Jack County, TX - Obituary - James Slater ********************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************** Salt Creek Jacksboro, Texas I will give you a brief history of the life of my brother, James Slater. He was born in Missouri in 1831 and in 1850 he crossed the plains going to the gold fields of California. He lived there 32 years and returned to Missouri. He then wen to Illinois to run my widowed sister's farm, where he lived for 20 years with her and her two daughters. They were sick a good deal in Illinois and they concluded to sell out and come to Jack County, Texas. They landed at our place - J.W. Slater's in October 1902. They all had good health here except my brother who was diseased. About 10 September 1905 he was taken down with the old kidney trouble and died 16 September 1905. He was laid to rest in Wesley Chapel graveyard, leaving his brother, a sister, two nieces, and nephew, J.W. Slater and his wife to mourn the loss. Daniel Slater Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, September 28, 1905