried. 
Seth Slack was a republican in politics and served as township trustee for some
years.
	
	Wellington Slack was reared on the home place and in his youth attended the
schools of that vicinity.  He has farmed the property ever since old enough, and
still does at the present time, although he has lived in Ashley since 1892.  He
was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Farmer’s Savings Bank
Company, and has served as director since its inception in February, 1905, and
as president since January 1, 1907.  He is one of Ashley’s most successful
business men and public spirited citizens.

	February 7, 1900, Mr. Slack was united in marriage with Mary Lanius, who was
born in Greencamp, Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary
Lanius.  Politically, Mr. Slack is a Republican, and fraternally a charter
member of the K.P. Lodge at Ashley.


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