Mingo County, West Virginia          Biography of Gibbon M. SLAUGHTER

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
Page 250

   Gibbon M. Slaughter, superintendent for the Thacker Coal Mining
Company, with executive headquarters at Rose Siding, Mingo County, has
been identified with mining activities in the coal fields of this
section of the state since December 23,1913, and has won advancement
through effective service.
   Mr. Slaughter was born at Washington, Virginia, March 28,1876, a son
of Francis L. and Sue F. (Motley) Slaughter. The father likewise was
born at Washington, in 1834, and there his death occurred February 16,
1902. The mother was born in Caroline County, Virginia, December
11,1841, and since the death of her husband she has continued to
maintain her home at Washington, that state. Francis L. Slaughter gave
his active life to farm enterprise in his native county, was influential
in community affairs and served as magistrate and school trustee. He was
a zealous member of the Baptist Church, as is also his widow. Mr.
Slaughter was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy during the entire
period of the Civil war, he having been a member of Company B (Captain
Duncan), of the Sixth Virginia Calvary, in the command of Major Grimsby
and Col. John S. Green. He was made a non-commissioned officer and he
took part in many important engagements, including the battles of the
Wilderness, Winchester, Manassas and Front Royal, of Cedarville, besides
the many engagements in which his command was involved in the Valley of
Virginia. He had two horses killed under him, and the skin on one of his
wrists was grazed by a bullet, but he was never captured or severely
wounded. He was a descendant of one of two brothers of the Slaughter
family who came from England in the earlier part of the eighteenth
century and settled in Kentucky and West Virginia, respectively, the
first governor of Kentucky having been a Slaughter, and a representative
of the name in Virginia having been a member of the American navy in the
War of the Revolution.
   Gibbon M. Slaughter, one of a family of four sons, all of whom are
living, attended the public schools of his native town until he was
eighteen years old, and thereafter he continued his association with
farm enterprise in Virginia until ha had attained to the age of
twenty-five years. When the Spanish- American war was initiated he
enlisted and was trained for service, but the war came to a close
without his being called to the stage of conflict. On October 28,1901,
he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he found employment in connection
with the wholesale and retail coal business in selling the output of the
Glenalum and Thacker mines in West Virginia. He was six years in office
and two years on the road as a salesman, his territory extending from
Michigan to South Carolina. In November, 1909, he came to the West
Virginia coal fields in the capacity of shipping agent for the Glenalum
mine. Two years later he was made assistant superintendent, and after
holding this position two years he became assistant to S.G. McNulty,
general manager of the Thacker Coal Mining Company, at Rose Siding. Two
years later he was promoted to his present office at this place, that of
superintendent.
   In politics Mr. Slaughter is inclined to consider men and measures
rather than to be constrained by strict partisan lines. He registered
for service in the World war but was instructed to continue the
production of coal, the fuel industry being one of vital importance
during the war period. He is affiliated with the Masonic
LodgeatWashington, Virginia; with Rappahannock Chapter No.33, Royal Arch
Masons, at the same place; with Ivanhoe Commandery No. 19, Knights
Templars, at Bluefield, West Virginia; and with the Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Charleston, this state. Mr. Slaughter's name is still enrolled
on the roster of eligible bachelors in Mingo County.