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     Helen Slade was born circa 1838 in Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Slade and Louisa Lucinda Boykin.²
     Helen married Osborn Stevens circa 1857 in Texas.³

     Isabelle Cecile Slade was known as Aunt Belle. She was born on September 24, 1867 in Washington County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of James Bennett Slade and Amanda Urania Sanderson.²
     Isabelle married Robert David Hooks on December 22, 1885.², the son of Sarah Eliza Wright & Samuel Dunn Hooks.³ Isabelle died on September 19, 1958 at age 90.² She was buried in Hooks Cemetery, Washington County, Alabama.²

     James Bennett Slade II was known as Tony. He was born on June 29, 1869 in Washington County, Alabama.¹ He was the son of James Bennett Slade and Amanda Urania Sanderson.¹
     James married Louise Pet Harrell, daughter of Henry Slade Harrell and Mary Ann Jones, on October 21, 1896.¹

     James B. Slade lived all his life at the Ravenwood Plantation home which he built in approximately 1899 after the original Plantation home burned in 1898. He was well known throughout Washington County as 'Tony' Slade. He was active in wildlife conservation and helped prevent the extermination of the deer and turkeys during the early 1900's before there were ample game laws to protect them. To his family he is known as 'Papa' Slade.¹

     James married second Theresa Llabona Roberts on September 16, 1930.¹ James died on October 12, 1958 at age 89.^1,2 He was buried in Hooks Cemetery, Washington County, Alabama.¹

     James Bennett Slade III was born on February 11, 1902 in Washington County, Alabama.¹ He was the son of James Bennett Slade II and Louise Pet Harrell.¹
     James married Ernestine Bonner on August 20, 1925.¹ James died on June 12, 1968 at age 66.¹ He was buried in Camden Cemetary, Wilcox County, Alabama.¹

     Louise Urania Slade was born on July 16, 1897 in Slades Station, Washington County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of James Bennett Slade II and Louise Pet Harrell.¹
     Louise married James Kenton Ashley, son of Wilson Ashley and Ella Swain, on June 9, 1920.¹ Louise died on October 7, 1978 at age 81.¹ She was buried in Choctaw Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama.¹

     Marie Alleen Slade was born on September 20, 1904 in Slades Station, Washington County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of James Bennett Slade II and Louise Pet Harrell.¹
     Marie married William Lynn Thompson on November 12, 1927.¹ Marie died on September 6, 1990 at age 85.¹ She was buried in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.¹

     Mary Slade was born circa 1840 in Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Slade and Louisa Lucinda Boykin.² The 1860 census shows Mary Slade, 18 b AL and Ebenezer Slade 7, b TX, each with personal property $3,700, living in the household of their sister, Helen & her husband Osborn Stevens, 24, b TX.³

     Thomas William Slade was born in October, 1844 in Alabama.^1,2 He was the son of Ebenezer Slade and Louisa Lucinda Boykin.³
     Thomas married Fatha A. Stevens on December 16, 1866 in Polk County, Texas.⁴ Thomas died on August 18, 1909 at age 64.⁵ Thomas died on August 18, 1909 at age 64.⁵ He was buried in Shepherd City Cemetery, San Jacinto County, Texas.⁵

     Thomas B. Slade was born say 1816 in Alabama.¹ He was the son of Henry Blount Slade and Elizabeth Bennett.¹ Thomas B. Slade died on December 28, 1835 without issue.¹ He was buried in Church Street Graveyard, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.¹

     Virginia Cecile Slade was born on December 10, 1898 in Slades Station, Washington County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of James Bennett Slade II and Louise Pet Harrell.¹
     Virginia married Richard Inge on June 22, 1921.¹ Virginia died on January 12, 1985 at age 86.¹ She was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Mobile County, Alabama.¹

     Virginia Ella Slade was born on June 19, 1874 in Washington County, Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of James Bennett Slade and Amanda Urania Sanderson.¹
     Virginia married Claude N. Lacey M.D. on August 31, 1904.¹ He was the son of Margaret Land and Thomas A. Lacey.² Virginia died on October 17, 1937 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 63.³ She was buried in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama.¹ She Mrs. Virginia Ella Slade Lacey, born in Washing Co., AL
Wife of C.N. Lacey, M.D.
Descendata of Lt. William Slade and of James Bennett.
Daughter of James Bennett Slade and Amanda Urania Sanderson his wife
Grandaughter of Henry Blount Slade and Elizabeth Bennett his wife
Gr-Granddaughter of Henry Bount Slade and Nancy ___ his wife; James Bennet and Elizabeth Slade, his wife
Gr-Gr-Granddaugher of William Slade and Nancy Ganier, his wife

William Slade (1745-99) was ensign and lieutenant in 1777. He served to the colse of the war and became a member of the Cincinnati of North Carolina where he was born and ided.

James Bennet (1756-99) served as a private in the seventh regiment, North Carolina militia. He was born in Chowan Co., North Carolina.⁴

     William B. Slade was born in Washington County, Alabama.¹ He was the son of Henry Blount Slade and Elizabeth Bennett.² William died on January 11, 1834.²

     Rebecca Swain Williams was born on August 12, 1879 in Telfair County, Georgia.¹
     Rebecca married James William Evans on June 15, 1903.¹ Rebecca died on January 18, 1965 at age 85.¹ She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, McRae, Telfair County, Georgia.¹

     Thomas Bog Slade was born on June 26, 1800 in Martin County, North Carolina.^1,2 He was the son of General Jeremiah Slade and Janet Bog. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the class of 1920 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned a Master of Arts degree in 1823.^3,4 Moved to Georgia in 1924, where he practiced law and founded the Clinton Female Academy in Clinton.
     Thomas married Anne Jaqueline Blount, daughter of James Blount and Elizabeth Roulhac, on April 1, 1824.^5,6 A good overview of Weslyan College can be found at this University of Georgia website: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1461. He is listed as a teacher, value of his estate is $5,000.⁷ He is listed as a school master, value of his real estate is $1,500, and value of personal property $3,250. He was president of the Columbuis Female Institute from 1842 to 1863.⁸ Thomas died on May 5, 1882 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, at age 81.⁹ He was buried in Linwood Historic Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.⁹ He was New Tag from The Columbus Ledger; Monday, January 6, 1964; p. 13 Our Town - "The First of the Slades" by W.C. Woodall

The Slade family has been prominent and influential in Columbus for considerably more than a century, and has made a contribution to the community in many ways. One of its members, James J. Slade served as mayor of the city.

For the purpose of this narrative, and family identification with Columbus, the first of the Slades was Thomas B. Slade (1800-1882), who was not only a leading citizen of this community but was an outstanding figure in the long fight to establish public schools in Georgia. He was the first president of the Georgia Teachers' Association when it was organized in 1853.

Thomas Bog Slade, a Baptist minister and pioneer teacher, was born in Martin County, North Carolina, June 6, 1800. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1820 with highest honors. He was gifted in oratory and known for his detestation of hyprocrocisy as well as his love of learning. The latter characteristic was recognized by his college mates, one of whom remarked while playing marbles: "I am just as sure to hit that marble as Tom Slade is to know his lessons."

(This incident is reported by Dorothy Orr, in her History of Public Education in Georgia)

MIGRATED IN 1824
After studying law, Slade migrated to Georgia and settled in Clinton, Jones County, in 1824. While living there he married Anne Jacqueline Blount. The trustees of Clinton Male Academy invited him to become principal in 1828, and as a consequence he abandoned law and engaged in teaching for a period of 50 years. In January, 1831, he organized a female institute of collegiate grade in Clinton and is reported as having been very sucessful in this venture.

Later he took charge of a female institute at Penfield, Georgia, but in 1841 he left Penfield and established what is described as ³a well-equipped female institute in Columbus.²

He was an expert botanist and at the age of 50 took up the study of French. As a minister of the gospel he performed ministerial duty for the sick and often acted as a supply preacher.

In the story of Columbus in the ante-bellum period, reference was made time and again to Mr. Slade¹s educational enterprises and activities. In the first city directory published in 1859, the only educational institution mentioned was the Female Institute of which the Rev. Thomas B. Slade was the teacher. As a matter of fact, there were then quite a number of private schools in Columbus, some of which had been in existence for a long time.



SCHOOLS ADVOCATE

Thomas B. Slade was a great leader in the valiant fight in the 1850s to establish public schools; he traveled over Georgia in behalf of this worthy cause, and made at least one trip to Montgomery on the same mission. He assisted in the organization of Weslyan College at Macon.

He was the father of James Jeremiah Slade, himself a leading figure in the Columbus educational picture for a long time.

Etta Blanchard Worsley in her history reports that the school of Rev. Thomas B. Slade, located at 1417 Fourth Avenue, was known as ³Sladeville Hall.² Begun in the 1840s, it was alternately a girls¹ and boys¹ school and at one time was used for both sexes. It was rated as a high school in 1844.

GIRLS SCHOOL IN 1845

In 1845 the Slade School was listed as Slade Female Institute, and it is recorded that its commencement exercises were held in the First Baptist Church. Lemuel T. Downing, Esq; delivered the graduating address. Compositions were read by girls and a listing of the subjects treated is interesting. Thus: ³Benevolence,² by Miss Lucy A. Pitts; ³Wisdom and Knowledge,² by Miss Sophia H. Shorter; ³Difficulty of Originating a Thing,² by Miss Amanda Jernigan; ³He Labors in Vain Who Strives to Please All,² by Miss Mary L. Rose; ³When I Leave School,² by Miss Lucy A. Barnett.

In 1868-69 Sladeville Hall was a school for boys. Instructors were Rev. Thomas B. Slade, M.A., and his son, James Jeremiah Slade, who had served four years in the Confederate Army. Many leading citizens of Columbus were among the graduates of the school.

In 1890 Sladeville Hall was partly torn away and remodeled for a residence for Hockley C. McKee, whose wife was the former Stella Slade, daughter of ... [the rest of the column is missing]

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Williams, C.W. (1957); History of Jones County Georgia 1807-1907; J.W. Burke Co., Macon, GA; pp. 423-425 [This book has a number of typos, and I don't guarantee all the dates.]

THOMAS BOG SLADE

Patrick Maule and wife Mary, ch. were: (1). Mary Maule, mar. a Bonner, lived near Wash. D.C. (2). John Maule. mar. Eliz. Hare of Va. (3). Elizabeth Maule mar. a Mr Hare, bro of Eliz. Hare of Va.

John Maule and Eliz. Hare ch (1). Anne Hare b. Mar. 22, 1765, mar. P.G. Roulhac. (2) Elizabeth mar. Mr. Smith. (3) Jamima mar. a Mr. Bryan, Newborn, N.C. (5-sic) Moses never mar. All born at Smith¹s Point on Pamlico River, Beaufort Co., North Carolina.

Psalmet G. Roulhac and 1st wife Anne H. Maule ch. were: (1) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1786, mar May 14, 1803, James Blount, the political enemy of the family. Lived at Plymouth, N.C., until 1816 when they moved to Ga. settled at Blountsville, Jones Co. She d. Dec. 12, 1820, leaving a widower and five ch.

Children of Elizabeth Roulhac and James Blount: (1) Anne Jacquelin (sic), b. Feb. 15, 1805 in Wash. Co., N.C. mar. at Clinton, Jones Co., Ga. Thomas Bog Slade, b. June 20, 1800, in Martin Co., N.C. At the age of fifteen he was sent to the University at Chapel Hill, N.C., where he graduated in 1820 with highest honors of his class. It is recorded that all four years of college, he never received a demerit or missed a recitation or failed in a single duty. He practiced law with his father until 1824, when he moved to Ga. In 1828 he abandoned law and commenced his career as a teacher. He was one of the pioneers of the female education in Georgia, and the good influence of his wife Anne Blount, who always assisted him runs like a thread of gold through many lives that bless our country. They both joined the Baptist Church and he was ordained a minister of the gospel in 1835 that he might preach to destitute churches, which he did gratuitously throughout his long life. He taught successfully in Clinton at The Clinton Female Seminary, Penfield, Macon and Columbus, Ga. He took thirty of his students at Clinton over to Macon, forming the nucleus of the Weslyan Female College, in the organization of which he assisted, and was chosen first professor of natural sciences. (This was the first college to give a diploma to females). In 1842, Thomas B. Slade moved to Columbus, Ga., where for thirty years, he was principal of a Female Institute of the highest grade and prosperity, although he was never known to ask for a pupil or to reject one because she was unable to pay. His wife was an active and efficient co-worker, the perfect union of strength and gentleness of character, making her presence a blessing and an example to all who knew her. A fitting climax to their long wedded life of usefulness and happiness was the celebration of their Golden Wedding in 1874, besides guests there were forty children and grandchildren. He died in Columbus, Ga., Feb. 12, 1891.(sic - that was her death date; he died on 5 May 1882)

³Two lives beautifully blended, as the rays of the setting sun, lighting and purpling the crystal clouds, until sun and clouds are mingled in one mass of crimson beauty.²

Thomas Bog Slade was the son of Gen. Jeremiah and Janet Bog Slade, he was the 6th generation from Henry Slade who came from England to the coast of N.C. about 1650. Children of Rev. Thomas Bog Slade and Ann (sic) Blount

(1) Janet Elizabeth b. May 5, 1825, Clinton, Jones Co., d. April 10, 1914. Mar. July 15, 1863 Wm. R. Gignilliat at Columbus Ga. (2) Mary Lavinia b. Dec. 11, 18126 (sic), Clinton, Jones Co. d. Feb. 14, 7863 (sic). (3). Annie Louisa b. _____ 21, 1857, Clinton, Jones Co. m. Roswell Ellis, d. Feb. 16, 1857. (4). James Jeremiah, b. July 19, 1831, m. Annie Graham, 2nd m. Leila B. Bonner (5) Emma Jacqueline b. Jan 10, 1833, Clinton, Jones Co. m. Alfred Prescott, 1854. (6) Thomas Bog, Jr., b. Dec. 16, 1834, Clinton, Jones Co., m. Almarine Cowdery. (7) Martha Bog. b. Dec. 3, 1837, Clinton, Jones Co., m. Grisby E. Thomas, (8) Stella Blount, b. July 19, 1839 m. Hockley C. McKee. (9) Helen Roulhac b. Feb. 15, 1841 at Penfield, Ga. m. John P. Lindsey. (10) John Henry b. Jan. 11, 1843 killed in Civil War. (11) Fanny Blount, b. May 31, 1845 d. April 29, 1848.
Anne Blount, who mar. Thomas B. Slade had a sister, Lavinia E. Blount, born in Jones County who mar. Simri Rose of Fort Hawkins, editor of a paper which became the Telegraph, also Rose Hill Cemetery is named for Simri Rose.

Records show that Slade sold his home and lot to Samuel Griswold Dec. 20, 1838, adjoining Mrs. Samuel Lowther, Mary George, S. Griswold, and John Fannin. Described as the dwelling and school called Clinton Female Seminary containing seven acres.

Excerpted from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine; June 22, 1975; "A Town Progress Passed By" pp. 12-14 & 19-20

p. 19: ... Clinton has pioneered in the education of women, but soon lost its schoolmaster to Macon.

"On the frontier belt of Georgia while the prints of the Indian's moccasins were still fresh in the soil," wrote Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia historian, "a far-sighted scholar (Thomas B. Slade) who, with the ken of a phrophet, could read the signs of the future, here opened an academy in the year 1828 and started a movement for women's intellectual emancipation."

But, alas, Slade and many of his students moved to Macon to a college being founded there in 1836. Slade thus became the first professor of natural sciences at Weslyan College. According to Knight, Slade "wrote the first diploma ever delivered to a woman and arranged the curriculum for the oldest female college in existence." ... in 2010.

     Rutha Riggs was New Tag in 1805 in North Carolina.¹ She was born on March 5, 1806 in Craven County, North Carolina.^2,1 The daughter of Shadrack and Rebecca Sawyer Riggs.² She was New Tag in 1820 in North Carolina.³
     Rutha married John Frank Slade on March 13, 1838 in North Carolina.² Rutha died before September 22, 1886 in Florence Twp, Pamlico County, North Carolina.²

     Abner DeWitt Slade was New Tag circa 1838 in North Carolina.¹ He was born in April, 1838 in Pamlico County, North Carolina.² He was the son of John Frank Slade and Mary Messick.³
     Abner married Juda A. Hafford. Abner died in Florence Twp, Pamlico County, North Carolina.³