Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Slack, Aaron
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   AARON SLACK proprietor of the Continental hotel, P.O. 
Yardley, was born in Yardley, June 6, 1842, and is a son of 
Samuel G. and Martha (Howell) Slack.  His grandfather, 
Abraham, was a son of Cornelius and Sarah (Hellings) Slack, 
and Cornelius was a son of Abraham Slack, one of three 
brothers who emigrated from Holland to America and settled 
in Lower Makefield between 1740 and 1744.  He died in 1802.  
His children were:  Abraham, Cornelius, James and Sarah.  Of 
these Cornelius died in 1828.  He had several children, 
among them Abraham, a farmer of Lower Makefield, married 
Frances, daughter of James Girton, by whom he had seven 
children who grew to maturity:  Aaron, Samuel G., Mary A. 
(Mrs. Cyrus Slack), Elizabeth (Mrs. James Haines), Sarah 
(Mrs. Joseph Moon), James G. and Abraham K.  Of these Samuel 
G. kept a general store in Yardley for many years.  His wife 
was a daughter of Timothy and Rebecca (Margerum) Howell, of 
Lower Makefield, by whom he had one son, Aaron, who was 
reared in Yardley, where he has always resided.  He was in 
the late war of the rebellion, enlisting February 3, 1864, 
in company C, 186th regiment, Pa., Vols., under Colonel H. 
A. Frink, was promoted corporal February 10, 1864, and was 
honorably discharged from the service August 15, 1865.  In 
January, 1866, he embarked in the hotel business in Yardley. 
He is a popular landlord and has made the "Continental" a 
favorite stopping place for the traveling public.  Mr. Slack 
married, January 16, 1866, Claudina, daughter of John R. and 
Hannah M. (Johnson) Schuyler, of Philadelphia, and a 
descendant of Philip Schuyler of revolutionary fame.  By 
this union there are five children:  Mattie, Philip S., 
Clarence B., Bessie L. and Marshall D.   Mr. Slack is a 
member of the I. O. O. F., the K. O P., and the A. O. U. W.  
Politically he is a democrat.