From collection Member List
Luther Clay Slavens. DAR #159: "Lawyer. A.B. 1858; A.M., 1861: LL. B., 1860, Indiana Asbury University. Born, August 13, 1836, Putnam county, Ind. [Parents Hiram B. and Sarah Holland Slavens.] City Counselor and member Board of Public Works, Kansas City, Mo. Brother of 182 [James W.L., and also L. Rodney]. Married, January 8, 1861, Miss Sallie B. Shelby, Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Died, October 23, 1913." Initiated into Arcanus Decem, December 1854. Initiated as Lambda Chapter charter member, 1856. Legate to reestablish Lambda Chapter, June 8, 1857. Chapter president June 8, 1857 to July 1, 1858. Practiced law in Greencastle (1860 census) then Covington IN until moving to Kansas City, 1865. Delegate to 1880 Republican National Convention. Buried Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Luther's son Hiram C. Slavens (1881) joined Phi Gamma Delta. |
