Obit - Alfred E. Slusher - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Otis Slusher   ojfwb@webtv.net 

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Following obit from the Kingfisher County, OK, newspaper Free Press"
published on 15 Mar 1894. It contains incorrect surname SLUSSER
(name is SLUSHER).

Mustered Out.

Alfred E. SLUSSER (SLUSHER), on the 10th inst., at his home in this city.
Comrade SLUSSER (SLUSHER) was a Virginian by birth, having been born in
Warfield (should be Moorefield), Hardy Co., Aug 18, 1842. Eighteen years
afterward, with his parents, he relocated in Illinois. Dec 23,1863, he
enlisted in Co. E., 51st Ill. Vol. Infy. and continued in the service
until the close of the war. During the service he was a prisoner at
Andersonville for five months, having been taken prisoner at Franklin,
Tenn. After his discharge he returned to his Illinois home and was
married, Aug 25th, 1867, to Elizabeth J. KELLOGG. He lived for sixteen
years at Blanchester, O. (Ohio), and from thence came to Kansas and
Oklahoma. In '87 he was twice the victum of paralysis, once in July
and the second time in August, on account of which he was permanently
disabled. He leaves behind a wife and seven living children, one child
having preceded him to the graveyard years ago. Comerade SLUSSER's
(SLUSHER"S) last years have been years of suffering and struggles with
poverty, and his death, brought on by his own deliberate act, was one
of the most melancholy characer. He became so thoroughly discouraged
on account of his helpless condition, that he preferred death to longer
suffering. After all, while men are disposed to condem the course adopted
by Comrade SLUSSER (SLUSHER), it was the act of a soldier; an act that
showed that he was not afraid to face death - that having become a burden
to himself and his family, by misfortunes which he could not avert, he was
ready to put and end to it all.

God is good; He is merciful; He knows the hearts of all men, and His
judgment will be tampered with mercy.

So they go; nearly every week the Free Press is called upon to tell the
brief, sad story of some comrade who had received his final discharge.

NOTES: Alfred Elijah SLUSHER was the son of Alfred SLUSHER (1807-1875)
and Nancy Ann SKIDMORE (1813-1862) - He was born 18 Aug 1842 in Moorefield,
Hardy Co, VA/WVA - He married Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane KELLOGG, d/o Isaac
KELLOGG and Mary Elizabeth Jane WOOD, on 25 Aug 1867 in Robinson, Crawford
Co, IL - "Eliza" was born 20 July 1853 in Crawford Co, IL, and died 20 Feb
1946 in Enid, Garfield Co, OK - Alfred and Eliza are buried Kingfisher
Cemetery, Kingfisher Co, OK.

ADDIT NOTES:

Siblings of Alfred Eliah SLUSHER; George William SLUSHER (1838-1908), James
Loche SLUSHER (1845-1924), Mary Elizabeth SLUSHER (1848-1917), Susan
Rebecca SLUSHER (1851-1907), Phillip Andrew SLUSHER (b & d 1841) and
Amelia Ellen SLUSHER (1856-1863).

Children of Alfred Elijah SLUSHER and Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane KELLOGG: Laura
Amelia (SLUSHER) VOGT (1868-1960), Frederick Elton SLUSHER (1871-1949),
Ida May (SLUSHER) HAUNSTEIN STEPHENSON (1874-1946), Howard
Clissold SLUSHER (1877-1914), Minnie Aby (SLUSHER) BURSON (1879-1964),
Dr. Wiliam Arthur SLUSHER (1882-1970), Worlie Allen SLUSHER (1884-1885)
and Harvey Harold SLUSHER (1887-1970