| Isack Seloivre Seloover b. 1634 Netherlands and Susanna Sohier b. 1638 Netherlands |
| Dear Eugene, I am so glad that you could make use of the information that I left at Wise County. I cannot take credit for most of the information. In the 1930s and 1940s a lady named Mabel Jacques Hadler compiled a book of over 500 pages about the history of the Slover family. Her book was published in the 1940s and another updated and corrected edition was published in the 1960s. If you talk to the members of your family, I will bet that you will find someone who sent in information to Ms Hadler while she was writing that book. I found a letter from my granduncle in CA to Ms Hadler and an envelope in my grandmother's Bible which indicated that Grandma was collecting information to send to Ms Hadler. I went to Wise Co. with a friend of mine to look up her family. I never thought that I would find information on the Slovers there. I knew they were in Parker Co. and my friend and I took a look at Veal Station where Samuel Slover went from AR. I was hoping to find the remains of the school and maybe the remains of the Masonic Hall that Samuel Slover built. We met some very nice people who said their house was built on the remains of the school but they had never heard of the Masonic Temple, so I guess both buildings are long gone. I did not see any Slovers buried in the old cemetery close to Veal Station either. Surprisingly, my friend found several of her relatives by marriage buried there. If I had known that Wise Co. was Slover territory, I would have come better prepared to leave information behind at the historical society. What I left was just my information sheets I brought with me. What I carry around so I will know who I am looking for. I have an interest in two lines of Slovers. One is my direct line and the other is yours. My gt.grandfather, Robert Anderson Slover, married as a second wife, Flora Ann Martha Slover, a distant cousin. Her grandfather was Samuel Slover. This Samuel Slover was the great-grandfather of your Henry Lee Slover. Henry Lee Slover's father, John Marshall / Morris Slover, was a first cousin to Flora Ann Martha Slover. Hope that is not too confusing. Here is your direct line from the first Isack Seloivre / Seloover in the Netherlands. Isack Seloivre Seloover b. @1634 Netherlands and Susanna Sohier b. @ 1638 Netherlands Isaac Seloover / Selover b. Zeeland, Netherlands and Jannekan Van Wilkenhof b. 1657 NY, NY d/o Jan Jansz Van den Ham and Grietje Jans Abraham Selover / Slover b. @8-29-1697 (baptismal date) NY, NY and Sophia Schermerhorn b. 11-9-1702 Escopus, Dutchess Co., NY, d/o Lucas J. Schermerhorn and Elizabeth J. Damen Jacob Selover / Slover b. @ 1731 Harlingen, NJ and Elizabeth (last name unknown) John Slover b. 4-10-1755 nr. the New River, Augusta Dist. of VA. This is the John Slover who was carried away by the Indians as a child, persuaded back into the white community at the age of about 18, fought in the Revolution (I think he was at Valley Forge with George Washington !), fought in the Indian Wars as a pilot (guide) and was captured and almost burned at the stake in the Battle of Sandusky. He ended up in the South Union Shaker Family at Logan Co., KY. The man who prepared his body for burial commented in the Shaker records on the horrible scars caused by Indian torture. You can read about John several places on the net. He and his son, Isaac, are probably the most famous Slovers. There is a little book about his adventures that you might want to order. It is only about $10.00 at Barnes and Noble.com. Anyway, John's wife was: Nellie (last name not known) b. @ 1857 Isaac Slover (used a whole string of aliases) b. 1777 PA Isaac Slover was a trapper and mountain man. He hunted for Kit Carson in the Taos area (David Lavender in one of his books said that Isaac Slover and his crew were responsible for the decimation of every small fur bearing animal in the Taos area.) He hunted for Kit Carson when Carson was establishing Pueblo, CO. Isaac was with one of the first white parties to reach southern CA. His name is on a plaque in Old Town San Diego. Isaac settled on the side of a mountain still called Slover Mountain, near San Bernardino, CA. He was killed while hunting grizzley bears in his 70s. His companion on the hunt said that Isaac shot the bear and the bear fell into some bushes. Isaac started to go to the bushes and his companion said "I told him to be careful, but you could not tell Isaac anything about hunting grizzley bears." Well, the bear "fell full upon him." At that point, I think the companion quickly left. When he arrived back with rescuers, Isaac was still alive but his limbs were broken and his scalp was torn off. He did not survive, of course, and was buried on the side of Slover Mountain. At some point his grave was moved to Aqua Mansa graveyard where other California pioneers are buried. A fire destroyed the original wooden crosses. Isaac's marker looks like a home made concrete one. Maybe put there by a relative or some historical society. Isaac had two wives. The first one, Margaret (Peggy) Lowder was your ancestor. He also married a Spanish woman, Maria Barbara Aragon. Some speculate that he married Maria to be able to move freely in Mexican territory. Anyway, here is the information on his first wife: and Margaret (Peggy) Lowder b. @ 1779 Samuel Slover b. 3-5-1811 Hiwasse, TN and Emmaline Choate b. 9-28-1816 South Carolina, or TN I will send further information on Emmaline in another message. Ira Seeman Slover b. 3-14-1840 Madison Co., AR and Mary Ann Shadle b. 1-5-1841 TN d/o James Shadle and Rebecca Randolph Several of the Shadle children married Slovers. John Marshall Slover b. 8-22-1864 I noticed that Wise County records called him John Morris Slover and Martha Ellen Russell b. TN or LA, d/o Robert Y. Russell and Martha S. Mitchell Henry Lee Slover and Saidee Rebecca Leech d/o Levi W. Leech and Cecelia A. Carter. I have an appointment at 10:00, so I must go for now. I will send more later, if you are interested. BTW, my genealogy program says that we are 6th cousins. I will send the Emmaline Choate information for sure. It is very interesting. She is trying to establish that she is a Native American. I think her application was turned down. Cathey Jendeski Sierra Vista, AZ |