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Cemetery:           Albion Prairie Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wi.
Name:               Arnold SLAGG
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SLAGG, Arnold
16 Jul 1840- 08 Oct 1925
Son of Henry and Elizabeth (PARKER) SLAGG
Married Hannah BARTON on 23 Dec 1860
Married Mary CLABBY in 1902

Death notice is from the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, Edgerton,
Rock Co., WI. Fri 09 Oct 1925:

ARNOLD SLAGG PASSES AWAY

Arnold Slagg, 85 years of age, died at his home in this city
on Thursday, October 8th, at 3 o'clock a.m. after a long
illness, having suffered two strokes of Apoplexy.

The funeral will take place Saturday, October 10, at 1:30 p.m.
at his home and interment will be made at Albion Prairie
cemetery.


Obit is from the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, Edgerton, Rock
Co., WI. Fri. 16 Oct 1925: 

ARNOLD SLAGG

Arnold Slagg was born July 12th, 1840, at Red Lodge,
Whittington Parish, Derbyshire, England, and died Oct 8th,
1925, at 3 a.m. at the age of eighty-five years.

He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Parker Slagg, who
emigrated to America in 1849 with their nine children, John,
Harriet, Thomas, Joseph, Arnold, Alex, Margaret, William and
Henry; Arnold being nine years of age at that time. During the
stop, which the family made in New York, it is interesting to
note that the parents were unable to watch the nine children
at all times and as a consequence thereof, two of the younger
ones, of the ages of five and six were lost in the metropolis
for several hours. The two children were finally found and the
family proceeded on their way westward. It might be of
interest to present day readers to state that the long ocean
journey-acorss the Atlantic was made in one of the old time
sailing vessels, which perhaps do not compare insize, with
some of the boats which are sailing the Great Lakes today. The
voyage across the Atlantic was a long and tedious one, being
several weeks in duration, during which time Mr. Slagg
witnessed the burial of a passenger at sea, who had died
during the voyage.

Leaving New York, the family proceeded westward along the Erie
Canal and into the Great Lakes. Perhaps the most interesting
feature of the trip westward, was the old canal boat, which
was drawn along the bank by horses. When the Great Lakes were
reached, a sailing vessel was again boarded and the Slagg
family made their way to Milwaukee via the Great Lakes. It
must be remembered that practically all of the westward travel
at this period was over the Great Lakes, due to the fact that
there was no railroad development at that time, and perhaps
not one of those early pioneers even dreamed of the
development of a road program such as we have today.

After reaching Milwaukee, the route of these pioneers wook the
family along the old Madison trail, and from there they made
their way to Southeastern Dane county, where they established
their residence and built a log home on the eastern end of the
farm now owned by Ephraim Hippe.

At that time Mr. Slagg was a boy of nine years and of course
saw Wisconsin in its primal state and he well remembered the
time when the Town of Fulton was larger than the City of
Edgerton. He attended district school in the lof school house
which was located on the site of the present residence of Mrs.
James Calder. Among his playmates of those days, long since
past, was Rasmus Anderson, who was Ambassador to Denmark
several years ago.

Mr. Slagg witnessed and partook of the hardships and sacrifice
of thise early days, which all of that period went through,
and He told of times when the cattle were driven from the log
and stone barn to creek for water while the cattle were
drinking through the hole in the ice.

He grew to manhood upon his father's farm and in December,
1860, at the age of twenty-one, he was married to Hannah
Barton, and to this union were born three children. Marion and
Wilmer of Albion Prairie, and Mrs. Chas. H. Tall of Edgerton.

Soon after his marriage the Civil War broke out, he enlisted
to complete the enrollment of a company which was being raised
inthe Town of Fulton, but which was short of its qouta, and
walked to Janesville to join the company, but upon his arrival
he found the company complete and he found it necessary to
walk back home. Being patriotic to the land of his adoption,
he enlisted a second time, but was rejected because of poor
health. Two of his brothers Joseph and Alex, saw service on
the southern battlefields, Alex dying in the south. One of the
notable engagements in which they say service was the battle
of Bull Run.

Mr. Slagg was truly religious, was quiet almost to the point
of retirement, and was blessed with a sunny disposition, which
made it possible for him the forgive and overlook the faults
of others. During his early life he was a regular attendent of
the Primitive Methodist church which was the old stone church
located at the present site of the Albion Prairie cemetery. He
sang in the choir of that church with four brothers and one
sister. In 186(?) he joined the Methodist Episcopal church of
Albion Prairie as one of its charter members and was a member
of its choir for many years. At this point it is important to
note that Mr. Slagg was the last of the charter members of the
church and also that the church has not been used for church
purposes for two or three years and has now finally been sold
for the purpose of being wrecked. As the pioneers of a
community pass away so does the church life, which they
typified, pass away with them.

In 1872, Hannah Barton Slagg, his wife, passed away, leaving
him to care for the three small children alone. Her death
deprived him of some of his enthusiasm for choir work and the
added burden of looking after his family caused him to drop
it. However, he devoted time to his church work and attended
services regularly.

In 1902, he married Mary Clabby, who survives him. He lived on
Albion Prairie until 1920, living sucessively on the farms now
owned by Carl Hippe, WIlmer Slagg and Mrs. Iverson. In 1920 he
removed his residence to Edgerton, where he resided at the
time of his death. He had a bright and active mind and body
until a few months prior to his death, when he was stricken
with partial paralysis. His sense of humor was an attribute
which remained active in his later years. He had a large
garden in which he took great pride in his later years, doing
most of the work himself. 

Perhaps Mr. Slagg will best remembered by those who knew and
heard him, because of his wonderful ability as a tenor singer.
He was gifted with a very sweet and melodic voice, which had
few equals in the vicinity. His ability as a musician was not
alone confined to his singing , and he was one of the
organizers and members of the Albion Prairie band, in
conjuction with his two sons. In fact the old Band Hall was
for a number of years located on his Albion Prairie farm.

Besides his wife and three children, one brother, Joseph
Slagg, who is a veteran of the Civil War, now residing at
Manilla, Iowa, and seven grandchildren survive him.

WIth the death of Mr. Slagg, one of the few remaining pioneers
of southern Wisconsin has passed away. 

Funeral services were conducted at the home of the decedent on
Saturday, October 10, at 1:30 o'clock p.m. and interment was
made in beutiful Albion Priaire Cemetery, Rev. R.J. Bailey
officiating.

The pallbearers were Walter Vickers, John Craig, I.W. Bunting,
George Dickinson, Lenard Marsden and Samuel Hall.

Those in attendance at the funeral ceremony from out of town
were as follows; Mrs. Venice Hanson, Miss Lulu Tall, Mr. J.T.
Naset, Madisonl Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dahle, Deerfield; Lowell
Slagg, Janesville; Chas. Moss, Milwaukee; MRs. T.H. Slagg,
Miss Sadie Slagg, MR. and Mrs. J.H. Slagg, Mr. and MRs. Earl
Roberts, Mrs. Claire Roberts, Ft. Atkinson; Miss Myrtle
Barton, McFarland; Mrs. Thos. Slagg, Mrs. Minnie Potter,
Cambridge; Mr. and MRs. John Craig, Mrs. Martin Flom,
Stoughton.


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